Coughing is very common in small babies, and every time it makes the mother’s heart rise to her throat. Should I take cough medicine? 1. Do I need to take cough medicine for a cough? In fact, coughing is a protective mechanism of the body, coughing can clear the airway clothing, infants and children themselves cough reflex is weak, if you eat cough medicine to inhibit the cough reflex, the phlegm in the whistle is less likely to be discharged. Therefore, it is generally not recommended to give cough suppressants to babies, especially those under 6 years old. However, you can take some phlegm-suppressing medication. 2. Can a cough become pneumonia? Many babies have a cough, sometimes a very strong cough, and many parents worry that it will turn into pneumonia. In fact, coughing itself will not turn into pneumonia, but pneumonia can cause coughing, and coughing is just a manifestation of pneumonia. Pneumonia is mainly a lung infection caused by viruses or bacteria. 3. Is coughing up sputum in babies pneumonia? Many mothers in the clinic ask why their babies are coughing when they are 1 to 2 months old and why there is a “sibilant” sound in their throats. Is it because the baby has phlegm? Does the baby have pneumonia? Sometimes when you hold your baby, you may feel a “sibilant” sound in your baby’s chest, and sometimes you may feel a little vibration, especially at night or at dawn, and some babies may cough, sometimes even cough and spit out all the milk at the same time. When parents encounter such a situation, they are often very nervous about whether their little one has pneumonia. In fact, this so-called always phlegm baby may be “phlegm” caused by the “phlegm” is mostly a matter of the baby’s constitution, the baby may belong to the airway secretion more vigorous individuals, similar to some babies sweat a lot, sometimes with the baby’s whistle, the sound of air flow through the secretion also. The sound of airflow through the secretions is also the phlegm sound that parents hear. If the baby has a “phlegm sound” in addition to good spirits, normal feeding, regular weight gain, no fever and other discomfort, then parents do not need to be nervous, because it is likely to be a normal “phlegm” phenomenon. Parents should not treat “phlegm accumulation” as a baby’s illness and always let the baby stay at home and not let the baby go out. In good weather, when the haze is not serious, try to take the baby out to fresh air as much as possible, which is also a kind of exercise for the baby and can exercise the baby’s airway. Of course, if your baby has fever, poor spirit, or poor milk intake, or if you think your baby is abnormal, you should take your baby to a professional pediatrician.