fake coughing

[*TripleJ*]

DS is coughing but its only sometimes and it doesnt seem like real coughing i think it might be for attention hes almost 5 months does anyone elses baby do it?

[Peach*]

DD has been doing it all morning, and as soon as I look at her she smiles and giggles. So cheeky!

[rufalina]

DS used to do fake sneezes as he liked it when I said "bless you"... He just wanted a bit of a giggle...

It might just be a way of catching your attention for a little talk and giggle...???

[tenar]

DD was doing exactly that a couple of weeks ago at that age.

I think she just learned how to cough intentionally and was enjoying it. It was pretty funny to watch her coughing and grinning and coughing some more.

[Bathsheba]

Not to worry you but other reasons for children coughing in a fake kind of way include asthma and nervousness.... but it doesn't sound like it could be the case here though.

[*TripleJ*]

im not really worried but it does sound very fake when he does it and its when im not looking it think hes just trying to get my attention

[Jakabella]

Bella does it all the time! We say "thats a terrible cough" and she will do it again and it cracks her up! So cute!

[sas85]

Yeah DD does it all the time. Started when I started giving her solids and if she coughed or gagged I would immediately look and sometimes pick her up and whack her on the back so now she just does it if I'm not looking at her. They learn fast.

[Sammiejane]

Its very normal at that age...
Its actually one of the things that out CMHN asks us if they are doing... dont know if it is a full on developmental marker, but certianly something that they check to see if they are doing.

MJ use to do it loads... it was worring for a while, but she soon moved onto something new!