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What to do about LO's nighttime coughing spells?

MNheidiMNheidi member
in Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months

Poor Luke has been fighting off a cold for a few weeks - colds just totally hang on in this house...Anyway, he doesn't cough much during the day but at night he'll have 10-15min coughing spells.  He doesn't really wake up (although he often wakes his brother) but it just sounds horrible and somewhat painful.

What have you done to help w/ a cough?  I WISH they hadn't stopped selling children's cough medicine --- I really want to give him some relief.

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Re: What to do about LO's nighttime coughing spells?

  • cbwmcbwm

    Humidifier

    Those nightlight things that have the menthol insert things

    When he's super congested and is coughing from that, our pedi approved Benadryl to help. It works wonders. 

    ETA: We also use the baby Vicks on his chest. 

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  • schnappycatschnappycat member
    Do you have a cool mist humidifier? That might help.
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  • DG1DG1 member

    We did the honey & lemon juice thing a couple of weeks ago. It seemed to help a little. I had to put it in a syringe just like regular medicine.

    The pedi also approved delsym for coughs at the 1y appt.  They also suggested children's claritin or benadryl to help with nasal drainage that might be causing the cough.

    We also have a humidifier going in there.

    None of it helps 100%, but he's doing better than he has been.


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  • jnksmomjnksmom member
    DD has had a terrible cold and is coughing at night also. My pedi recommended baby vicks on her chest and 1/2 tsp of Dimetapp(sp?) couch medicine. I know they quit selling it for young children but he said it was ok. You may want to talk to your pedi though...I know every dr is different.
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  • clayswifeclayswife
    I put a humidifier in his room and grabbed some Eucalyptus EO, a couple of drops of the EO on a cloth so that the humidifier picks up the scent and it really helped with DSs congestion and coughing- almost instantly.
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  • MNheidiMNheidi member

    LOVE the gnome!!!

    we've done the humidifer and the vicks rub but I'm calling the Pedi on Monday to see what else we can give him.

    thx!

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  • romans_babyromans_baby
    delsym has worked wonders for my 4 kids. love it
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