Barkey Cough Help

[Salad]

I was not sure if this was the right place to put this but over the last few days Georgia has developed a sort of Barkey cough, noe wheezing and she seems well otherwise no temperature, breastfeeding fine, happy playful, eating solids fussily but thats normal at the moment because we are just coming out the tail end of teething her two bottom teeth.

DH and I have had a scratchy throat but it has not developed into anything and we both feel fine.

Is this something I should be worrying about - I dont want to rush her to the Dr at the slightest thing but I dont want to let something go that could get worse iykwim.

Advice would be appreciated.
Thanks

[BrightSparkles]

our jorja had a similar thing. is she worse at night time?

[Salad]

maybe ummm its hard to tell - i thought it could be the cold night air. Its not a cough that she does often ........maybe like 10 times a day .......its hard to explain dh was sitting outside earlier and he could hear her through the door - I think its getting worse slowly everyday but not sure.

[mrscricket]

Salad - my DS has just been diagnosed with whooping cough.. He is immunised but apparently you can still get it. My dr said there has been a lot of cases recently. (We are in Vic). We have had sereval doctors visits over 6 weeks and they kept saying it was nothing until today. He mainly coughs at night, and he sounds as though he is struggling for breath.

[Salad]

Thanks Mrscricket this did cross my mind we are in Vic too and she had been immunised but I did know you could still get it. She does not seem to be struggling for breath.
Mumma Mia suggested to me maybe croup??

[mrscricket]

I just googled croup to see what it actually was - my brother used to get it really bad when we young and I so remember that 'barking' cough. It lists that as a main symptom. I remember mum sitting in the bathroom with him with the hot taps running (before the days of water restrictions and vapourisers!) so I know that the moisture can help. Maybe a trip to the doctors to be sure? DS has been coughing for 6 weeks now and it's just been horrible. So glad they finally did something about it today.

[Salad]

Thanks I just google it too and it sounds like it could be - my sister used to get it all the time right up to 10 years old.

[Jac]

Could be croup - this is usually also associated with a 'hoarse' sounding voice/cry. Have you noticed this? I personally, would have her seen by GP just to make sure all is ok (more for my peace of mind than anything else).

[Salad]

I havent noticed a hoarse voice or cry but I have noticed that the cough seems to be a bit more apparent each day. So you think its worth a trip to doctor - what do they do to determine if it is croup??