If a 5-month-old baby has coughing symptoms, the following measures can be taken: 1. Massage therapy can be given to the child at home. If the 5-month-old baby’s cough is not very violent, but only occasionally coughs a few times, the mental state is still okay, and the amount of milk eaten has not decreased significantly, parents can massage the baby at home, for example, parents can press and rub the baby’s Tanzhong point, which is located at the midpoint of the line connecting the two nipples. If your 5-month-old baby’s cough is very violent, accompanied by a significant acceleration of breathing and very poor milk intake, you should go to the hospital for a chest X-ray and blood tests to be alert to bronchopneumonia.