Does a one-year-old baby need to go to the hospital if he coughs at night?

Many female friends who have just become mothers don’t know how to take care of their children. When the baby is only one year old, if he coughs at night, should he go to the hospital for a check-up? Is coughing at night normal or is it a sign of some disease? In this regard, the editor reminds mothers that one-year-old babies are still too young, so coughing may be due to catching a cold. Also, because babies have poor immune systems, this phenomenon often occurs. Mothers should take appropriate measures and go to the hospital for examination if necessary.

If your baby is still small and not too heavy, it is best not to take medicine. The following methods may help you:

1. Use 1 to 2 slices of ginger and half a spoonful of brown sugar to boil water for your baby to drink. If the baby does not want to drink spicy water, he can also just drink brown sugar water, because brown sugar is also warm in nature.

2. Boil water with 3 to 4 heads of garlic and give it to your baby to drink. As long as the garlic is cooked thoroughly, it will not be spicy.

3. Or parents can make sesame oil and ginger fried eggs for their children before they go to bed at night. The method is as follows: put a small spoonful of sesame oil into a frying pan, add the ginger after the oil is hot, fry it in the oil for a while, then pour in an egg and stir well, feed it to the child while it is hot before the child goes to bed, be careful not to scald the child. Eat it consistently for a few days, and the child's cough caused by cold will be significantly improved.

4. Parents can soak their children’s feet in warm water at night until they sweat slightly, and let their children sleep more to recover their strength as soon as possible.

5. Make sure your child drinks plenty of warm water and eats a light diet. Give your child more broth and chicken soup, and avoid eating fish, shrimp, yam, and peppers. Gradually, your child will stop coughing.

There are many reasons why a one-year-old baby coughs at night. It may be due to catching a cold, or the dry air may cause the baby's throat to be dry. Of course, diseases such as colds cannot be ruled out. Therefore, mothers should carefully observe the baby's condition. If it is not serious, you can feed the baby ginger sugar water or garlic boiled water, etc. If it is serious, go to the hospital for treatment.