What's you secret weapon for a very snotty and coughing toddler? - Page 2

[Blessed_Mom]

Gak !

Doesn't the snot get sucked in the mouth - yuck! ??

[globe-trotter]

NO!!!!! :D I wouldn't touch it at all if it did. It doesn't even come close and there is a filter in it if you were able to suck hard enough to actually get the snot that high in the container to block it from going up the air tube.

[Dot-to-Dot]

We definitely have a nose frida!  During her very first cold I scoured the internet for something that REALLY got snot out.  We loved it when she was younger.  However...the child is SO strong now and it takes two of us to hold her down for it. (A lot of times my husband is out of town or not home by bedtime and there is no possible way I can do nosefrida by myself)  Even when he is here, we can't do it efficiently because she is so incredibly squirmy and thrashy.  It is so traumatizing for her and we usually end up with snot all over her face and hair and still in her nose.  Sometimes it isn't worth traumatizing her if we aren't even gonna clear her out.  :(

The coughing continues...it starts every night at 10:30.  However, all other symptoms had disappeared for a couple of weeks.  Just yesterday...the snot came back.  And so the coughing is getting worse.  She takes vitamin D, C powder, elderberry, a special mushroom tincture for immune system, she was breastfed, she's never had sugar, everything she eats is homemade by me and is VERY nutritious, we've definitely cut back on dairy (but it would be unreasonable to have completely cut out her milk for the last month).  I don't get it!  She's otherwise very healthy and doesn't go to daycare.  We only leave the house for grocery store and her music class.  Sometimes the library. (We've stayed in more the last month).   We've run the humidier every darn night for over a month.  Crib elevated. We were doing the steamy shower/bathroom thing on a nightly basis for awhile there!  I can't find the Hyland's Cough and Cold anywhere.  (Some of the suggestions we just don't have access to, but I'm keeping them in my file).

Was it this thread where someone mentioned possible asthma?  Maybe it was another one...I don't know I'm so tired.  We don't have asthma in our family at all and I don't see any other signs besides the post-nasal drip coughing. 

I haven't slept more than 2 hours in a very long time.  (she wakes me up coughing)  My husband even suggested I go to a hotel for a night to sleep.  I've relied on TV as a babysitter more than I care to admit, but I am a zombie.  I'm afraid at this point that even if she doesn't wake up at 10:30 coughing that my body is now programmed to wake up anyway and I still won't sleep through the night. Sorry for the vent...just feeling discouraged.  Maybe it's time to order the cough and cold stuff on the internet since we can't find it.

[Dot-to-Dot]

Looks like Hyland's cold and cough is for 2yrs+.  Darn it. 

[cparkly]

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Originally Posted by Dot-to-Dot 

Looks like Hyland's cold and cough is for 2yrs+.  Darn it. 

I am sorry! I feel bad for having suggested it. When I look back at your OP, I can see now that your DD is 16-months. 

[Dot-to-Dot]

Oh that's okay!  Don't worry about it.  She's 17 months now...we're getting closer and closer to having a few more options!  We're off to buy more Elderberry today...went through the whole bottle (1,800 mg doses up to 3 a day) and still coughing.  Cleaned the baby's room from top to bottom to try and get rid of any mold caused by the continuous running of the humidifier and might be causing throat irritation.  It'll be in the 60's today so the windows are open in there and the ceiling fan is running.  We're trying to really air out the room.  My dh is suggesting we leave the humidifier off for the night.  I don't want to, but he makes a good point that it hasn't seemed to help yet!  Last night I left a sippy cup of ice water in her crib and she didn't really use it.  Maybe once.

Surely I'll get at least one night of uninterrupted sleep before the new baby comes.  I hope.