Night Waking & Crying: Saline Drops
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7Wk Old with Cold
Asked by C.M. from Madison
on March 26, 2008
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My 7wk old boy has his first cold and is vary stuffed up. I have a humidifier and saline drops for his nose. Any other advice on how to releive his stuffyness would be...
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- what i do when my little man has a cold is use a lot of the vick's baby chest rub. put it on his chest, back, neck, and believe it or not on the bottoms of his feet. i...
- I was always told to take my child into the bathroom with me when I shower. The steam helps them. You can put him in his little boundy seat right outside the shower.
- My friend would let her baby sleep in his swing because it kept him upright and it was easier for him to breath. He had a lot of colds starting at 3 months.
9 Week Baby Has Mucus in the Throught at Night
Asked by J.F. from Washington DC
on August 18, 2009
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Since he was 2 weeks my baby has been waking up late at night squirming and crying from frustration because he can seem to get rid of the mucus in his throat. When he...
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- It could be that there is something in his room that he's allergic too. Or there could be something that you are eating that he's having issues with. I would ask the d...
- I had the exact situation with my son when he was 16 weeks. He caught a cold and then had lingering mucous for a month. He had to sleep upright in his swing or would ...
- It could be acid reflux. My son had severe acid reflux and he always had a congested sound to his breathing. The extra feeding could be helping by "rinsing" the thro...
Newborn Nasal Congestion
Asked by V.A. from Dallas
on March 21, 2007
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My 7 week old is having a lot of congetion. He recently started having a dry cough because of the drainage. The doc told me to use the saline drops, and suction out ...
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- At 3 weeks old my pediatrician said that our daughter could have 1/4 tsp of benedryl. It will clear up the runny nose and then in turn the cough.
- Our Pedi told us NOT to use a humidifier that it only makes the congestion thicker. You might try without for a while to see if that helps?
- Hello there, I use Ocean Nasal Spray for KIDS. I squirt in both nostrals wait and then squirt again to rinse the nose out. You will see all the stuff drain out. I ...
Difficulty with Bottle Feeding
Asked by L.R. from Pocatello
on February 16, 2008
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I have a 5 week old infant who has gone through a number of formula changes over his short life, is on reflux meds and gas drops w/gripe water (all suggestions from my...
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- Hi! My son had a horible time with reflux, we had to try 4 different meds before we found one that worked with him, which was prilosec. Our Ped also said that it would...
- First of all I would get a second opinion on the colic. You might also want to check the flow of the nipple on the bottle. If it is slower then it may be that he is ...
- This sounds a lot like my nephew. It would take his mom 2 hours to get him to drink 4 oz. because he would suck for a minute and then start crying. She took him to a g...
2 Month Old Too Congested to Eat
Asked by K.H. from Washington DC
on November 3, 2007
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My daughter has been congested since birth it seems. However, her congestion is now interferring with her eating. She appears very hungry, but it seems like she can'...
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- Are you nursing or bottle feeding her? You're doing the right things for you little one. Don't forget that after putting the saline drops in her nose to wait a few m...
- Had the ped checked her for reflux?
- My suggestion is to stop using the humidifier. From my experance it's more harmful than good. You need your childs nose to dry up not get wet. The humidifier is only i...
5 1/2 Month Old with Stuffy Nose
Asked by T.M. from Denver
on April 28, 2008
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Does anyone have some advice on how to clear up my baby's nose? He is 5 1/2 months old and has a stuffy nose, sneezes and a little bit of a cough. The biggest problem ...
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- cut milk (and cheese) out of his diet (and yours if you are nursing). goat's milk is more nutritious and does not produce phlegm. grape juice helps cut through this s...
- Go out and buy some of the Johnson's soothing vapor bath and give your child a steamy warm bath with lots of this in it to start out. Make sure you've got his nose co...
- My 6 Month old son has the same thing for about the last week and a half now. What I do is at night I use a nose bulb to suck out his snot, give hime a bit of infant t...
Remedies for Congestion in a Newborn
Asked by L.W. from Houston
on March 28, 2008
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My son is six weeks old and has had problems with congestion for a few weeks, but it seems to be getting worse. I use saline drops and try to clean his nose several ti...
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- We had this problem with my daughter starting at 3 weeks and unfortunately we tried everything and it resolved itself by about 2 1/2 months. What we tried was: - s...
- have you talked to your pediatrician? We had a similar problem and we used ayr saline gel w/ aloe very applied w/ a q tip. We also didn't use his nasal asparator much...
- When my children were congested I would put campophenique on their pillow. Touch your fingertip to the open bottle and dab on each side of where their head lays - that...
DD Having a Hard Time Breathing at Night
Asked by K.M. from Laredo
on November 14, 2010
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My DD is about to be ten weeks old tomorrow. I would say for the past 4 weeks only at night though she has a really hard time breathing. You can hear the congestion...
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- My daughter has a stuffy nose as well, but is not sick. She sleeps in our room and we have the ceiling fan on at night. The doc told me to use a humidifier at night...
- I agree with putting a towel or pillow under the head of the mattress to incline it. The humidifier will also help.
- It could be allergies; it could also be silent reflux. My DS had reflux terribly and it caused lots of congestion at night. Do as the others have said and elevate th...
Warm Mist Humidifier
Asked by J.H. from Richmond
on April 4, 2008
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I am researching warm mist humidifiers for my 10 wk old son. He's stuffy every day and I've used saline drops which he tolerates but doesn't really like... plus i hat...
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- Vicks makes a great one that doesn't have a filter. We actually use it every night instead of a cold mist one because it has done a better job than our cool mist one....
- I just have a basic vaporizer. I am not aware if it has a filter or if it needs replaced. Its pretty basic. As for the saline...try just putting a drop near his nost...
- I bought one for my one year old couple years ago at Buy Buy Baby. The brand was holmes. But now that it's spring stores may not have it, humidifiers are a "winter" it...
1 Week Old Infant - Cold, Stuffy Nose
Asked by G.H. from San Francisco
on February 25, 2010
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I am so paranoid as a new mom. My son has a stuffy nose and we try saline drops, the nasal aspirator and siting in the bathroom with steam but he still seems uncomfort...
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- Glad to hear your baby got a checkup and that all is fine. I wanted to recommend the BEST nasal aspirator. It's called Nose Frida (aka The Snot Sucker) and they sell i...
- Good morning! Coming from experience with lack of oxygen in a child I think you should take him to the doctor to have them check his oxygen level just to make sure ...
- You have to get that cold out, as they are just too young to do anything about it. Get the soft tip bulb syring and suck the yuckky out. They will fuss a little but it...
