Hellobee Boards Topic: When do you draw the line between routine cough and sick cough?

Hellobee Boards Topic: When do you draw the line between routine cough and sick cough? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:16:14 +0000 Mrs Green Grass on "When do you draw the line between routine cough and sick cough?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-draw-the-line-between-routine-cough-and-sick-cough#post-2042518 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 17:30:46 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2042518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @spaniellove: We had a cough that lingering for a long time and only seem to happen at bedtime. For the longest time it didn't seem like a big deal and then it just was "different." It's impossible to know for sure, but since you now have one more thing to add...you might as well get a second opinion. (I think the cough I described was nothing, but soon after, he and I both got whooping cough...things just change.) illumina on "When do you draw the line between routine cough and sick cough?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-draw-the-line-between-routine-cough-and-sick-cough#post-2042496 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 17:12:57 +0000 illumina 2042496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @spaniellove: I think I would get it checked out if it has been going on for a couple of weeks. Also probably unrelated, but DH has asthma and I would def describe his cough as "attention seeking" sounding, though I know it isn't! spaniellove on "When do you draw the line between routine cough and sick cough?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-draw-the-line-between-routine-cough-and-sick-cough#post-2042469 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:59:21 +0000 spaniellove 2042469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was so sure it was attention-seeking and the women who came over for an EI meeting yesterday said so too...and today he is inconsolable and his nose is running. I think I'm just the worst judge of whether babies are sick. Mama Bird on "When do you draw the line between routine cough and sick cough?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-draw-the-line-between-routine-cough-and-sick-cough#post-2039847 Sun, 25 Jan 2015 21:17:31 +0000 Mama Bird 2039847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It's so hard to tell with little kids. I've had DS wall around with a cough I was sure would go away, only to end up with fever... but he's also had nasty coughs that lasted a couple of weeks, and were just from teething. It might actually be reflux related... my husband had a bad cough last winter that went on and on, and we were sure it's an infection, but it was reflux meds that finally cleared it up. spaniellove on "When do you draw the line between routine cough and sick cough?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-draw-the-line-between-routine-cough-and-sick-cough#post-2039805 Sun, 25 Jan 2015 20:44:53 +0000 spaniellove 2039805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It just sounds dry and almost attention-seeking, so I'll let it be for now. sapphire on "When do you draw the line between routine cough and sick cough?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-draw-the-line-between-routine-cough-and-sick-cough#post-2039804 Sun, 25 Jan 2015 20:42:47 +0000 sapphire 2039804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I wouldn't worry if not having trouble breathing and no other symptoms. Mrs Green Grass on "When do you draw the line between routine cough and sick cough?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-draw-the-line-between-routine-cough-and-sick-cough#post-2039704 Sun, 25 Jan 2015 19:23:15 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2039704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My ped says 2 weeks. I think at that point it's always good to let them hear it themselves. blackbird on "When do you draw the line between routine cough and sick cough?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-draw-the-line-between-routine-cough-and-sick-cough#post-2039692 Sun, 25 Jan 2015 19:15:02 +0000 blackbird 2039692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ If it's continuous (may mean there's drainage) or wet sounding. spaniellove on "When do you draw the line between routine cough and sick cough?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-draw-the-line-between-routine-cough-and-sick-cough#post-2039660 Sun, 25 Jan 2015 18:29:31 +0000 spaniellove 2039660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO has always had an occasional cough that we've gotten pretty used to. Lately he's seemed so dramatic about it that we've looked at each other and rolled our eyes about what a drama queen he is becoming. Today though we're wondering if there's something we're ignoring...I've been asked so many times by specialists if he's been sick lately and I feel like a dumb mom for saying "um...not that I know of". But I don't want to be paranoid either. So where do you draw the line between normal baby cough and knowing they're sick?