I am just recovering from the cough and cold, still kinda got it. Im also taking care of my newborn who is now developing a cough and i hear the cold when she is breathing sometimes. The coughing is not regular but its there. I am really worried, i know she got it from me and i know ive tried my best not to pass it on but yet still she started coughing just last night. I want to take her to the doctor but im not sure of i should wait a day or 2. Shes only 3 weeks and a few days old
Im a new mom and no matter how many books ive read about babies and everything it just hurts to see her just coughing and crying and every little thing worries me. Should i wait or should i just take her as soon as possible to the doctor?

I am a mother of two kids. I would definitely take your baby into the doctor. A 3 week old baby could get a virus such as RSV which can be fatal to an infant. A newborn baby breaths mainly out of the nose and when that is clogged with mucus it can cause them to go into respiratory distress. It is not until 6 months old until a baby will start to breath out of the mouth and the nose. I know this because my first born was born at 3 pounds and spent 1 month in the NICU. Don't wait and don't feel bad about calling your doctor. Better be safe than sorry. Let me know what happens.

Get some disposable face masks and wear them around her when you are sick. I had a cold when I had our third child had to wear it in the hospital in the delivery room and for two weeks after we took him home. I had the sore throat and everything. Just be very careful with strangers who may be sick. They are so very fragile.....Take care and good luck...C

I took her to the doctor today, shes has an eye cold and they gave me a prescription to get her medicine for it, the doc said they cant give her anything for the cough becuase she is too young, im hoping this would go away soon. Thanks

merry xmas, pat.
dont feel depressed about vic's cough.
the doc may be right about giving her drugs cos she is young. but am sure she got the cough from u thru breastmilk, and that is if u breast feed her. all u need to do is treat ur own cough and she will get her own share of any antibiotic u take thru ur breastmilk. even if u use thousands of face mask, she will get it.

WOW! I'm not familiar with that, but I sure hope Little Miss Victoria gets over that fast! More than likely, the cough will probably go away as soon as the "eye cold" goes.

Take care yourself and the baby!

Well i had to take her to the ER Christmas night since her coughing got worse. They monitored her for a few hours , took blood, x-ray everything came back fine EXCEPT they took some of the mucus from her eye with the cold, the results didn't come back yet but the doctor told me that it could possibly be from a sexual transmitted disease from me?? As far as i know i was checked for those things in prenatal care and i was fine, also my husband and i are the only people we have been sexually active with and in our medical history this never came up, they are not sure its this which by the way is called " Chlamydia". We are still waiting on the results. I am a bit worried here....
My mom was telling me alot of kids gets cold in the eye and that doesnt mean its because of a sexual transmitted disease also this other woman was in the ER with her child and she was telling me her child had an eye cold also and they gave him eye drops. They are putting her on antibiotics medicine for it becuase they are thinking its Chlamydia.
Does anyone know this "Chlamydia"?

Patricia, copied this off of cdc -

Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis, which can damage a woman's reproductive organs. Even though symptoms of chlamydia are usually mild or absent, serious complications that cause irreversible damage, including infertility, can occur "silently" before a woman ever recognizes a problem. Chlamydia also can cause discharge from the penis of an infected man.

Chlamydia is the most frequently reported bacterial sexually transmitted disease in the United States. In 2006, 1,030,911 chlamydial infections were reported to CDC from 50 states and the District of Columbia. Under-reporting is substantial because most people with chlamydia are not aware of their infections and do not seek testing. Also, testing is not often done if patients are treated for their symptoms. An estimated 2,291,000 non-institutionalized U.S. civilians ages 14-39 are infected with Chlamydia based on the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Women are frequently re-infected if their sex partners are not treated.
Chlamydia can be transmitted during vaginal, anal, or oral sex. Chlamydia can also be passed from an infected mother to her baby during vaginal childbirth.
Any sexually active person can be infected with chlamydia. The greater the number of sex partners, the greater the risk of infection. Because the cervix (opening to the uterus) of teenage girls and young women is not fully matured and is probably more susceptible to infection, they are at particularly high risk for infection if sexually active. Since chlamydia can be transmitted by oral or anal sex, men who have sex with men are also at risk for chlamydial infection. Chlamydia is known as a "silent" disease because about three quarters of infected women and about half of infected men have no symptoms. If symptoms do occur, they usually appear within 1 to 3 weeks after exposure.
In women, the bacteria initially infect the cervix and the urethra (urine canal). Women who have symptoms might have an abnormal vaginal discharge or a burning sensation when urinating. When the infection spreads from the cervix to the fallopian tubes (tubes that carry fertilized eggs from the ovaries to the uterus), some women still have no signs or symptoms; others have lower abdomin