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Posted: 16 May 2007 at 11:00pm | IP Logged

DP has expressed concerns tonight that Edward will be 'one of these kids who always has a cough'. It is true that esspecially at night he coughs alot. Not enough to wake him or make him ill but he does have these coughing fits.

I've always put it down to dribbling and saliva before as he always was a very dribbly baby and still does more so that some toddlers.

I did everything right in pregnancy quitting smoking straight away and breastfeeding for 11 months. DP still smokes and we take him to our local a couple of times a week, I try and keep him in the no smoking section but he tends to follow daddy when he goes through for a fag.

Is this overreacting? Do your lo's cough a lot or should I mention it? He has had quite a lot of colds through the winter although hes never had a chest infection. Neither DP or I have asthma.

Posted: 16 May 2007 at 11:37pm | IP Logged

Hiya madz,

I'd definitely mention it to your doctor hun as a persistant night time cough can sometimes be a sign of asthma.. it's not to say your lo actually has it, it might just be a case of prescribing some Alupent (sp?) to help open the airways at night.. Apparently lying down can sometimes narrow them which can cause the cough.  My Megan ahd a sever dose of RSV (like Lina's Kaitlyn) when she was only 3wks old and they told me that she may be left with a weakness and at a higher risk of asthma (especially as hubby has bad hay fever).. fortunately though.  She did develop a night time cough when she was about a year old an a couple of months on the alupent did the trick, other than a cold going straight to her chest she has no more symptoms.. she's now 4.5!  you're lo might be the same hun, but it's best to get it chesked out - just in case!

Take care hun,

Posted: 17 May 2007 at 9:39am | IP Logged

I was expecting people to say it was normal...

I'll make him a gp appt. He seems fine in himself otherwise.

Posted: 17 May 2007 at 10:04am | IP Logged

Hi babe i would have i would have it looked at. Neither of my girls are like this. When they get a cough i use tixy liyx however its spelt lol. This always seems to do the trick. I would try and keep him from following daddy when he wants a fag.

I hope you get to the bottom of this hun and i hope its nothing more than just a cough. xxxxx

Posted: 17 May 2007 at 10:06am | IP Logged

Trust me I try! I told dp last night I didnt quit smoking so he could do all the damage instead!

Cant wait for the smoking ban in July!

Posted: 17 May 2007 at 10:16am | IP Logged

the ban is already here in wales since april.

i would take him to see the doc just to check it out, joshua coughs a lot at night but that is down to him having asthma.

Posted: 17 May 2007 at 10:18am | IP Logged

madz lily doesnt cough at all really

the smoking could be interferrring!

it may just be that he has an allergy?

Posted: 17 May 2007 at 10:54am | IP Logged

I was thinking it may be an allergy.

He isnt exposed to smoke loads - in fact hardly at all. Our house is 100% no smoking and its only rarely he is in the smoking side of the pub. I'm quite strict about it as since quitting myself I hate the smell of it. My parents dont smoke and neither do my close friends.

I have mild hayfever but no other allergys and neither does dp. However my brother had mild infant asthma (hes grown out of it now) and a penicilin allergy so it might be worth getting it checked. I need to see the GP for me anyway so I'll make a double appt.

Posted: 17 May 2007 at 11:07am | IP Logged

Madz - Lily is exactly the same and I have been back and forward to the docs and they have always just put it down to a cold!

Its gone on for too long now though and I have made another appointment as I am sure there is something else

Let me know how you get on at the docs

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