Spitting Up: Saline Drops
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Breastfeeding and Frequent Spit Ups
Asked by C. from Kansas City
on September 25, 2006
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My 3 1/2 month old daughter has always been sensitive to breastfeeding (what I eat), I have had a problem since the beginning with a lower milk supply. I have used mo...
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- My little girl was diagnosed with reflux at 3 weeks old. i can understand the sleeping onan incline and the spitting up. unfortunatly if your little one has reflux tee...
- I went through this with my son, 4 months. Everything I ate when I breastfed made him scream. He spit up a lot. It seemed like he couldn't get enough to eat. He wa...
- You might change the formula that you have been supplementing with. Gentlease is a really good one, and there are others designed specifically for spittin gup.
Need Help for Baby's Congestion and Lots of Spit Up
Asked by T.S. from Dallas
on February 18, 2008
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My sweet 8 week old son has been very congested since he was born. The docs told us that he ingested a lot of fluid and that was the main cause. But, he is still ver...
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- I feel your pain. My 10 week old daughter is going through the same 2 things right now. The thing I have noticed with my daughter for the congestion is to keep her bed...
- My little one, at the time 4 mos., had a cold w/congestion and was also experiencing reflux. Her pediatrician had me give her Maalox for the reflux and also to contro...
- Well first off with the way the weathers been lately it's a wonder he's only congested. The acid reflux is probably the real culprit. I have it myself (and take medici...
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...
7 Month Old Super Congested..
Asked by R.A. from Chicago
on December 1, 2009
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Anyone have any extra advice on helping with congestion? I have done the humidifier, warm shower steam, and saline drops in the nose. Going to try baby rub on the ba...
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- My 4-month-old has been like this nearly from birth. He has a "flappy vocal chord" thing he'll outgrow. Lots of phlem too, that often causes him to "choke," and I pop...
- We can blow our noses, but babies can't, so that is where the bulb comes in. You should have gotten one from the hospital when your baby was born. My pediatrician sa...
- Sounds like you're doing a great job! Keep up the the humidifier, warm shower steam, and saline drops. They really help a lot. To make it easier to breath elevate the...
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...
I Just Want Her to Feel Better
Asked by E.K. from Seattle
on December 13, 2011
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My 4.5 mo old daughter is going on her 4th week of a cold. Or at lest I've been thinking it's a cold; now I'm not so sure. Here are symptoms: congestion, occasional ...
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- This sounds a lot like my little guy at that age. He slept in a swing or car seat for more than a month. I finally took him to a naturopath. The things that helped the...
- Poor little one! It sounds like you're on the right track. I just wanted to add something to your bag of tricks to deal with the congestion if it is "just a virus."...
- This really sounds like a reflux issue and not infection. Reflux can cause all these symptoms (nasal congestion especially at night). Vomiting and spitting up don't ...
I Have a Question About Colds and Eating?
Asked by J.R. from Atlanta
on December 9, 2006
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My daughter Kaitlyn will be 20 weeks old on dec 12, and she has her second cold, and just like last time she had not been around anybody that was sick and so I am usi...
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- Hi J. Yes you are partly right, symptoms such as runny nose and wet coughs are part of teething but if there are fevers thats generally means there is an infection ...
- J., relax honey your first child always have a mom edgey. As far as the cold goes as long as shes not weezing, she's pretty much alright. This is the cold sesion. Yes...
- Hi J., My daughter did the same thing. My pediatrician told me that the coughing and sneezing were her way of clearing out her nasal and bronchial passages and sh...
Milk Allergy or Reflux Please Help
Asked by B.V. from Biloxi
on December 4, 2009
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My 6 week old has had excessive mucos in his nose and throat which has been causing him to gag for the past 4 weeks. He drinks 4 oz every 2 hours, he does not make it ...
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- my daughter had this- I had to add cereal to her bottle. she also continue to bring this back up and finally at 9 mos old switched her to powdered milk with cereal a...
- I know the diagnosis sounds weird, but our daughter had a cough caused by post-nasal drip, and a barium swallow finally did show it to be reflux. Looking back I know ...
- My son had severe reflux when he was a baby. What appears to be mucus is really the sucretions (sp?) that the acid is pushing back up. The milk actually soothes the re...
Newborn with Bad Nasal Congestion
Asked by K.G. from Burlington
on September 28, 2009
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My 3 week old daughter is having a great deal of nasal congestion, but using saline drops and the aspirator don't seem to accomplish much. She's not running a fever, ...
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- Here's a little something that might help, but it takes some practice before you get good at it because babies can be so squirmy and you want to be quick... When you ...
- I would make sure you are using the aspirator correctly. I learned the hard way. After you put the drops in, hold the opposite nostril. And don't be afraid to the end ...
- My daughter was like that too. Although her issue was that she had a hard time spitting it up at first so she wouldn't and then she would freak out becuase she didn't ...
What's the Problem with My Newborn??
Asked by S.P. from Salt Lake City
on April 19, 2010
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I'm new to the mom thing, this is my first baby she is 4 weeks old. She has had really bad congestion tons of mucos in the back of her throat that started a couple of ...
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- HI-- I know you have a lot here. A few things. It sounds like a food allergy to me (as both my boys had them). Most reflex in babies is either physical---it's call...
- Wow--you have a bazillion responses! So I'll be brief... everything you've mentioned sounds like reflux. Does she choke and gag while breastfeeding? If so, she migh...
- Sounds a lot like reflux to me too! We had similar problems and one piece of advice that I can give you is to make sure that she is never flat on her back as this aggr...
