I’ve been somewhat scarce this week as our youngest (11 months) woke up in the night on Wednesday with croup! First time I’ve ever experienced that with 3 kids and it was scary! Thursday night was spent in the ER getting a breathing treatment and x-rays for her to rule out pneumonia.
She is finally on the mend and had a good night last night – despite this minor injury before bed.
I was taking a video to capture how raspy her little voice is and well…watch til the end.
Do you think if I walked into a store and asked for bumpers for my headboard they’d look at me funny??
Awww poor thing. I hope the croup is better, that is never fun.
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Hi: glad she is on the mend. My ygst had croup a lot. She has finally outgrown it. Thank goodness. Hated hearing that awful barking cough.
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That must be super scary! We’ve had lots of pneumonia over the years but (knock on wood) no croup so far. Glad she’s on the mend…you must be relieved.
My oldest used to get it a lot at Everleigh’s age. You know what was helping him a lot was fresh cold air. If he was really bad I was taking him outside all wrap up in a blanket and usually after half an hour he was breathing a lot better. Than I was opening his bedroom window a little bit and he was having a good night sleep. Of course I was wrapping him in a thick blanket in his bed. Croup is never fun. Hope she feels better.
My oldest Mica had croup. Not fun at all. I remember sitting in the bathroom with him and telling my husband to take a steaming hot shower, so Mica could breathe in the steam. He still coughed and sounded horrible!
I’m glad she’s getting better!!! That’s great!
My daughter got croup lots when she was little. Mt Dr. told me the best thing is to take her outside when it’s cold out. There was many a nights that I spent with her bundled up but with her face breathing the cold air on the front step. I will be honest it worked the best. My Dr told us that the cold opens her airways and let me tell you she would recover from it quick. I remember her barking like a seal that’s how bad her croup was.
Poor baby – I hope she’s feeling better soon. I love the way she sounded in the video though and that ‘climax’ at the end was priceless 🙂