Antibiotics and babies. Your thoughts.

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Off the back of another thread I posted yesterday, just wondering your thoughts on babies and antibiotics.

Dd has just turned one and started nursery a month ago. Predictably she's been unwell pretty much constantly ever since. She had her first course of antibiotics the week after she started as she got strep throat. She then had to have a second course to clear it up fully. That did the trick and for about 5 days she was happy and well. She's now got a horrible cough that sounds very much like it could be a chest infection.

According to NHS online most chest infections clear up on their own but they can be dangerous occasionally. I'm reluctant to keep going down the antibiotic route for every illness because I know kids can build resistance to them. Especially since she only finished her second course a week ago!

Where do you stand on this? Would you rather them have them and get better sooner? Or is it better to let their bodies fight off bugs and viruses on their own? At what point would you say right they need antibiotics now? Dd is very distressed and unwell at night but during the day she is happy and playful so I'm not overly worried yet but I know things can go downhill quickly and it's also nigh on impossible to see a Gp on the same day where I am.

Exactly this.

So you would trust a random on mumsnet over your GP?

go and speak to your practice manager if you are that concerned or another gP or 111

but don’t ask randoms on the internet about critical aspects of your child’s health and expect useful information

@Namechanger355 I've had useful information but thanks for your input anyway. I'm not sure why people are so triggered by this. I'm not asking anyone on Mumsnet for a diagnosis. I'm asking about their experience/thoughts. If I feel it's appropriate to get medical attention I quite obviously will.

Im the wait and see type. My kids are 7 and 8 and neither have ever had antibiotics. They were prescribed a few times over the years for ear infections and once chest infection, but i always decided to wait a couple days and give it if it doesnt get better by then.
My kids always recovered on their own.
I do think that doctors are always very quick to prescribe them.

That being said, sometimes theres just no way around it.
I think you need to do what feels right for you. You will be able to tell how much your child is suffering.

If my one year old was wheezing I would take them to get checked out personally