We had a weird thing happen last night. LO (almost 3yo) had a great day yesterday- he was happy and energetic and running around and showed no signs of illness. He went to bed at 8pm easily. Around 11pm, he woke up crying. DH went to tend to him and put him back to sleep. He woke up again at midnight and DH did the same. DH came to me and said, "He has a cough that's waking him up. It sounds really weird.." I asked, "Does it sound like a seal barking?" and he said, "Yeah kind of like that!" So I immediately thought... croup.

DH slept with him all night and LO slept soundly for the rest of the night. No more coughing or wake ups. LO woke up at 7am today in a great mood, very energetic. I asked him if he was sick and he declared, "No, I'm not sick!" I did hear a teeny tiny bit of a wheeze when he inhaled a few times but he didn't cough once from 7am-9am. He definitely doesn't have a fever or runny nose or anything.

I'm trying to decide whether or not I should send him to school. If DH didn't mention the weird cough last night, I wouldn't even think the kid is sick at all. I hate to have him miss his Valentine's Day party and handing out the cards he made, but I also don't want to get everyone sick.

I guess i'm looking to hear other people's experiences with croup. Would I definitely know if he has it? Or can it be extremely mild, like 2 coughs and then nothing for 12 hours?