TIPS ON CROUP?! a scare of a lifetime..my child not being able to breathe! :(

Ashley - posted on 02/22/2012

Cold air, go outside with him in a blanket, the cold air with help soothe his lungs. Also, during the day, maybe you could do some deep breathing exercises and practice calming down. Then you can try them when he is gasping for breath. I know it is scary, my oldest had croup for years. But, definitely take him outside, wrapped in a blanket.



It will get better.

Debbie - posted on 02/16/2012

i have my son had it he had to be put on steriods hehad a bad case scared me to death

Ann - posted on 02/15/2012

My husband or I would always take our kids out in the cool night air and it would stop the coughing for the night. The cool air reduces the inflammation of the bronchial tubes which helps them breathe easier. It worked a lot better than the hot steam from the shower.

Nicky - posted on 02/14/2012

ive never been told that my son has asthma. but if he ever gets diagnosed with it i will remember not to use vicks. im so glad he feels better now. its so scary when they cant breathe.

Medic - posted on 02/10/2012

My kids get croup regularly, one down fall of having a serious asthmatic. One thing is you should not use vicks on a child with asthma, it makes it worse. We use a cool mist humidifier in their room during all of the cold months. When they get croupy we take them out on the front porch for a few min and it helps a lot.

Nicky - posted on 02/09/2012

my son is doing so much better then he was sunday night. he still has a small cough, but hes been doing his nebulizer treatments and taking his oral steroids & its def helping. i also havent been giving him milk because i figured it will make him have more mucus. so i have been giving him honey water. he loves honey (it also helps cough) but hates water sooo i figured id mix the honey in the water & what do you know he's been drinking it since sunday night when he had his first croup attack.

Tara - posted on 02/09/2012

I came on here searching for some advice as well! I am sure my 7 month old baby girl has it. She has had a stuffy, runny(on and off) nose for over a week. Went to bed fine around 8pm. At about 4am I woke up to the 'barking' cough, scared me! I have no experience with croup either. My husband took her outside for 10 minutes and she actually fell back asleep. We put her back into her crib but she woke coughing 15 mins later. Brought her into bed with me, gave saline nose drops, humidifyer on and gave her a bottle. She is now sleeping. Going to make a doctors appt just to check her. I also googled it to see what can be done and that is what I read, outside/or steam is good, saline drops, humidifyer. I also have her upper body/head on a pillow to elevate her a bit to help her nose drain better. I think all we can do is hang in there and do the best to make them comfortable...unless of course the breathing is worse.

Katherine - posted on 02/06/2012

My 6 year old JUST got over croup. She didn't have it that severely, but it sounds like you're doing everything right. Did the doctor suggest a cool mist humidifier? I have never heard of croup being so bad, but I'm sure yours isn't the only one who had it that badly.



I would just stick to what you're doing. Maybe add the humidifier. I've heard that if you take them out into cold air when they're having breathing problems like that they can breath again because it opens up the airway.

Amanda - posted on 02/06/2012

The end of September last year my 3 yr old had it.

He had no cough or other syptoms and went to bed as normal that night.



I checked on him as usual before I went to bed and he was fine. Hubby checked on him before he went to bed maybe an hour or so later and he was having trouble breathing. In the time he had got my son out of bed and to my bedroom his lips were blue and he was having severe difficulty breathing. He was wheezing and we thought it was an asthma attack. We managed to calm him down and his breathing eased up a little bit. We decided to take him to hospital but as we were leaving the house he had another turn and started turning blue again. We called an ambulance and he was given adreneline on the way to hospital. We were kept in and then released with a course of steroids.



We were told to keep his pillow propped up at bedtime for a few days and keep him at home and quiet for about a week.



They think my sons was caused by an allergic reaction to something, we think maybe the noodles he had eaten for tea.



This was the first time he had ever had croup.