re: Baby wheezing

[peanutbutterjelly]

Hi, any Mum know anything about wheezing? My lo is 6 months old, and has a slight wheezing sound when he breathes. Should I be worried?

i would get it checked out if i was u could be nothing but when they r so lill u never know how do u think lo is at the mo

You need to call NHS direct if he is wheezy. What colour is he? What colour are his lips and tongue?

Wheezy heavy breathing, could be nothing or could be something, there is something called bronchilitus, it only effects babies under 12 months but if you notice temperature, heavy breathing then you must get lo checked'

it can be quite dangerous, my dd had it at 9 mnths, they need to be given oxygen and monitored, if you are not happy, ring NHS direct, get an appointment with a doc asap.

A bronchy baby will have bubbly spit coming from their mouth and a weak cry (with bronchialitis that is).

is the baby wheezing or rattling at the back of the throat? Either way just go and get him checked out as best be safe. My dd1 is asthmatic and first started wheezing at around 3 weeks old and was in and out with bronchilitis in first year of her life etc. Always think with breathing get checked

my ds had that at 3 months and was nebulised so many times no he is asthmatick errrrrrrr but he is 8 now and only just resntley had a attack in alcudia and yes we was in the hos again so just get it checked hun be safe

No news, I'm hoping the op has phoned NHS direct and they have called an ambulance (standard policy for a wheeze).

Have to say avenap my dd dint have bubbly spit or a weak cry and she was terribly ill in hospital for a week on oxygen, bloody awful.

Hope op is of to the docs as we speak!

Ohh, poor thing. It must have been really frightening for you.
That's the visible and audible sign we were taught to look out for. They are normally too weak to feed, hence the cry. The bubbling is from excessive mucus.

also they say o look at the babys chest if they r pulling in under the lill ribs they r strugling with breath

agree with colacubes about spit etc my dd1 didnt have either of those signs any of the 3 times she was admitted.
Now she always tugs at the ribs and throat when struggling with breathign.

It is scarey when breathing is concerned..dd1 was hospitalised again last weekend and got out on tues..still panic every time and she is now 2.9yrs

feeding yes that was the big thing, awful, poor lo, have to say though I went to the AnE late at night and was told nothing wrong with her chest!!

sat up all night listening, and wathching her take these massive heaves of breath, next day to the docs, he knew straight away.

I wonder why this isnt talked about more I had never heard of it before, and only by chance I mentioned it to a lady and her dd was taken ill a few weeks later and because of our conversation she took her in, and it was the same thing. It should be spoken about more.

peanut have you phoned NHS direct yet? Try not to worry - my ds was wheezy and the GP called him a 'happy wheezer' in that it didn't mean anything too serious. But always best to check it out.

PBJ, get lo checked if you are worried, but there is such a thing as "happy wheezing" - which is just that, if the child is not distressed or unwell, just breathing with a noise/ wheeze, then they may be ok.
Having two dc with asthma though, and one "happy wheezer" i would be far more tempted to get your lo checked just to be sure
Take your cues from the way that the baby is, how he is behaving and so on.
Nobody will complain if you are gettng a baby with a wheeze checked.

x-post cornsilk
gawd i'm slow at typing tonight

lol gigglewitch - am hoping peanut hasn't come back 'cos she's on the phone to NHS direct. Probably waiting for a callback.

thks for all your advice. He seems happy, and doesn't have a temperature. Did take him to the doctor, and he developed a slight rash on his chest. The doctor said that he's just starting a cold virus, and not to give him any medication, unless his temperature goes up. that might be why he has been waking 2/3 times a night recently. And I thought it could be his teething too.
I asked the doc abt the wheezing.. but he said it's got to do with the cold.. don't knw if I can trust nhs doc's too much.. as they really take a quick time to assess things. Any mum's out there experience these symptoms with your lo's?

Just another question, have any of you used a nasal aspirator. when your little one has a blocked nose, how do you take their snot out if it isn't wet (sorry to be gross). I've been using a tissue rolled up to a point.. but think I could be shoving the snot back up.

snuffle babes or something like that rubbed on the chest and on a cloth tied to the side of the cot.
Good to hear he's okay - hope he's better soon.

try boiling a kettle in his room for the steam, and put a bit of karvol on a hanky or something near his cot/bed.
wouldn't try catching snot and bogeys that hasn't, erm, already surfaced iyswim

do any of the mum's have a dehumidifier in their lo's rooms'? does this help?

every time my dd has a cold i use a calpol nightlight and raise the top of her cot, makes her sleep much better.

wehave a humidifier/ioniser thing. I actually do believe the ioniser has an effect, and the humidifier (apart from sounding like an ancient and broken water heater) does stop them coughing for long enough to get to sleep properly - once they are in a deep sleep then chances are the coughing that they do doesn't really wake them. IYSWIM. Some of the time i put the humidifier on and think it cures me, not them