Croup - when did your dc grow out of it?

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DD2 is only 19 months old and has already had croup 3 times, each time requiring steroids. I am already bracing myself for another trip to A&E in the coming weeks. Those with children prone to croup... when did it start getting better and when did they grow out of it completely? Thanks!

Didn't grow out of it until school age (although he never had it badly enough to require steriods - I think if he'd been seen during his worst bout on Boxing Day, when he was two he may have done). I guess it did peak around this time (age 2), the next winter was better.

Thanks. Hmmmm, at least another 2 winters to go then. I don't know, maybe I take her to A&E too quickly, but when it's noisy breathing on top of the barking cough, and doesn't get better with steam or fresh air, then I just get scared

Should I learn to sit it out?

She may well get asthma - she's got eczema and an egg allergy already and I have allergies too.

Thanks Pixie. I find the very noisy breathing alone frightening enough... I wouldn't want to wait and see if she turns blue, to be honest!

I haven't. I stood at the open window with her for quite a while last time, and then sat in the steamy bathroom, but it didn't get the least bit better, worse if anything. So DH and I both decided that she needed to go to A&E. And he's usually much calmer, so if he thinks she needs to go then I know it must be quite bad.

We have some steroid suppositories at home - in Germany parents are told to just use them when their child gets croup - but somehow I am not keen on using them.

DS grew out of it when he was 5 or 6, he had his last bout requiring a hospital visit in Year 1. Reading Pixie's list made me remember how I used to feel when it started. Gawd, I remember those chest/throat recessions.

I was told to count him breathing in a minute and when it got to a certain given number it was time to take him in. I honestly cannot remember what that magic number was now ( he is 11 )

He grew out of it completely, no legacy.

Ds1 had croup repeatedly b/w the ages of 2 and 3.5. Since then none at all touch wood. He is 5 now and has moved on to ear infections (more painful but less worrying to mummy).