When to worry.....runny nose and now cough

[fayeelle]

E has had a runny nose for almost a week now. We've been managing by sucking out all the snot and keeping her face clean as much as possible. She has not run a fever and seems to be in a relatively good mood besides being especially clingy with me. Today her snot does seem a bit more green and she has coughed a few times - definitely a wet cough. Do we head in to the pediatrician tomorrow? Wait it out? As a FTM I'm on the fence on what to do. :?

[Deleted]

How old?

[hermione]

My philosophy: When in doubt call the nurse's line and ask.

[curbsideprophet]

I would not go to the pedi for that. It sounds like a cold.

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Oct 11, 2015 21:48:15 GMT -5 curbsideprophet said:

I would not go to the pedi for that. It sounds like a cold.

Yup.

Unless the baby in question is very young - like, under 3 months.

[redpenmama]

Certainly call and ask if you're worried, but even for little ones, there's not much they can do if it's a cold.

My son got cold with similar symptoms at 2.5 months, and our pedi just advised running a humidifer, suctioning out the snot, and keeping an eye on him rather than bringing him in.

[VillainV]

That pretty much describes my kid all the time. With no fever or other symptoms (acting differently, not eating/drinking, not enough wet diapers, etc) I would just KOKO.

[NandaB]

Unless were talking about a very young preemie, or a really nasty cough I would not worry about this at all.

[fayeelle]

Ok. Thanks ladies. She is 8 months. We'll KOKO.
Should she stay home or go to the nanny's? She is with 1-3 kids depending on the day; aged 8mths - 4yrs

[Deleted]

It's a cold. If you keep her home until she stops coughing, you'll be out two weeks.

[curbsideprophet]

I would also send to the nanny.

[Deleted]

Send her to the nanny.

Sounds like a pretty normal cold which will probably last until April with a week here or there of perfectly fine. Sorry to say.

Also, does it happen to be dry and dusty where you live? Both my kids are "sick" and I think it's just from the dry air and constant dust plus still being 80 in October. Itchy watery eyes, stuffy/snotty noses, tired/just not looking good in general. It hit me on Saturday morning and I literally thought I was going to die Saturday afternoon and my face was so swelled and sensitive I looked 9 months pregnant. It was the worst. It's now cooling down here this week with a hard freeze so I hope it helps.

[fayeelle]

Oct 11, 2015 22:18:40 GMT -5 @justdairy said:

Send her to the nanny.

Sounds like a pretty normal cold which will probably last until April with a week here or there of perfectly fine. Sorry to say.

Also, does it happen to be dry and dusty where you live? Both my kids are "sick" and I think it's just from the dry air and constant dust plus still being 80 in October. Itchy watery eyes, stuffy/snotty noses, tired/just not looking good in general. It hit me on Saturday morning and I literally thought I was going to die Saturday afternoon and my face was so swelled and sensitive I looked 9 months pregnant. It was the worst. It's now cooling down here this week with a hard freeze so I hope it helps.

I'm in the PNW so definitely not dry or dusty here. Quite the opposite

From what I gathered everyone around here has it including the other 8mth old E stays with tomorrow. It's gonna be a looooong winter. Sigh