So my little boy is 8 months old.
When he was 6 months he developed bronchiolitis and had to go to hospital for a few nights, was on and off oxygen and had a few saline nebulisers which seemed to help, fever was all over the place and he was clearly struggling to breathe sucking his tummy under his ribs and dipping near his windpipe head bobbing etc.
The consultant told us any cold would likely go straight to his chest, and yes that has been the case. He always has a persistent cough especially during the night but when he gets a cold it’s dreadful. He’s just getting over one now and he seems to wake in the night and it takes about 2-3 hours of coughing to the point he’s almost sick. (He did actually sick up a load of mucus the other morning aswel). Is there anything that anyone has tried to help their baby to cough up quicker so they aren’t coughing for hours on end. His poor ribs must hurt so much after all that coughing and his throat must be incredibly sore. I feel so helpless just cuddling him and patting his back whilst he’s coughing.. surely there must be something that can relieve his symptoms it can’t be considered normal from a medical point of view for babies to suffer like this. He seems to get a cold almost every other week so just as he’s gotten over one he’s got another one. So far we’ve tried the usual calpol ibuprofen for the discomfort, tried giving him milk when he wakes but he just coughs and splutters, we’ve tried calpol vapour plug ins, I’ve tried olbas oil drops on a Muslin tied to his cot, I’ve tried saline nasal drops, we brought a warm mist humidifier that contains vicks, we’ve tried letting him sleep with a pillow so he’s propped up, honestly if anyone has tried anything and been successful I would love to hear it.
I’m beyond exhausted now seems everynight is a battle.
(And yes before I get any negative comments, I do take him to the doctors every time he starts up with another cold just to check it’s nothing more serious, the drs must love me in there every fortnight!)