Help bad cough

[melbmumof1]

Hi.
Just wondering if anybody knows of any ideas to help a baby (7 months) who isnt sleeping at night due to a bad cough?
He is on medication for the cough but it doesnt seem to be working very well the past 2 nights.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated for bubs and my sanity:sleeping:

[sweetvanilla]

My 12 wks old bub just got over the cough. what did the GP prescribe you? I had her took Amoxyll. (spell) It is a antibiotic. I get the original (not generic) to get the quality. She was on it for as long as it finish. So far it has been good. Plus, I hv the Vicks vapouriser steamer day and nite.

Good luck. You just got to bear with bub's coughs, unfotunately.

[cwsmum]

What kind of cough does he have? What medicine are you giving him?

You could try things like a vaporiser (or a bowl of boiling water under the cot) anything to dampen the air a bit.
Raise the end of the cot up so he is not laying flat...just put a pillow or even a folded up blanket, under the mattress.

How long has he had the cough? I took DD to the dr on monday coz she has had a cough for 2 weeks and it wasn't getting better, turns out her cough is nothing to worry about but she has an ear infection.

Hope your bub is better soon :)

[melbmumof1]

He had a course of amoxyl and now he has given him bricanyl for the cough.

[Gemma]

is it a chesty or dry cough?

sometimes if they have a runny nose and it drips down their throat at night it stimulates the cough. Try demazin for bubs (if I remember they can have it from 6mths...my kid is just about 3 now so can't remember when these OTC meds can be given to bubs) It will help them sleep as well.

HTH

[misskittyfantastico]

I'd go the vapouriser (DD has croup ATM so we love our vapouriser!)
It's hard because babies under 2 shouldn't have cough suppressents as the coughing prevents a chest infection developing...if you're worried, I'd go back to the Dr.

[sweetvanilla]

I just read properly that u had the medications for only 2 nites. It will have to be abit longer at least a week to see the result. Is bub taking 3 times a day as prescribed? Just hang on there. :fingerscrossed: All will be fine soon.

[melbmumof1]

sorry sweetvanilla i should have been clearer in my explaination. He has been on the medication for a week but the past 2 nights it hasn't seemed to work as well. I just brought a vaporiser today so I am trying that too tonight. I will try anything to try to help my poor little man to get some sleep

[sweetvanilla]

it is ok. I also rubbed VICKS on DD chest, back chest and feet. It eases her cough too. Gv it go. Anything worth a go to make bub better .