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Baby is 2 months and 25 days old. He is coughing while sleeping. Can you please suggest any home remedy for this

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It can be due to lost nasal drip. Use saline nasal drops to clear nose. Make sure he is active feeding well and no increased rate of breathing is there. ...  Read More

Hi, My baby is sneezing sometimes and he coughs while sleep... His nose is not runny...he is having dry cough... What would be the reason... He is also not showing any interest in eating food...only drinks milk... He is also have CMPA..? How to ease cough at night ?

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Greetings looks like a viral need to start medicine kindly book a consultation so that I can guide you through ...  Read More

Hello doctor my daughter is 10 month old. In last 3 days baby is coughing at night. Her nose is blocked. Giving her nasoclear did not improve. She is snoring at night. From yesterday she has fever. Giving her sumol drops fever reduces. Yellow mucus come from her nose .When she coughs its sounds like mucus becoming dry and its stucks.

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Please consult physically ...  Read More

Baby is 16 months old. Baby is coughing intermittently while sleeping only since last 2 days. She is not coughing while awake. Please advise.

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Probably seasonal. Needs consultation .give hot water and hot liquids such as soup . Look for any nasal block or running nose. ...  Read More

My baby is 11.5 months old and she has been sleeping too much since yesterday.She doesn't want to sit. She is becoming so weak. She has a cold and cough and is taking medicine for that. Is sleeping too much because of something else??

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It may be due to cold and the cold medicine that child is sleeping a lot. Check the dose of cold medicine. Danger signs: Not taking liquids, Irritable or lethargic, Decreased urine frequency. ...  Read More

I have dry cough due to cold, While sleeping I coughed in front of my sleeping baby twice are there chances that he might also get cough since he was sleeping???I am worrying that he might get an infection through I accidentally coughed in front of him.baby is 4 months old

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It might be possible. Just keep ur face covered while coughing. ...  Read More

Having cough since birth, now the baby is 45day old, but from yesterday she is unable to sleep. Taking feed properly. While breathing making sound.

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Since your baby is so young he will need physical consultation. Please get him to a pediatrician ASAP ...  Read More

In day time there is noproblem of cough but when child is sleeping because of cough not able to sleep.

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Provide proper details ...  Read More

My baby had a runny nose and today is the fourth day and from yesterday she is coughing and her mucus became a little thick.. she is coughing mostly while sleeping.. pls guide what to do?

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What about her age?? ...  Read More

My baby is 3 months old from 2to 3 days she doing making noise like have cough while playing and sleep little its cough or what.. And wt i do...

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Hello. Could you please elaborate if she is bottle fed or breast fed exclusively. Is the cough dry or choking in nature? ...  Read More

I have a 3.5 month old baby. At night she usually sleeps at 8pm and she wake in the morning only. In between I will feed her very 3 hrs. In long time she will not pass urine for 5-6hrs is this normal? But day time she will frequently passing urine many time.8pm to 6am she will pass only 2 time is this normal

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At 3.5 months, 5 to 6 hours without a wet diaper overnight is usually normal. She isn't feeding during that stretch, so her body simply makes less urine then. Her frequent daytime wet diapers are actu ...  Read More

My 6 and half month old baby is not sleeping properly at night. He is waking up every hour or 2. I am giving 3 meals a day and 4 times milk a day. He is taking breastmilk and formula both. Please tell me when will he sleep whole night or sleep longer kigjt stretches??

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I need to ask few more questions before answering your query. Early consultations can prevent complications. Kindly contact me on whatsapp chat  (84960595 six five) Dr Faisal Zoheb MBBS , MD PAED ...  Read More

My baby girl will be 3 month old on 25th September and she sleeps straight 6 hours in the night. Should I wake her up and feed in between? Her weight gain is so far good(1kg per month) but from last couple of weeks she is sleeping 6 hours straight at night so i am concerned . Please advice.

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At 3 months with steady weight gain of about a kilo a month, your baby doesn't need to be woken for a night feed anymore. ...  Read More

Hi doctors my baby had high fever on 17& 18 August doctor gave some syrups and it subsided within 1 day Now since last night she has having severe dry cough When asked doctor he has prescribed Levocetrzine but i think it doesn't work for cough So can u pls suggest some good syrup for dry cough for 15 month old weight 8.9 kg

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No need any dry cough syrup 15month old kid ...  Read More

Hello My baby is 35 days old. From the last couple of days he is refusing to sleep, even though he is tired, he is demanding feed sleep for 10-15 mins Max, play for a few mins then feed and the cycle continues. After every feed he is spilling milk sometimes curd like, sometimes transparent liquid, amount also varies. I am not sure what to do. He co

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If weight and other vitals are normal, nothing to worry about. This is a temporary phase. Visit a pediatrician for check up and confirmation ...  Read More

Hello doctors...My baby is 2 and half months old now. She is 32 weeks pre matured baby. She sleep day time continuously more than 3 hours. She didnot sleep from night 1 o clock to morning 8 o clock. During this time she playing and feeding. Is this normal?

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Most new born babies sleep all the time except when hungry until 3 months old. Premature babies can catch up with others at 2 years age. I don’t see anything grossly wrong. ...  Read More

Hi , My 3 months baby boy is 6 kg . First I want to know if he comes under normal weight range. Second he has cold and cough and some fast breathing as told by doctor he may or may not need hospitalization. He is on formula feed inmil .Because in starting I have tried all things but he refused breast so unfortunately I have to formula feed him . I

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At 3months age 6kg wt.is normal ,formula feeds does not cause cough and cold ,only concern is fast breathing .Please watch closely ,if it is more than 60 / min ,then consult any pediatrician inyour ar ...  Read More

Hi , My 3 months baby boy is 6 kg . First I want to know if he comes under normal weight range. Second he has cold and cough and some fast breathing as told by doctor he may or may not need hospitalization. He is on formula feed inmil .Because in starting I have tried all things but he refused breast so unfortunately I have to formula feed him . I

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Greetings A weight of 6 kg is perfectly healthy and sits around the 25th to 50th percentile for a 3-month-old baby boy. Formula feeding itself does not cause a cold, though breast milk provides speci ...  Read More

My baby is 9 months old, and his sleep schedule is very disturbed. He wants to sleep at around 8-9 pm, wants comfort feeds aprrox every 1-1.5 hours and wakes up at 3-4 am. Then again sleeps in early morning 6-7 am. If I try to make him awake till 10-11 pm then this cycle doesn't happen and he sleeps till morning(with wakeups for comfort feeds). But

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Usual pattern should be dinner at 7 pm night time milk feeds before bedtime 9-10 pm. Babies should be sleeping from 10 pm to 5 am Undisturbed. If the baby wakes up at night enough to feed water if he ...  Read More

Baby is 2 month 10 days old. Baby had good sleep pattern but for past 3 days the sleep has been disturbed and at night sleeps around 11 or 1 am and then sleeps for about 7-8 hrs with feeds in between. But in Daytime, overall sleep has been reduced to 4-5 hrs. That's also as very short naps like 15 -30 mins sometimes around 1-2 hrs. Baby is well fed

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Sleep pattern keeps changing every few weeks. This can be considered as normal. If her weight, height, head size, development etc are all ok, nothing to worry about. This pattern will change in some t ...  Read More

My 2 weeks old baby sleeps a lot... i have to wake him up for feeds 2 hourly otherwise he wont wake up... he is too lazy that i ended up in pediatric care as he got dehydrated.... it takes me almost half an hour to make him feed 2 oz of milk... i am concerned he never demands for milk... never cries... no hunger cry... nothing... i want to know bab

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Hi 😊 At 2 weeks of age, sleeping a lot can be normal, but in your baby’s case there are some warning signs 👉 Baby is not waking up for feeds 👉 No hunger cry 👉 Ta ...  Read More

Dear Doctor, I’m writing about my 9-month-old son, who has had a cough for the past 3 weeks. He coughs a few times during the day, but it seems more frequent at night and early in the morning. The cough sounds wet/productive. He took Ascoril LS Junior syrup 10 days as prescribed by our doctor. There were periods of slight improvement, but the

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Its like allergic cough but before confirming further evaluation is needed For any details contact me on practo ...  Read More

My son age is 1 month baby suffering from cold cough and tight tummy crying intense on night last week doctor gave cough cold medicine and antibiotics and nebulizer to use every 6 hours then breathing and nose block relief somehow today I consultant senior pediatric doc my son birth weight is 2.9 kgs today at 4 weeks weight is 3.7 kgs and length is

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Greetings kindly consult doctor through for proper history and medication ...  Read More

How i can set the sleep schedule for my baby. My baby is 20 days old i want to understand and regularise his schedule as early as possible.

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20 days old is difficult to schedule sleep As baby required feeding every 2-3 hourly once ,the rest they are mostly sleeping As the baby grows around 3-4 months , they start demand feeding where you ...  Read More

Hi, my baby girl is 3.5 month old and weighs 5.9 kg as of Dec 20, 2025. Can she sleep more than 6 hrs at night ? Can I allow till 7 or 8 hrs? Would their throat become dry if I leave her to sleep that long without feed? Please recommend. Thanks in advance.

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U can feed during sleep also ... Dnt leave , u must feed her ...  Read More

Why do my baby sleeps at day time and awake during night? How to change the sleeping habit of my baby? He is a preterm baby 2 months old now and he cries often for no reason.

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It is very common for young babies—especially preterm infants—to sleep more during the day and stay awake at night. This happens because their biological clock (day–night rhythm) is still immature. D ...  Read More

Dear Sir/Ma'am, For Female, 65 years, Bronchial Asthma. Issue: Coughing during Night while sleeping. No coughing in Day time. Ongoing medications: Flutiflo-ft, Montek, Nebulization: leolin 0.63, Budecort 0.5 mg; both BD, cough syrup. These medicines are working but NOT able to control Night time coughing while sleeping. Could you please suggest wha

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kindly connect with all your documents and reports ...  Read More

My son recovered from a long cough for almost 1.5 months which used to come when he sleeps(noon/night). 2 week after that he got fever and we have paracetamol(3.5ml twice 6 hrs gap) and next day he recovered. After that he got dry cough and runny nose. Now he is coughing during the day and also when goes for sleep(noon/night) it gets worse. During

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It's difficult to comment without examining the child in person. You can try honey and sips of warm water for dry cough. Can try face mask. Keep child warm. Cough is a symptom of some underlying prob ...  Read More

My baby age is 2.5 and i having disturbed sleep at night and dreams too much at night.Any tips for us for reduce disturbed sleep.Sleeps peacefully in morning for around 2 hours

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I need to ask few more questions before answering your query. Early consultations can prevent complications. Kindly contact me on whatsapp chat (84960595sixfive) Dr Faisal Zoheb MBBS , MD PAEDIATRICS ...  Read More

Baby has running nose and severe cough. Nasal drops alone given by pediatrician as chest is clear after examination. Can u give kufril LS drops for cough. Weight 7.3 kg. Pl confirm the dosage

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Nebulize with saline twicely Put Carvol capsule on clothes Use Nasoclear nasal drops 2 drops qid Use only dis If chest is bad then only give kufril ls ...  Read More

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