How to treat a one and a half year old baby's night cough?

If a one and a half year old baby coughs at night, you need to raise the baby's pillow, pat the baby's back, change the baby's sleeping position, and drink warm boiled water. At this time, the baby can also use diet therapy and drink some pear water to improve the condition. Parents should not bathe the baby too often. If the baby's cough is severe, it is recommended to go to the hospital and let the doctor prescribe some medicine to take, so that the recovery will be faster.

Every baby will have some ups and downs in their growth process, and will inevitably be troubled by some diseases. Especially when the seasons change, the temperature fluctuates, and babies are more likely to have coughing problems. Watching the baby being tortured by coughing, the mother feels very uncomfortable. At this time, you must help the baby to treat and care for him to relieve the baby's pain. So what should I do if my one and a half year old baby coughs at night?

1. Raise your pillow

The reason why children cough when they lie down is that the reflux of phlegm in the respiratory tract irritates the throat and causes coughing. When children sleep, adults can take a few more pillows and raise the upper part of the child's body 30 degrees, which can effectively reduce the reflux of phlegm.

2. Pat your back + change your sleeping position

When a child coughs, adults can bend their hands into a bowl shape and pat the child's back. You can pat the child's back from bottom to top. This action is also conducive to the discharge of phlegm. In addition, don't let the child always keep the same sleeping position. Help the child to turn over and change sleeping positions. This is also conducive to the discharge of phlegm.

3. Drink warm boiled water

When a child coughs violently, it will affect his sleep. At this time, you can wake the child up and feed him some warm water or soup. The child may not want to drink it, but you still have to coax him to drink it, because drinking water is to dilute the sputum, which is one of the safest and most effective ways to relieve cough.

Of course, the specific situation also needs to be combined with the child’s age and the characteristics of the disease. If it is a more serious situation, such as accompanied by fever, runny nose and other symptoms, timely drug intervention is needed to avoid delaying the disease.

Don't bathe your child when he is sick, because bathing will increase blood circulation, which is not good for rest and will make him catch cold again. Children with a lot of phlegm will increase secretions after bathing. They can only take a bath before going to bed after a week of illness, when they have a slight cough in the morning, have a good appetite, can play, and have no fever. If they sleep well, they can take a bath every other day.

Children's dry cough in the middle of the night is mostly caused by lung heat, and clearing the lungs and resolving phlegm is the key. Usually, you can give your child some lung-nourishing fruits such as loquats and pears to relieve lung heat. At the same time, drink more hot water.