anyone tackled croup without steroids?

[helle]

My brother used to get croup all the time and mum would lock him in a steamy bathroom to help unblock all the mucous (he would often get it bad enough he could hardly breath) and after that put a vapouriser in his room once he settled down a little. I have NFI why anyone would say to put a baby with croup in cold air.

[Olive]

thats actually the recommended treatment over steam these days, something about the cold air settles down the laryx etc..which is where the issue is.

[Beach Mama]

I have heard the cold air thing as well, a previous BB member had to call an ambulance for her son who was really bad one night and they took him straight outside in the cold and it helped right away - not exactly sure how it works.

Jols how long does the predmix take to kick in? If it's relatively quick you could try everything else and if nothing is working or she's getting worse you have it there as a worse case scenario ITMS?

[Olive]

tan according to janie it takes aroung 4 hours to kick in