Tonight's insomnia question: Does Bobbin have croup?
I like to think I would be sleeping relatively soundly were it not for Bobbin's barking cough and hourly demands for "baba".
Poor munchkin's been coughing this deep barking cough ever since she went to bed at 8pm. When she's not coughing she's snoring, and her nose whistle has returned. She's been waking hourly asking repeatedly for her "baba" (bottle) and so far she's downed two full 8 ounce bottles in the last two hours.
Bobbin's had croup before - just under a year ago, which is the first time I ever heard the trademark barking cough that is the main symptom. I rechecked the symptoms on webmd, and am pretty sure she has it again now, which means that the few days ago when she started doing the whole nose whistling thing and I was worried it was because of the honey-nut cheerios, it was actually, as my sister suggested, likely just a minor upper respiratory infection.
According to webmd, "Croup symptoms often develop a few days after the start of what appears to be an upper respiratory infection (URI), such as a cold. Unless the illness is severe, a child with croup is usually alert and active and doesn't appear very sick". That's certainly true with Bobbin. Symptoms include:
- Normal temperature or a slight fever. (Check. She's slightly warm, but not running a fever)
- A loud, barking cough. (Check)
- A raspy, hoarse voice. (not yet, but I'm betting by morning)
- Varying degrees of high-pitched crowing sounds when breathing in. (Check)
- Some trouble breathing as a result of swelling in the windpipe.
About the only thing you can really do for mild Croup is use a cool-air humidifier to add moisture to the air to help with the breathing... we bought one last time she had it. I guess I better haul it out.
Man I'll be glad when the warm weather and sun are here to stay.
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