Wondering if anyone has any shared experiences of a baby with a chronic cough. My daughter, now 15 months, has been a cougher pretty much from day one (we called her "barky" it was so bad when she was tiny.) This winter it has been really terrible - about every five weeks she comes down with a coughing episode which generally lasts a week or so and is terrible at night.I assumed it was just a succession of bugs (her brother is at school now so brings home all the colds etc) but it was happening so often, and so chronically, I eventually took her to the GP. He took one look at her healthy looking ruddy little face and rotund body (she's 75th centile despite both parents being small and trim) and declared there was nothing wrong with her; listened to her chest and heard nothing of concern. He said it was just a winter thing and not very unusual; by March things would ease off. However, here we are in April, and last night she LITERALLY coughed all night. YOu'd have to hear it to believe it - it was impossible to imagine that anyone could cough without break for ten solid hours. But she did - in her sleep. None of the rest of us got a wink. I must admit she is once again full of cold - so perhaps she just has poor immunity (despite a good diet) and this is how it expresses itself; OR could this be asthma? I am thinking of pushing for a referral to a specialist or going private - I just feel instinctively that this amount of coughing cannot be rights. She does not wheeze. Any advice/shared experiences very appreciated. I am not a fusser generally but beginning to get concerned now.