pleghmy cough - UPDATED!

Talia has a little bit of a phleghmy (sp?) cough all of a sudden. She isn'tacting sick otherwise. She is playful and sleeping well.

I have a Dr. appt. friday for her. Doyou thinkI can try to stick it out and see how she is the next day or so - or would you call the dr. and bring her in earlier?

eta: I know there is infant decongestant...is there infant cough med too?

Message edited 1/31/2006 10:19:55 AM.

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I would hold off until friday unless she gets significantly worse or seems like it's painful for her when she coughs. I wouldn't give her any meds without the ped's okay though. Use the saline drops and boogie sucker often and put her to bed with the humidifier on in the meantime.

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Claire has had the exact same thing for the past 2 weeks. Its either a little congestion or a pleghmy cough. She is totally fine otherwise. I kept thinking it will go away but now I am going to just bring to the doctor tomorrow for piece of mind. I have been using the Little Noses saline drops to help break it up, which does help and you can give it to a baby any age. I also give her the Pedicare cough and decongestant which helps too, but she is 13 months, Im not sure if Talia is too young for that..Hopefully it goes away quickly!

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Message edited 12/16/2011 6:33:08 PM.

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I would hold off - Alex has had a pleghmy cough off and on for weeks now, actually, ever since she went into daycare. I asked the doc about it and he said it's totally normal. You can help ease the discomfort by letting her sleep with her head elevated and using a humidifier.

Edited to add - our Pediatrician told us that there's no reason to worry unless she has a fever or starts behaving unusual (i.e. super lethargic or cranky). If she has the same general personality, and no fever, no worries. I don't think the decongestent's can be used on babies this young though...

Message edited 1/31/2006 9:37:21 AM.

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Well - in the past hour she got very fussy. I took her temp - it's a 99.5, after taking her temp. I picked her up and she threw up three times...so off to the dr. I go.

I suspect she threw up from the cough - and she doesn't have a stomach virus or anything - but I just want to be sure.

Re: pleghmy cough - UPDATED!

Yes I would definitely take her to the Dr at that point! Although 99.5 is not really a fever if taken rectally. Good luck!!

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I hope she feels better

Jacob is finally getting over his stomach bug. when they 5-7 days they really mean it...It is the 7th day today...

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Let us know what the dr says!

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Hope she is ok

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I'm back from the doc. THey said her chest is clear (which was my primary concern since my DH had bronchitis a few weeks back) He said it is a bad cold from teething! He gave me a percription for cough med. so hopefully she will feel better soon.