15 month old has stuffy nose and laringitis sounding with (a sort of croup sound cough which lasted 2 days) and no fever but is teething (molars) and is waking up throughout the night. He is eating,drinking and wetting and pooping appropriately but very irritable.
Hi....this is not related to teething. I feel that he is going through a viral illness. Nothing to worry about it. Cough and cold are viral 95% of the times in child Chat Doctor.  For cold, you can use anti-allergics like cetirizine and for nose block, saline nasal decongestants will do. Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15\u00a0mg/kg/dose (max ceiling dose 500\u00a0mg) every 4-6th hourly, that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol. For cold, you can use Cetirizine at 0.25\u00a0mg/kg/dose every 12 hourly for 3 days. For nasal block, plain saline nasal