3 Month Old with Cold for over a Month Now

Your right there is no medicine you can give her at her age. However there are things you can do. First next time you take a shower put her in the bathroom in her car seat or bouncy chair. The steam will help break up the mucus. Also, I bought a waterless vaporizer to put in my kids rooms. It has these little pads that you put inside that smell like eucalyptus. It really helps. It's made by pediacare and it's called Gentle vapors. It works like a glade plug-in. I love them. The ones I have have a built in night light. They really work. If she develops a sore throat or fever you can give her tylenol. Call your doc to find out dosage. At this age it goes by weight. You can also buy vicks vapor rub. This and the gentle vapors can be found n the drug section of your local Walmart. They should be in the same isle.

Hi J., Do you think she's onto a second cold in a row? Especially if you have a sore-throat, sounds like you are catching her latest one.........otherwise, it could be a sinus infection. Call her ped. for advice, if you're still worried...........

My son was sick all of last winter. It was one cold after another. I honestly think it was a lack of vitamin D and of course his germy cousins! Colds can move from your sinuses to your throat to your intestines to your eyes, to your lungs. It is good to keep using the saline spray and clear as much as you can out of there to keep bacteria from building up. But seriously, as soon as my son's cold would go away, another one would come. It would last about a month or more. It was never ending. This winter he has only gotten one horrible cold, which turned into an ear infection, but that is it so far. He will be two in May. Good luck, keep up with the saline spray and don't just spray it, drip it into the nose. Ask your doctor if you can use baby tylenol or motrin. It may help reduce the swelling of the nasal passages, which is causing so much mucus.

Hey J.,
Have you brought her to the doctors? If not I would. I don't want to freak you out but children (and adults) can get pnemonia and bronchitis (spelling?) without a fever. Not totally common but it can happen. Also try putting a cool air humidifier in her room at night and put either pillows or a big comforter (queen or bigger i would reccommend) under her mattress to elevate her head. That will cut out any post nasal drip she might be choking on. Good luck I know how horrible it feels to have a baby not feeling well. Also, if you bring her to the doctors they may be able to give her something there or give you the correct dosage for over the counter meds.
Feel Better!
C.

HI J.,

That was my son! He's now 3years old, but the first 3-4 months of his life he was constantly congested. The only thing we could do for him is what you are already doing (saline). To help him breath at night , we lifted one side of his crib mattress (the head side of course). Seemed like it made it better. And my son was a December baby, so hopefully by end of the winter she'll get better.
Good luck