Hello, after a bit of advice here. DD had a proper cold a few weeks ago, and since then has a drippy nose on and off during the day, but when going to sleep/waking up has a productive cough. We're trying to encourage her to spit it out, but generally she refuses. Last night she woke in the night for the loo, coughed for ages when settling again and then started proper crying- she'd been a bit sick- but yet again kept swallowing instead of spitting (no bedclothes to wash though!).
She's eating fine, lively, bit tired, but she isn't used to being up in the night.
Do I worry? During the day she doesn't seem poorly enough for the drs but also don't want to be ignoring something I shouldn't. How long should I leave things if she doesn't get any better or worse? I hadn't realised its been weeks since her cold until I looked back!
We've given her tixilix and calpol occasionally, usually bedtime-ish.
DH is allergic to our cat, so used to having snotty noses around me all the time, but the cough is worrying me- might it be an allergy thing instead? DD has eczema (also DH's genes!).
thanks for any help,
mumofk