i'm not sure how long they are contagious, but since i've had my bubs a year ago, i've come to realise that if you stay at home due to every cough and cold, you'd never get out of the house!! they are sick so often....

i'd of course stay away for the worst first few days, but these coughs can linger and linger.... my bubs caught a cold off a friend's baby at easter, and is still coughing now, almost july

and i've heard that if they get exposed to lots of colds when they are at a young age, their immune system is strengthened and they dont get as much colds later on in life