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Bad coughing when sleeping - any suggestions?

amr1218amr1218 member
in Babies: 9 - 12 Months

DD has her first real cold.  I think we are nearing the end of it.  Fever is gone, runny nose has dried up & and she is playing like normal.  But the coughing remains, especially when she sleeps.  It is really pitiful.  She will cough so hard that it wakes her up, then she cries, and can't go back to sleep.  Sad

We have a humidifier in her room.  Other than that - is there anything I can do to help?

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Re: Bad coughing when sleeping - any suggestions?

  • karinothingkarinothing member

    How do you do the elevated mattress when they are crawling? DS moves all over the place in his crib.

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  • eli_and_jeffeli_and_jeff

    DS has had the croup twice (he's just getting over round 2) and ear infection in between. I can totally sympathize! Here's what helps him:

    -Warm bath before bed 

    -Cool Mist humidifier

    -Vicks vapor rub on chest and back (they make a formula for babies)

    -Saline drops in the nose (even though the running nose is gone, it will help break up the congestion that's causing the cough. 

    He still coughs, but it doesn't wake him up and it's not nearly so wet. 

    BFP #1 05/11/10 Natural m/c 05/17/10 BFP #2 12/07/10 Natural m/c 12/12/10 BFP #3 01/21/11 Taking Prometrium, Baby Aspirin, and two injections of heparin a day Lightning Bug was born a healthy and happy 7lbs 14oz on 9/20/211
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  • amr1218amr1218 member
    Thanks again for the advice.  Apparently the best way to help her cold is to go buy all the products in the store that claim to help infant's colds.  Once I had a pile of things to try - DD's coughing all but went away.  I never got to use most of them.  I am certainly not complaining...just think it is funny. 
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