What are you night time toddler coughing remedies?

[milkyman]

My 2.7 ds has been coughing lots in the night - can anything help?

[britespark1]

Snuffle babe on the soles of their feet, covered by socks helps mine.

[FernGullysWoollyPully]

Raise the mattress or legs of the bed. The angle is supposes to help relieve it.

[FernGullysWoollyPully]

supposed

[DonkeyOaty]

Short term I would do calpol and brufen piggy back to get through tonight. Damp dust bedroom/take down and wash curtains, check for mould

Long term would be get to GP, is it post viral cough, asthma, allergy?

[Bunbaker]

If the cough is only at night it could be asthma, so it might be worth a trip to the GP.

[Sighing]

This was asthma in my eldest. That said some propping up to tilt the bed and mattress does keep (the cough) it relatively mild

[Chunkymonkey79]

I recently had my dd checked for a horrid persistent night time cough.

GP prescribed nose drops and piriton at bedtime plus snufflebabe on chest back and feet. Worked an absolute treat!!

[chemenger]

With dd2 it was the first sign of hay fever, portion should help.

[chemenger]

Piriton. Not portion.

[GlitzAndGigglesx]

Vicks on bottom of feet with socks on and pillows propped up. It can be a pain to keep on top of but make sure they're on their side, not their back

[Branleuse]

Make him a tea out of thyme

[Woobeedoo]

I'm going to have to try some of these. My little boy has a 3:30am cough - never any other time, just then. Very odd!

[Cliffdiver]

DD1 (now 3.8) also had a night cough which turned out to be asthma.

I was when the doctor mentioned it, but since being prescribed an inhaler (2 puffs before bed) she's been cough free at night ever since.

[StarlightMcKenzee]

Chocolate.

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[ActiviaYoghurt]

Humidifier

[WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant]

Check up from the doc if its been more than a few days

Vics on the feet and chest helped my dd.

[gonerogue]

Vicks or snufflebabe on feet with socks over at night.
Steam in the bedroom to keep the air from drying out their throat.
A drop of chamomile essential oil on their pillow - just one up at the top will help too.

[Sternin]

I find the Calpol plugin helps when my daughter has this.

[Ham69]

My DS constantly suffered with a horrendous night time cough. He's 8 now and definitely does not have asthma. The only thing that kept me sane was a humidifier (I bought mine from argos). I could not recommend one highly enough.

[Ham69]

Just to add, the older he gets, the less frequent the coughs are. Hold tight, OP. He's still very young and his immune system will get stronger.

[slippermaiden]

Vicks on the soles of their feet!

[SingSongSlummy]

Warm mist humidifier is great for night time coughs.

[milkyman]

which humidifier is worth getting?

[Purplepoodle]

Cold air humidifier. Got mine from argos. Brilliant when they have a cold. Useful myself to stop coughing at night