I think it's important to know whether or not the doctor who suggested to this listened to your baby first! For true wheezes that were heard in the office to improve with albuterol, then I would give standard albuterol 2.5 mg in 5 mL. However I would not call it in over the phone. Budesal probably won't hurt her but it is not well studied in babies and I can't think of what sort of condition she could have that would need it. Nebulizer treatments do not help with the most common causes of a cold going to the chest unless the baby truly has asthma.

The best thing for a cold and a cough is to run a humidifier, to squirt saline spray (such as little noses) up her nose and to use a bulb sucker to suck out the boogers. We don't do this every time she sounds gross or even every time she has a cough - only when she is having difficulty drinking her bottles or sleeping because of the congestion.

Signs that she may be worsening include not making her wet diapers, or if she is really struggling to breathe and putting all her effort into breathing. If she seems to be sucking in her ribs on every breath or can't catch her breath even after having her nose sucked out, you should call her doctor or go to the hospital immediately.

Mary Kathleen W. DiTursi