Hi,
I have a 6 month old DS
At 3 weeks old he caught bronchillitis, the hospital said this could be managed at home as he was feeding enough to match the minimum requirement. They said he would likely recover within a week but a cough would remain for a while.
He's been sick EVER since. Monthly antibiotics for chest infections, weepy green eyes. He produces so much mucus he chokes and pukes. He can't sleep, he coughs and gets sick with mucus.
This has been relentless, there's not been a single day where he has actually been "well".
We've used an aspirator to remove the mucus, it comes back worse. We've used various vapour rubs/calpol vapour plug, we've tried no central heating, we've literally tried everything.
He struggles so much. He attends nursery and every day they let me know that he's under the weather.
When I phone my doctor, I get put through to the nurse who says it's either viral or "a little infection" and nothing helps.
Is it normal for a baby to be this mucusy? He had an absolutely awful chest rattle constantly, he coughs constantly and always has green mucus and so much of it.
I don't think it's normal, my two year old gets snot, he's had a few chest infections especially since nursery but nowhere near this bad.
He feeds, he sometimes brings the feed back up (same with weaning) but not always, his weight is fine. Which is why i don't think the nurse is concerned.