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My son hardly had a sniffle until he started daycare at 16 months. The very next week he caught a bad cold which lingered on for a few weeks. He was not sick in bed, but it seemed that everytime he got over his sniffles he might re-catch the bug from his daycare playmates.
Is your daughter around other babies who are also sick? They could be passing it back and forth. If not as long as she is not running a fever etc, just keep her hydrated and probably increase her vitamin C with things like orange juice or the fruit itself. Keep her warm and not exposed to unecessary cold etc, but just wait it out. It's frustrating to be a bit helpless in the situation, but it is best. |
| posted by Afihtan on 03/24/2008 01:44 PM
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| thanks for the comment. Im a stay at home mom so she is only around me usually. My husband and I just got over the flu which is where she got her cold from. (thank goodness I got her a flu shot a few months back because it saved her from getting the flu and just a cold). Is their such thing as liquid vitamin c? She is having problems chewing on any food right now with her cold and will only drink lots of liquid and her formula. |
| posted by H on 03/24/2008 02:25 PM
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| I guess there may be forms of liquid vitamin C however, you get just as much from Orange juice in particular. Plus most vitamins are more effective in natural form. Good luck! Hoope she get better soon. |
| posted by Afihtan on 03/25/2008 12:04 PM
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| I am also a sahm and my daughter has had quite a few colds herself, she just turned two. Her pedi. says not to give an antibiotic unless it has been more than 7 -10 days, unless a high fever, or an ear infecton. I would call when it has been a week and see what they say. Keep her head raised tohelp her breath.sarh has only had antibiotics for 2 sinus infectioms all of them got better at about day 5 or 6. I hope she feels better soon. |
| posted by Natasha on 03/26/2008 09:48 AM
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My daughter had a horrible cold for a week herself not to long ago. I took her to the ER because she was so upset and could barely breath and with the bad cough. They gave her an x-ray and she had the start of pnemoniea. They put her on antibiotics and it cleared within 2 days. I know it's hard because we aren't supose to give them anything over the counter so it makes us feel helpless. I would sugest bringing her back to the doctor's and asking for and x-ray to make sure it isn't something more than just a cold. Good Luck!
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| posted by Christine on 03/26/2008 04:15 PM
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| Thanks for everyones advice. I took her back to the doctor and she has croup with a mild ear infection. The doctor explained that a cold would go away within 3-5 days, any longer than that, it is usually something else. She is on three different meds, but they seem to be working. She is looking alot better. |
| posted by H on 03/26/2008 04:22 PM
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| My son just got over his cold, actually his first cold and hes 11 months old, he woke up one night and had a 104 fever so I took him to the ER they just gave me Motrin and it did work and he slept a lot I mean a lot, then the next day he got his cold and he had it for about a week and they told me also to let it run its course and I was doing that but he didn't seem to be getting any better so I took him to the ER again and he had a Upper Respiratory infection, it takes quite a while for it to go away so maybe you should go back to the doctor. |
| posted by Courtney on 03/26/2008 08:14 PM
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| My daughter is 2 and has had plenty of colds, she has acid reflux and asthma so we deal with coughing all the time. One thing that I have found that does help the cough at night is Vic's Vapo Rub on her feet. It sounds funny but it does work. Just put it on there feet then put socks or footed pj's on and it helps with the coughing. Since your child was diagnosed with croup if she starts coughing hard sometimes bundling her up and taking her outside will help the cooler air makes it easier to breath. |
| posted by Heather on 03/27/2008 05:14 PM
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| thanks heather for the advice! My mother-in-law suggested that exact same thing! I will give it a try. She is doing alot better now, mainly from the meds she was given. |
| posted by H on 03/27/2008 05:17 PM
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| The average cold is a virus that does not respond to antibiotics (only bacterial infections require these) and typically lasts 10-14 days. This seems like a very long time when you're dealing with an uncomfortable infant, but that's just the way it goes. For an uncomplicated cold, just wait it out and keep your little one comfortable (humidifier, saline drops, syringe, fever reducer, etc...). Cough medications were proven to be dangerous for infants and basically taken off of the market. Just beware about being too hasty about going back to the doc for antibiotics. As I mentioned earlier, they only work on bacterial infections and can cause your child to pick up more bugs because they kill all of the good and bad bacteria. Antibiotics can make bacteria more resistant to treatment when your child really needs it (think MRSA) and can also cause proliferation of yeast in the body. |
| posted by Allison on 03/28/2008 06:42 PM
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| I was told by my doctor if your child has a cold and symptoms do not improve within 5 days, you need to go back to the doctor to make sure it isnt something else. If I had waited 10 days my daughter would have become seriously ill. Luckly because I took her back to the doctor after 5 days they were able to see she had croup and an ear infection and was able to provide meds for her which now she is back to her normal self. Use your best judgement as a parent, I do not reccommend though waiting more than 5 days if symptoms arent improving. |
| posted by H on 03/28/2008 06:49 PM
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| If you go back and read my post I wrote for the 'uncomplicated' cold one should do what he/she can to keep the child comfortable. Obviously, you were very astute and observed that your child was changing in symptomology. In this case, by all means, take your child back to the doctor. My remark only included the 'regular cold' with no complications. I stand by the statement that the average run of the mill cold is viral and will last 10-14 days. Most parents know their child and can tell when things 'just aren't right', and this obviously occurred in your case. I think you did a great job. |
| posted by Allison on 03/28/2008 07:03 PM
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| My daughters pedi said 7-14 days and most of hers have been over with even sooner about 5 or 6 days, but no fever, if she were to run a fever with a cold I would take her in to have her checked.Coughing for a while is not good either , so I think you did what was right, I think what she meant by uncomplicated was basically just a stuffy runny nose |
| posted by Natasha on 03/28/2008 10:14 PM
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| You're right Natasha. By uncomplicated I meant tickling/sore throat, runny/stuffy nose, sneezing, cough, slight fever and maybe some fatigue and loss of appetite. However, like I said above, most parents notice what is 'normal' for their child. If any of the above symptoms intensify in such a manner in which the infant is uncomfort physically, and the parent is uncomfortable emotionally; by all means, go back to your doctor, or the ER if the situation warrants that sort of action. What I did not mention in my post is that I am a physician (although not a pediatrician). The point to my post is that the run of the mill average cold requires no pharaceutical intervention (especially not antibiotics), is viral in nature and will last about 10-14 days. If a parent does give a child antibiotics, probiotics should also be given. Probiotics replenish the good bacteria in the digestive tract that are integral to our immune system; especially an immune component called IgA which is our body's first line of defense against foreign invaders. |
| posted by Allison on 03/29/2008 12:33 AM
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