My son when he was 8 weeks old ended up with a horrible virus that was "just a cold", and ended up in the hospital. We were told babies younger than 6 months don't know how to breathe through their mouths yet, so it's really hard on them if their nose gets stuffy and they have any kind of congestion. They forget to breathe. The hospital had him on O2 and heart monitors, and had to suction his nose. They had to teach my husband and me how to do it as well so he could be released.

They tested him for RSV and the coof, and he was negative. Wasn't happy about them testing since it didn't change treatment...just meant more money for them testing...but also less because the tests were both negative.

Edit to add: still not letting my kids get the RSV vaccine. Not enough long term studies!

My son when he was 8 weeks old ended up with a horrible virus that was "just a cold", and ended up in the hospital. We were told babies younger than 6 months don't know how to breathe through their mouths yet, so it's really hard on them if their nose gets stuffy and they have any kind of congestion. They forget to breathe. The hospital had him on O2 and heart monitors, and had to suction his nose. They had to teach my husband and me how to do it as well so he could be released.

They tested him for RSV and the coof, and he was negative. Wasn't happy about them testing since it didn't change treatment...just meant more money for them testing...but also less because the tests were both negative.