My 2-yr-old son is starting to come down with a bad, scratchy / wet cough. No other symptoms yet but it just started yesterday. My newborn is literally only 8 days old. My son had been kissing her (on the mouth!) and holding her and let out a couple of coughs around her, but now that it's worse, we'll try to keep them in separate rooms as much as possible. But grandma is here from across the country and obvi wants to see them both. We're also going to push water intake, juice, liquid vitamins, etc. DH bought some kid-friendly cough suppressant options today, I think (he isn't home yet). Also, I nurse them both. Which, I think will help in this scenario? I'll try washing afterward with soap and water.

Please tell me about how your older child got sick but your very-young newborn didn't! I need some encouragement. All I can think of is RSV at 8-days-old.....