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Our Alex has had problems with what our pedi diagnosed as Reactive Airways for the first 8-10 months that he was home. We have have not had any instances in the last 2 months...

He was on 2 different types of inhalers and he would often have labored breathing-- esp. when he was teething. He never got bronchitis, but he did have a constant runny nose for a few months along with the wheezing and difficulty getting a breath ("sucking wind" is what the doctor called it). He had to have a few treatments with a mask at the pedi's office when it got bad.

I have spoken with someone else who had the same problem with their child when they came home. Her doctor said it is because their lungs didn't develop to capacity due to being kept inside so much for the first few months of their lives and being in a warm environment all the time. My pedi is unsure if this is the reason why... but in any case, it seemed to clear up in our both of our children after about year.

I hope you will find the same...