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Reply to ""some kids just get croup a lot"--does yours?"
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[quote=Anonymous]I think I have one of those kids. My kid used to get croup with just about every cold/cough. Seal barking at night especially, and during naps, between the ages of 2 and 4 (before that he didn't ever really have a cough). This winter he is almost 5, and for the first time I can remember, every single cold isn't a croup-watch. It was apparent in the Fall that he had outgrown it. My understanding was that his little airways were just too small to handle colds well. Now they're marginally bigger, but big enough to stop the croup phenomenon. It was never serious. We sat up with him and did steam sometimes, a humidifier other times, and gave Claritin etc... We did get a steroid syrup once because I pushed for it (albuterol). I can't say it helped a lot, and we don't think it was allergies. Certainly not asthma. [/quote]
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