"Need Help in the Congestion Dept".

T., Congrats on your baby. I had my son at 38 years old. He is 16 mos. and is currently getting over RSV, but he did start early on w/congestion, so I have a lot of experience in this. There's no real medication that can be given, the only thing that you are told is to use saline drops and nose aspirator (I know it's difficult to do that to them, but you have to in order to get rid of it since they are not able to cough it up or blow their noses like us; so be strong and do it religiously, every 2-3 hours). We even took him to the ER a few times and that's what they told us. They also suggested the air humidifier, which helped dry up the mucus. At around 7 mos., his pediatrician (5th one) said that he had allergies and prescribed singulair. She also prescribed Xopenex and lent me a nebulizer....wow, what a difference, his congestion quickly cleared up and I wondered why I had wasted so much time w/all the others. My advise is to find a good pediatrician and in the meantime, keep checking him w/his current pediatrician so his congestion doesn't get into his lungs and develop pneumonia. Good luck and hang in there, it gets easier.

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I know exactly how you feel my 7 week old has serious congestion. The best thing I've found for it is Little Noses. It comes with a suction bulb and saline drops to decongest him. Works fairly well but I have to do it several times a day. Also I'd suggest talking to your doctor to see if there's any reason like allergies for the congestion. Good luck ::)

I really like Simply Saline for babies. Irrigating the sinuses can really help! This is RSV season and your baby is very young. If you are worried that he is not breathing, you really probably need to take him to the pediatrician.

I went through the same thing with both of my boys. It turned out that they both had allergies to milk proteins. Talk to your pediatrician about this. But keep an eye on the congestion... My youngest had the worst part of it - constantly turned into strep throat and ear infections. Had to put tubes twice and had his adenoids removed. Much better now.

Suction, suction, suction, suction, suction. If you can get your hands on the green suction bulbs they use in the hospital, do so. That's about the only one that works worth anything. My baby girl has been congested since four weeks (now one year). There have been times we've suctioned up to 20 times a day. If you don't keep the snot suctioned, you're looking at pneumonia and ear infections. The first sign it's moving into the chest, get the doc to prescribe a nebulizer and breathing treatments with enough medicine to keep on hand because they will always come down with it on Friday at 5:30. First sign of yellow/green snot and/or temp get on in to the doc. Cool mist humidifier and saline drops as well.

Good luck! Congrats on you're baby!!

Try saline and the bulb syringe with every diaper change.

If you are worried, call the pediatrician's office and ask them--before the long holiday weekend. I don't mean to alarm you; my kids always came down with the scariest stuff when the doc wasn't available.

cool mist humidifier in the bedroom during naps and night. suction bulb a few times a day.

Both of my daughters had extreme congestion starting around 3 months (allergies). I tilted her matress (put several blankets under one end of their matress), and this held her head elevated, while she slept. As was mentioned earlier, the suction bulb was used frequently. I also placed a humidifier in her room. Also try taking her into the bathroom with you while taking a shower, the humidity will help. Good luck!

My baby also just turned 3 mos. He had the same thing, lots of drooling and congestion. Turns out he had acid reflux. When they regurgitate the acid from their stomach it pools in their mouth and nasal cavity, causing the drool and congestion. We started him on axid and it stopped. They don't have to be projectile vomiter to have reflux. Just a thought, hope it helps.
Someone also mentioned lots of suction. My son's pediatrician told us not to overdo the suction as it will bring the mucus up further into the nasal cavity. He said to use the saline drops and only use suction when you can actually see a large glob of mucus in his nose, otherwise it needs to just drain down and not be brought back up. Also, a humidifier in his room at night helped a lot. Okay, now I'm done.

My pediatrician told me to use baby saline drops first and then suction using the baby nasal bulb. My son is almost three and has never had a sinus or ear infection so I think it probably works pretty well. I am using the same technique on my six month old daughter and she has been very healty as well so far. I usually clean their noses three to four times a day when they are congested.

Hello T.,

I have a 10 week old and she is just getting over RSV. Not only did we use the saline drops, nasal bulb, and cool mist humidifier, but we also turned on a hot shower in the smallest bathroom and sat in there for a while. It's like a sauna and really helps with clearing up the congestion. Please check with your pediatrition to make sure he doesn't have an ear infection also. Her congestion caused her to have an ear infection and her pediatrician prescribed antibiotics for her (you know... the pink stuff)

I pray your little man will get over this really soon! They are so helpless at this age.

Be Blessed!