My heart breaks when DD coughs...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not advising that you run to the doctor's office, but my son had runny nose, cough and NO fever. He ended up having pneumonia and needed antibiotics.

Yes, mine did too. OP, if this goes on for more than say 3-4 days, I would take her to the ped.

[Anonymous]

I second the neti pot flush. I started these on my kids as young as 2. My two younger kids had no problem with it. I didn't start my oldest until she was 5 and she turned out to be the hardest, simply because she anticipated it would be bad. I also like Nature's Way Umcka - Cold Care, it never fails me. Within 48 hrs of starting it the cough subsides. It's derived from an African plant. I've researched the colloidal silver stuff...run!

[Anonymous]

I think there may be some dangers with elevating the matress on the crib..I think I read about that somewhere. I do use the humidifier and also a teaspoon of honey (if your child isn't allergic).

[Anonymous]

Those of you with the pneumonia stories are scaring me... my DD has had a cough (and runny nose on/off) for a couple of months now but the pediatrician said it was allergies. We tried an inhaler and it seemed to help a bit but it hasn't gotten a little better (not coughing all night long now, just a few times throughout the night) so we gave up since she acted like we were murdering her.