Is It Weezing or What? How Can I Cure It???

Oh how I feel your frustration!! My daughter is 21 months old, we have been going through the same thing with her since she was about 3 months old. Our doctor has prescribed a nebulizer treatment 2x's per day, alternating albuterol and pulmicort. It has helped tremendously!!! PLEASE keep after your pediatrician... even though my daughter is doing better and her doctor is great I still had a visit with a pediatric pulmonologist and they confirmed that it is "baby asthma" that she will hopefully grow out of. You have the right to request to see someone else - it sounds like that's what you need to do. I wish you the best and hope your little one is well!!
Take care.

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Hi! Has your pediatrician ever mentioned laryngeal malacia or laryngomalacia? My 2 month old son was diagnosed with this when he was a few days old. It sounded like he was breathing with stridor or loud labored breathing, but not all the time. He was in the NICU with an unrelated problem and they were able to get an ENT consult there and the ENT doctors put a scope down his throat and made the diagnosis. Apparently it is a very common condition in babies that is due to the cartilage around the voice box collapsing sometimes causing that sound. It is harmless and resolves in the majority of babies by 1 year old. It is offically diagnosed by an ENT doctor with a scope, but many times the ENT or other doctor can make the diagnosis just by seeing the baby breathe. It is not dangerous unless it interferes with feeding, which it rarely does, and if feeding or choking is a problem then the ENT can do a laser surgery to remove a little excess tissue around voice box and this solves the problem. I am not saying this is what your son has, but you might want to google it or ask about it as it often sounds like my son is a loud breather with congestion, but he is otherwise healthy. Sometimes he is perfectly quiet and sometimes he sounds kind of squeaky or mucousy. If we hadn't had been given this diagnosis I would think my son has allergies based on the sounds he makes, but he never has visible congestion (runny nose, etc.). It is frustrating because there is nothing you can do about it but wait for the baby to outgrow it, but at least it is not dangerous. Hope this helps and good luck!

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Hi C.,
My daughter (now ten) had a lot of trouble breathing at night when she was a baby. The pediatrician suggested it was allergies, and told us to keep the pets out of her room and possibly get rid of all her stuffed animals. We tried cleaning her toys and keeping the dog and cat out, and used a vaporizer but nothing really helped. I hated using the vaporizer because it also made a lot of condensation on the windows and my woodwork started getting moldy-- which can't be very healthy either. She would snore and gasp for air at night and I was always worried about her being able to breathe.

When all her teeth were grown in and she visited the dentist, the dentist discovered she had serious misalignment of her teeth (a cross bite) and recommended we see an orthodontist. The orthodontist discovered that the roof of her mouth was abnormally arched, so the shape of her upper jaw was causing the teeth not to line up correctly. At about 6 and a half she had to wear a palate expander device in her mouth that reshaped the roof of her mouth (palate).

The orthodontist said also that doing so may alleviate her breathing problems... and it did! The shape of the palate was actually interfering with her nasal passages. Just something you might want to ask the pediatrician about or see an orthodontist. It's not as scary as it sounds, in fact it is fairly common. Once my daughter's palate was fixed, she no longer snores or gasps in her sleep. And we didn't have to get rid of the pets or the stuffed animals!
Hope this helps!
C.

Thank you for asking this question. I am going through the exact same thing with my daughter (8 months) now. Hers started pretty much at birth, only it happened when she nursed or got a bath. Now she sounds like that anytime she is awake. Th doctors say it's nothing - small nasal passages (then why doesn't she sound like that when she's sleeping), a cold, some thingy that hasn't tightened up yet blah blah blah. At our next appointment I'm requesting a specialist. I can't wait to read the rest of your responses. Good Luck!

A cool mist humidifier on a low setting just keeps the air from getting too dry. I use one everynight it keeps the mucus membranes from getting dry and irritated this time of year. Good Luck!!

1st, how amazing is it that we have the same name, ive never officially met another C.! 2nd, my 2nd daughter had that mucus-y thing off and on when she was a baby. The doctor said it was because she didnt know how to cough/ spit it out. But if it is really bad, maybe you should ask for a referral to an ear nose and throat doc... Good luck

asthma? allergies? i would take you child to be tested for both. good luck.

take him to the dr have him checked for asthma and allergies. My yongest had pneumonia very severely three times before anyone said astma. Now he is 5 and has been very healthy for 3 years. Now that he and I know what we are battling against we know how to keep him healthy.

Both my kids were like that and I did exactly what you did...vaporizers, nasal sprays, etc. The don't have asthma and it even happens when most allergies are relatively quiet. My youngest developed sleep apnea (don't worry, you would know -he snored like a buzz saw) and had his adenoids removed. Once they were gone, he became a silent sleeper. My older son (now 6), still breathes very loudly. He had surgery on his foot last year and the nurse in the recovery room commented that it sounded like he needed his adenoids out. I didn't think it was worth surgery right now because it isn't affecting his sleep.

Have you gone to an ear nose and throat doctor? Or to an asthma specialist? Or any other kind of specialist? I babysit for a baby and she had the same problem last winter and is getting sick again with the same problem... slight cough and mucus in her chest. They still don't know what causes it, but they think it is an allergy or she just takes a long time to recover from colds. She is sick a lot. But it doesn't sound normal and I would see a specialist.

To be honest it sounds like something my daughter went thru
when she was a toddler. It could be post nasal drip. His sinuses could be constantly draining. This could be due to allergies on his environment. Try some medicine to "dry him
out". Also, thoroughly clean his room. Get rid of excess stuff animals because they just collect dust which could be making it worse. My daughter has grown out of it. But many a night she slept in a recliner to keep her head raised so the post nasal drip would not be so bad.
Good Luck!!