Now that my baby is crawling around, she is breathing heavier, and sounds wheezy. She always seems to sound like if she just cleared her throat, it would go away. She also gets pretty sweaty when she exerts herself. She has never been sick, and I know from experience that a cold often is the start of asthma, but we have a huge incidence of asthma in my family, my 16 year old had it severly as a small child. we've asked at the pediatrician, and he said her lungs were clear, but now Im thinking to take her back. I know that small kids sound wheezy sometimes just because of how small everything is. So Im asking moms, does your active baby do any of this?
Wheezing is not normal and being you have a history in your immediate family take her back to the doctor asap.
My VERY active child never wheezed.
All three of my kids are massively active, exhaustingly actually. Two of the three have had wheezing issues. With my first son, we connected it to dogs and later cats and feathers. Needless to say, he basically has problems with anything that has fur or feathers. We did not pick up on it right away because we did not have any pets but he was exposed to our neighbors dog every day so it was hard to make the connection. My second son would get croup and wheeze at night mostly and if he was running around a lot. By the time he was two we had spent two nights in the hospital on two different occasions getting him oxygen and ultimately got him a Nebulizer. I was convinced he had Asthma but the doc continually said he didn't. When he was about 3, my husband suggested he was allergic to feathers like my first son. I laughed at first then realized he had a down pillow causing all the problems. Got rid of the pillow and he was fine. He had only one episode at 4 when he was playing with a wool scarf, turns out he is allergic to wool too.
In short, your daughter my just have some sort of allergy which they really don't test much for until they are much older (I think around 5). My only concern for you would be that your family history suggests the possibility of Asthma. I would go see the ped again, if you are still not convinced of his/her diagnosis, I would get a second opinion or take her to a specialist.
Good luck.
The pediatrician said her lungs were clear.
But that was after you carried her from the car,
and then the two of you sat waiting
in the exam room for 5-10-15 minutes.
Right?
It wasn't after she spent 10-15 minutes
exploring the exam room on her hands and knees.
So . . . tell the pediatrician that, because of your family history,
and because of the noises she makes when when she's exerting herself, you want to make sure to do everything possible to avoid her developing asthmatic symptoms and problems.
Take her back. This doesn't sound normal. My son did not breathe hard or sweat when he learned to crawl.
DEFINITELY take her back to her pediatrician. If he/she does not do appropriate assessments, go to another doctor.
Sounds more like an allergic reaction: i.e. congestion than asthma. My granddaughter has had asthma since she was a baby and the way we found out is that she had difficulty breathing which quickly (in a couple of hours) progressed to her gasping for air. Your daughter's symptoms sound more chronic than the crisis symptoms of asthma.
You do need to take her to the doctor soon. I don't know but it may be possible for congestion to go suddenly from chronic to crisis. It hasn't worked that way with my granddaughter.
