BOOGERS And COUGH!!!

It could be that she has a virus, not a bacteria infection? Sometimes viruses can hold on for 2 weeks. My daughter tends to get a cough with her colds, but has only been on antibiotics once.
Good luck, it sucks when the little ones are sick

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I am by no means any kind of medical professional but my son had a runny nose, congestion, cough, and double ear infections back in Nov. When I took him to the doctor she put him on antibiotics for the ear infection and albuterol for his cough and brohist for congestion. well 2 weeks later he still had it and she said that he had RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus)to keep giving him his albuterol and brohist for the cough and congestion. She did prescribe me another antibiotic but that was only because his ear infections wasn't gone. She said that his body was fighting to get rid of the RSV so it was neglecting his ears. and RSV is a virus so antibiotics won't work for it. She told me that it takes about a month for RSV to run its course in babies. So you might have to just continue to give medicine for cough and congestion and watch your baby. If she seems to be getting worse I would take her back in. Especially if she seems to have trouble breathing. I don't want to scare you. If it is RSV and it gets to bad she could be put in the hospital. My son did just fine and didn't have to be put in the hospital. RSV is contagious also. Mostly to other babies and elderly. You can get sick too but more than likely you would only get a runny nose. I would try to keep the 4 year old out of the baby's face just to make sure if she coughs she doesn't cough on him. Also wash you hands a lot. I know you probably know to wash your hands and keep the 4 year old out of the baby's face but just wanted you to know that it sounds like she might have RSV since it isn't going away and give you a heads up. If you have any questions or misunderstandings feel free to contact me at ____@____.com.

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First of all, finish the antibiotic. However, if she still has symptoms, it's likely that this was a viral infection and the antibiotics weren't even necessary. Many upper respiratory infections will have a "lingering cough" that lasts for a week or two after other symptoms are gone. Of course, there are some types of cough that would require a nebulizer. Our son has had "reactive airway" due to upper respiratory congestion and the nebulizer really helped him out. However, for standard run-of-the-mill colds and sinus congestion, the best thing that has worked for my son has been nasal saline and suction, and robitussin. There are different brands that make the same thing, but the ingredients you're looking for are guafinasen plus a cough suppressant. Guafinasen thins the mucus so it moves and drains more freely. You'd need to check with your doctor on the dosing though because your daughter is so young. The brohist she was given is probably a combination decongestant and antihistamine. I don't know why doctors prescribe decongestants to children under 2 because I've never, ever heard of those medicines working. And antihistamines only affect symptoms if they're caused by an allergy.
Good luck!

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If she hates her meds please take them to your local CVS/pharmacy and ask the pharmacist to flavor it. Flavor RX is the greats thing, it makes those yuckie liquid meds taste so much better for your little one and as a mom makes you feel better because you know your little one is actually taking the meds. The cost is only $2.99 but unfortunatally most of our pharmacists forget to talk to us moms about it. While you are there talk to the pharmacist about the cough as well, he or she may be able to give you some advise.

Hope your little one is feeling better soon!
M.

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try the old fashion way use vicks vaporub. take her a bath in vapor bath. they make it for babies.

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Have you tried warm, steamy showers? I know when 2 of my kids where small that really seemed to help moisten their throats or something and they didn't cough near as bad or as often. It still helps with my 2 two old when she gets a stuffy, boogery nose or a cough. We have also had to use a nebulizer on them at different times (our first experience was with a 2 week old) so you might check with the doc. Hope she feels better soon!

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My son had a cold a few weeks ago. The dr. recommended that we put a humidifier in his room at night. Also, recommended that morning and night, to sit in the bathroom with him with the hot shower running for 10 minutes. The steam helps loosen mucus. At the end of 10 mins, she said to use the bulb sucker (official term =)) with saline drops. She said that when you suction one side, to hold the other nostril closed with your finger to get better suction. That really helped get my son some congestion relief.

My son also seemed to have more cough symptoms than nasal symptoms, but I was still able to get a lot out of him this way. I hope your daughter gets to feeling better! It also never hurts to call the doctor back and ask.

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get a vaperizer or humitifier. im not sure which you will have to check into it. but thats what helped with Olivia. we have had to use both so im allways geting them confussed. but it seemed to help. yea Olivia had the same thing and the med didnt seem to help. oh and if you can have a lil juice ready for her right after you give her the med than the tast of the juice some times gets them to not think about it. i had to make taking the med fun for Olivia.she wouldnt even sit in my lap when she spoted the bottle at first. well i hope she gets over it! Good luck!

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I have a 4 month old son going through the same thing but this is the 2nd time hes gotten this. I took him to the doc and they said to let it take its corse, well I do not agree with letting him be in pain and coughing all night. So I called another pedi and asked if my 4 month old could take a med call little colds and she said it would not hurt to try so I went and bought it and for the past 2 days he has improved greatly I only give him the 0.5 dose 3x a day morning noon and night. I also give him pedialyte(sp) Also for the nasal I put 2 drops of saline in his nose in the morning and before bed. I hope this helps.
-D.

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If you've been giving her the medicine for 8 days now and nothing is getting better, you may want to take her to the doctor again. My 4 month old daughter got sick like that for a little while, and she was on a decongestant and albuterol liquid for the cough. Plus, I had to stay after her nose with the aspirator.... But the albuterol really helped her cough, so you may want to ask your doctor about that.

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You should invest in a vicks vaporizer. You put water and a special medication in it and it keeps the air moist and help the sinuses and lungs stay moist so that the cough and sniffles aren't so painful. Also, there are vicks plug-ins that put medicine into the air to help open their airways while they are sleeping. I use these two things together every night while my child is sick. You also could pat her back a little harder than a burp pat while she is laying on her stomach so that you can break up the mucus in her lungs.

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Hi C.,

I would try to contact your doctor via phone and speak with him or her. Let them know about the consistent cough and ask if there is a different medication for your daughter. They may prescribe something else. Also, does it seem to be post nasal drip? You've probably already done this, but you may want to elevate her a tad by elevating the head of the crib matress. I know they sell those wedges you can use to do this. This might help a little. Hope she feels better soon.
E.

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My 5 month old had this about a month ago and my pedi put her on breathing treatments and I tell you they helped SOO MUCH. My baby was much happier and so was I. You can rent the machine from your pedi's office and then the DR can prescribe 'Albuterol' for the treatment. I can not express to you how much it helped. I also put a humidifier in my baby's room and elevated her crib.

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Sara, I am sorry but NO CHOCOLATE until AFTER 12 months AT LEAST it's on the forbidden foods list PLEASE simply mix it in a 2oz bottle and finish the antibiotic or there was no point in begining it. A humidifier may help too!

I know I'm going to catch a ton of slack for even posting this but the pharmacist told me to do this a long time ago and it works like a charm111

Mix the medicine w/ Hershey's chocolate syrup!

Krisitina:

Thanks for your private message ; )