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3 colds in 8 weeks?? Help!

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mommymeggie · 28/08/2010 16:48

My 7 month old started his first cold back in June when we got back from holiday. Then after two weeks,when we thought it was getting better, he caught another cold and seemed to be worse than the first. We took him to the doctor and he said our son was just unlucky getting two colds one on top of another and that it will take him two months to get rid of his cough. So my son has been coughing everyday since the end of June and now its the end of August. Just two days ago, my 2yr old caught a cold and passed it onto my 7 month old and now he is really sick again, full of cold and his cough is getting worse! I'm worried that taking him to the doctor, they will just send us back home without any help again! But I don't want it to turn into something worse as he's just a little baby and being sick most of the summer is just horrible!!! Has anyone experienced this with their child before? Any advice would be great, thanks so much.

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Galena · 28/08/2010 16:59

DD got her first cold in September (at 5 months) It went fairly quickly, but then she had another in November, and wasn't cold free again till May!! Again, I was told she was just unlucky to keep getting colds. She DID end up in hospital a couple of times with bronchiolitis but that could have been due to her prematurity (She was born at 27 weeks). But yes, it is horrible, but not much can be done.

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