Your baby possibly has rsv. This is life with daycare or preschool. My 4yo picked it up at school and brought it home to his 1 year old sister and the rest of the house.

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Anonymous wrote:I would go to urgent care.

Honest question: what do you think Urgent Care will do?

If your baby is not having trouble breathing, and does not have a prolonged fever, is eating and drinking ok (doesn't need to be perfect, but ok), there is really nothing to do. Yes, this is life in daycare. It felt like one long runny nose and cold. It does get better though, eventually.

They can rule out ear infection and listen to lung sounds.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter had this and it was RSV with luckily no fever. Turned into bronchitis per doctor. If you can, keep her home with you and work from home for the week. That’s what I did and she got better. Still coughing at night 2 weeks later but dr said that’s normal. It takes awhile to clear. Use cool mist, nasal suction, Tylenol and ibuprofen.

Forgot to add, roll a towel and put it under her mattress to create an upright wedge. You can also put the towels under the top two feet of the crib. Seems to help.

Also, when she wakes up in the middle of the night coughing, give her Tylenol or ibuprofen after her coughing spell subsides. I found it helped my daughter even though she didn’t have a fever. Maybe she had a sore throat or other symptoms you wouldn’t know about. Seemed to really help mine.

You're doing everything you can. I think 2 weeks is about usual for a cold at that age. If you can afford to keep her home from daycare so she can nap on you, I have found that helps with making up some extra sleep from waking up coughing all night. It also is just a lower energy day, which is good when they're sick.

I usually call the nurse line whenever my kids have any symptom that's concerning me to get a clear flowchart of when to bring the child to the doctor, which it sounds like you've already done (three weeks of cough or other symptoms developing).

My 1-year-old has a similar cough right now and he's in daycare because I burned through all my PTO with RSV (with fever), a feverish cold, and norovirus last month. It sucks, but I will say this has been an unusually bad fall for us -- my 3yo was rarely sick before she turned 2, maybe because before that all the pandemic restrictions meant there weren't as many viruses circulating even at daycare. Or my 1yo is more susceptible -- all kids handle the group care onslaught of diseases differently. Hope your baby feels better soon!

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter had this and it was RSV with luckily no fever. Turned into bronchitis per doctor. If you can, keep her home with you and work from home for the week. That’s what I did and she got better. Still coughing at night 2 weeks later but dr said that’s normal. It takes awhile to clear. Use cool mist, nasal suction, Tylenol and ibuprofen.

Forgot to add, roll a towel and put it under her mattress to create an upright wedge. You can also put the towels under the top two feet of the crib. Seems to help.

I found this didn't help because then my baby would flip around and her feet would be up the wedge and her head down, which only made things worse. So YMMV on this one.

Anonymous wrote:I would go to urgent care.

Honest question: what do you think Urgent Care will do?

If your baby is not having trouble breathing, and does not have a prolonged fever, is eating and drinking ok (doesn't need to be perfect, but ok), there is really nothing to do. Yes, this is life in daycare. It felt like one long runny nose and cold. It does get better though, eventually.

I would call the doctor.

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Anonymous wrote:My 7 month old is on week 2 of having a bad, phlegmy cough. Frequent coughing fits are waking her up at night and keeping her up and it doesn’t seem to be getting better at all. Doctor says no need to come in unless it lasts for over three weeks or she has trouble breathing. Very slightly runny nose but otherwise no fever or other symptoms present.

She started daycare a few weeks ago - is this just life with a baby in daycare?? Any way I can give her relief except for humidifier, frequent steam rooms (with shower), holding her upright, extra fluids and saline solution/snot sucking?

Unfortunately, colds are par for the course in a group care setting. in addition to everything you’re doing you can also sit in a steamy shower for as long as you can take it. It helps clear up their cough.

However, with rSVPing so prevalent and spreading wildly this year, I suggest to go see your pediatrician.

But can anything be done for RSV? Going to the doc is waste, no?

Obviously, if idifficult breathing happens it's a trip to the ER (as with anything - flu, covid, pneumonia, bronchitis), but this is just another virus with no antibiotics, vaccine, or cure. Just a waiting game and tylenol to treat the symptoms and take the edge off.
And nothing in Op's post mentions red flags like breathing difficulties, unusual lethargy, dehydration, or any other serious symptoms.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter had this and it was RSV with luckily no fever. Turned into bronchitis per doctor. If you can, keep her home with you and work from home for the week. That’s what I did and she got better. Still coughing at night 2 weeks later but dr said that’s normal. It takes awhile to clear. Use cool mist, nasal suction, Tylenol and ibuprofen.

Forgot to add, roll a towel and put it under her mattress to create an upright wedge. You can also put the towels under the top two feet of the crib. Seems to help.

+1 on this

Anonymous wrote:My 7 month old is on week 2 of having a bad, phlegmy cough. Frequent coughing fits are waking her up at night and keeping her up and it doesn’t seem to be getting better at all. Doctor says no need to come in unless it lasts for over three weeks or she has trouble breathing. Very slightly runny nose but otherwise no fever or other symptoms present.

She started daycare a few weeks ago - is this just life with a baby in daycare?? Any way I can give her relief except for humidifier, frequent steam rooms (with shower), holding her upright, extra fluids and saline solution/snot sucking?

Unfortunately, colds are par for the course in a group care setting. in addition to everything you’re doing you can also sit in a steamy shower for as long as you can take it. It helps clear up their cough.

However, with rSVPing so prevalent and spreading wildly this year, I suggest to go see your pediatrician.

Anonymous wrote:My daughter had this and it was RSV with luckily no fever. Turned into bronchitis per doctor. If you can, keep her home with you and work from home for the week. That’s what I did and she got better. Still coughing at night 2 weeks later but dr said that’s normal. It takes awhile to clear. Use cool mist, nasal suction, Tylenol and ibuprofen.

Forgot to add, roll a towel and put it under her mattress to create an upright wedge. You can also put the towels under the top two feet of the crib. Seems to help.

My daughter had this and it was RSV with luckily no fever. Turned into bronchitis per doctor. If you can, keep her home with you and work from home for the week. That’s what I did and she got better. Still coughing at night 2 weeks later but dr said that’s normal. It takes awhile to clear. Use cool mist, nasal suction, Tylenol and ibuprofen.

I would absorb bring her in to the pediatrician
To be checked. 7 months is so young still.

I would go to urgent care.

My 7 month old is on week 2 of having a bad, phlegmy cough. Frequent coughing fits are waking her up at night and keeping her up and it doesn’t seem to be getting better at all. Doctor says no need to come in unless it lasts for over three weeks or she has trouble breathing. Very slightly runny nose but otherwise no fever or other symptoms present.

She started daycare a few weeks ago - is this just life with a baby in daycare?? Any way I can give her relief except for humidifier, frequent steam rooms (with shower), holding her upright, extra fluids and saline solution/snot sucking?