Last night my LO, who is only 11months, had a terrible cough that would not let him sleep. He has been a little congested for two days but at about midnight last night he was coughing so much he couldn't sleep at all. I tried everything I knew. I had his humidifier going, we use natural Japanese mint oil instead of Vic's, I was giving him water which he was drinking. But within 20 minutes of laying him down he was coughing again. By 330am I was desperate to help but didn't know how. Also being exhausted wasn't letting me think. Finally after searching the web(thank goodness for the Internet!) I came across another blog! The tips that seemed to be the sweet spot to help my son was putting a pillow under one end of the mattress to elevate it slightly, and putting some of the mint oil on his feet and then putting some socks on. He was out by 4am and slept until 9am! Not as much sleep as he would have gotten cough free since he was up for 4hours in the middle of the night but hopefully these tips continue to help!
For the whole blog post to see if it can help you see here:
http://themamadramalogues.blogspot.ca/2009/08/what-to-do-when-baby-has-chesty-cough.html?m=1
