Hi, when my ds 3.9 yrs gets a cold/viral infection he will cough every 5 minutes all night long, it probably fully wakes him about 4 times a night when it gets to the point of him gagging, the rest of the time he stays asleep but is blatantly not in a deep/restful sleep, tossing turning and is exhausted for days on end because of it.
He's got one at the minute hence me posting. I feel like I've probably tried everything but incase there is some remedy I've missed, here's what I've tried already - honey, piriton, vapour plug in, cool mist humidifier, extra pillow, vaporub on chest, back and feet with socks, extra fluids, window open/closed, over the counter children's cough medicine which is just bloody sugar syrup in my opinion but thought it worth a shot. The only thing that sometimes works is the piriton can some nights give him about 2hrs of no coughing after a dose but this can only be given every 4-6hrs, other times though it appears to do nothing? Anyway, any tricks I've missed along the way or am I out of options?? Thank you.