14 month old waking due to coughing

[jessicawakefieldismyeviltwin]

14 month old ds is not a great sleeper, but every few weeks seems to develop a cough which makes him even worse. he seems to cough only at night, or at least when lying down, and wakes himself up from it. the doctor has given me a little inhaler for him , but needless to say thats nearly impossible to get him to use properly and im not convinced by it really. anyone any experience of this?

My dd does the same and she ia 17 months, I now use an air purifier with eucalyptus drops and that helps, I also leave a sippy cup of water in cot just in case but often she coughs in sleep and manages to go back down... It's always worse after a feed too...