My DD had her first bout of bronciolitis at 3wks and ended up in the ER for xrays/observation ovenight. She then had reoccuring infections at least every month until at 15-18mths she deveoped pneumonia and was very sick. At every appointment I would ask the dr why she was getting these infections??? I have very mild asthma and my DS was diagnoised at 2yr with asthma but we were living in Mt Isa and he hasn't had any symptoms since moving away.

After the pneumonia I questioned the doctor seriously about what we coud do. He told us she couldn't be diagnosed with asthma offically until she was over 2 and even then it was better to wait until they were older for the specific tests but she did have very narrow breathing tubes - whatever they are called. She was prescribed ventolin to be used whenever she developes a cold/cough to help open them up and get rid of the phlem etc.

Around the same time a friend of mine introduced me to the sue dengate elimination diet. I started it for sleeping problems with DD and found she had a very strong salicylate reaction. She also reacted to glutamates and MSG etc (MSG also sets off my asthma) When we eliminated salicylates from her diet the colds/runny noses/coughs disappeared. She has had 2 colds in the past year and I have given her the ventolin when needed and we haven't had anymore brocitus/pneumonia or chest infections. It is such a relief. Might be something to look into to see if there could be a similar underlying cause to the reoccuring infections? PM if you want website details of the elimination diet