The medicine tastes awful and you may have a hard time getting your baby to take it, but it does a great job of decreasing inflammation and helping your baby breathe more easily. If your baby has had croup before, try the at-home therapy right away. Unfortunately, you may get quite a bit of practice with this routine. But though you may feel like a croup veteran, don't hesitate to call your doctor during a croup attack if these at-home therapies don't work. Each croup episode can be different, and a subsequent one may be more serious or need more aggressive intervention than the one before.
Most children recover from croup in three to five days.
You may have to use the steamy shower treatment each night to calm the cough and help your child sleep. So cancel your regular playgroup until your baby is croup-free. Click here to see all comments. Within 5 minutes, my baby calmed down. We immediately called an ambulance and he was rushed off to the emergency room where he was diagnosed with croup.