Has anyone's baby had bronchilitis

[leglebegle]

Think I'm spelling it right. My 16 week old has terrible cold - which our whole family has but his breathing sounds very chesty and fast. He is happy in himself, is taking all his milk, but this cough is not going and seems to be deteriorating. Anyone got any advice. What are the signs of bronchilitis? I am on the verge of taking him to the walk in centre.

if you feel so worried about him, then you should take him to see a healthcare professional. but im not sure that friday night is the best time.
my son had bronchiolitis at allmost five months age. he was very ill with it. refused solids at first, and then refused his milk. he want to feed, but as he was breathing through his mouth, could not breastfeed, and refused to take a bottle.
personally i would see if i could either get a doctor of nurse to see him tonight, or take him to the gp in the morning. but dont take him to a and e on a friday evening.
good luck, and i hope he feels better soon

DS had this twice at 4 months and 6 months and was in hospital both times as it was quite severe.

If he is happy in himself and feeding well, then that is a really good sign. Does his chest sink in above his collar bone and below his ribs when he breathes? Does his chest crackle rather than rattle?

If you ring nhs direct they will ask you the questions i just asked btw....

does your docs have an out of hours number? If so, ring them for advice and they will tell you to take your baby in.

Yes it crackles rather than rattles and his chest isn't sinking in like you suggested. I am trying to count his breathing so I can see if its less than 40 breaths a minute but he keeps crying because he's going off to sleep! It will be a nightmare to take him tonight, I might see he goes through the night and take him tomorrow.

Mine had it this time last year when he was 4 months. Basically theres not much they can do in the way of medicine and the only thing the Dr suggested was putting him in the bathroom with all the hot taps and hot shower running and the windows shut to create a sort of steam room effect. She said if it got worse we could go into hospital but the treatment would be much the same. He sounded like he was a forty a day smoker and was miserable for about a week or so. He slept badly but carried on drinking his milk etc. Its evidently some sort of virus from autumal spores.
You could go to the drs to reassure yourself and take his temperature etc.

Good luck.

if it crackles when he breathes then that is a potential sign of an infection - so i am told.

The positives are: he is happy, is feeding ok and his chest is not sinking in. I would however het some medical advice - little babies can change rapidly.

Do ring your gp for an out of hours number....they see little ones as quick as a flash

hugs xx

dd had it at 3 months. Her cry was like a cat's meow (very pitiful), she was cold and projectile vomited feeds for 24 hours so became a bit dehydrated. Finally she became very wheezy and we spent a sleepless night trying to comfort her before calling a dr.

Shortness of breath and shallow, rapid breathing which sucks in the chest are signs that urgent medical treatment is needed. Funnily enough she didn't have a cold as such. It is really common though adn in many cases needs hospital treatment so if you are worried I'd get your ds checked out.

Hope all is well

My ds3 had it last year, but probably not very badly as he was no where near to being hospitalised. His breathing was very rattly. I would say a 16 week old baby should be carefully watched tonight, but if he is happy and feeding fine, I wouldn't trouble the healthcare professionals just yet. But if he gets worse or you are in any way worried, do it straightaway. They will always come and see a small baby.

I know its sounds crazy but I can't tell if he is breathing fast. Its faster than usual but I think its less than 40 breaths a minute. He's now asleep so I'm not going to take him in but I am monitoring him till 10pm and if still not happy will phone the emergency doctor. Either way I'm taking him to the local nhs walk-in centre tomorrow morning. the trouble is when young babies cough like this it sounds so terrible. i'm just worried because he doesn't seem to be fighting it off really. but then he is still happy, laughing, feeding. very confused.

okay. good advice. will do.

Just keep a close eye on him and remember that the doctors will come to you if you ask them to see a baby with the symptoms you describe. If you call them out unnecessarily, at least your mind will be put at rest, whereas if you didn't call them out and something dreadful happened, you would never forgive yourself. I think if you are not sure whether to call anyone, he probably isn't too bad, but on the other hand, I don't want to be responsible for you not doing the right thing if you are worried.....

Hope NHS direct helps. The best thing to do really.

bronchiolitis is actually quite common especially at this time of year.
Friends ds has been in hospital overnight (he's 1) and is there tonight, and on a nebuliser as his breathing has been really laboured.
LB...Keep an eye on your ds- watch his breathing particularly, he is so little + he may need a bit more help.

all the best.

dd1 was hospitalised with it at 10 weeks old.

How is he today, leglebegle ?

any news? been thinking of you

how is he?

dd2 had this at about 12 weeks old. ended up at a+e as temp rocketed, wouldnt come down, her breathing was terrible and was very hard to wake. still scares me now. she had antibiotics as had another infection as well.

How is your little chap? My ds had this at 6 weeks and was hospitalised and really quite poorly, I hope you are all ok. x