Tear Ducts
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Watery Eyes in 2 Week Old
Asked by R.D. from Tampa
on January 19, 2008
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My 2 week old has watery eyes. Is this a sign of an allergy?
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- Could be a blocked tear duct. Are his eyes getting crusty too? Call the doc
- my doctor told me to use weak tea for a blocked tear duct...make the tea weak and let cool...then use a cotton ball or something like that to gently wipe over the eyes...
- They put the cream stuff in their eyes when they're first born, but it didn't completely work with my last child. We had to keep putting the stuff in his eyes for a fe...
No Tears When She Cries
Asked by C.O. from Denver
on May 6, 2009
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My one year old still has no tears when she cries. The other night she screamed fo 35 minutes and her eyes were not even moist! I took her to the dr for her one year c...
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- There are various conditions that can cause this; all of them should be investigated. Good luck!
- I don't have a completely parallel experience however... My daughter never had tears when she cried, not until she was about a year. I remember the doctor telling me ...
- C. - Please take her to a eye specialist - an Opthomologist. They are the only ones who can tell you if she has slow development, or something you need to treat. My bo...
Paper Bag Dress
Asked by T.D. from Los Angeles
on October 26, 2011
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Hi Ladies,
My 7 year old wants to be The Paperbag Princess for Halloween (great story if you've never read it). I can't figure out how to make a dress out of paper th...
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- You can make the dress kindof how you would make a normal dress. You will need to make tons of layers or pleating and hold them together with glue, tape or staples. Mo...
- Hi T., I would make a simple shift from cloth (or buy a cheap dress from Goodwill), then glue or sew heavy duty paper bags all over it in layers, like shingles.
- What if it is in 3 pieces - a paper bag top, on the bottom of the top, cut out a little 'ruffle' that can lift up when she sits, have her wear khaki shorts or pants, a...
Seeking Much Needed Advice About Eye Care!
Asked by J.T. from Birmingham
on May 11, 2009
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My son is 4mths. old and has constant eye problems. I am always having to wipe stuff out of his eyes and sometimes it is yellow. I have tried just about everything to ...
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- It is probably a clogged tear duct. My daughter had one until she was almost a year old. Take a warm damp rag and massage the area where the tear duct is. He will even...
- It is very common for infants to have a blocked tear duct, which causes the "eye goo" you have described. Most of the time, you can massage the inner corner of the eye...
- my son's eyes did the same thing. It was his tear ducts, they were closed. He had to have the tear ducts probed. That was a short term fix. He then had tubes put into ...
Tearing Eye
Asked by L.F. from Chicago
on August 1, 2007
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My 1 year old son's left eye has been tearing up the last few days and when he wakes from sleep he has little crusties in the corner as well. At first I thought it wa...
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- My daughter has a clogged tear duct, and the symtoms are exactly as you describe. The only difference is that she's had hers since birth, and most other people who's b...
- My daughter had the same thing and they said pink eye, a few days of drops and it was gone. Good luck if you do get drops to put in....it was like holding down a lion...
- My daughter had that and the cause was a blocked tear duct. I had to massage the corner of the eye where the tear duct is located and apply an ointment that her doctor...
Green Discharge in My 4Mo's Eye
Asked by B.K. from Dallas
on February 23, 2007
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I noticed yesterday that my 4 month old son's eye booger was green instead of the usual yellow color and today is has just started dishcarging a little and it's also g...
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- It's probably due to his cold. When little ones get too congested it can come out through their tear ducts. It shouldn't be painful for him, but can be uncomfortable....
- keep an "eye" on it (no pun intended) as it could be as simple as a clogged tear duct (my kiddo had that) but it could also be pink-eye... that's going around..
- Just call your dr's office and get their opinion. Most doctors will tell you if you need to bring them in or if it isn't something serious. Eyes are not something you ...
Pain When Baby Latches On
Asked by M.H. from Memphis
on August 1, 2008
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Hi. I am a new mom, my baby is almost 2 weeks old. I am breastfeeding exclusively and in the last few days I have noticed a lot of pain when he first latches on. After...
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- Try changing the nursing position that you nurse him in every time you nurse. That way he is not latching on to the exact same place every time. It will hurt a littl...
- I felt the same thing and it really did go away. It is just the initial latch on, which makes sense. Just make sure it only lasts about a minute (I know it seems lon...
- Hi, M., I had the pain and discomfort when I nursed my children. It's due to your nipples not being used to being sucked on. My nipples even cracked and bled when...
Eye Crust
Asked by M.M. from Cleveland
on February 25, 2011
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my month old son has eye crust around eye and eye lashes is this normal-and its hard for him to open eye all the time
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- It doesn't sound like anything I've seen in my boys when they were newborns. It could be an eye infection...I'd have his doctor take a look at it.
- The difference between pink eye and a blocked tear duct is stickiness/greenness (pink eye). With pink eye, the eye will literally be glued shut due to the stickiness o...
- It could also be an ear infection, strange I know. If he's stuffed up, his eyes can't drain and so it goops up. I just went through this with my 2 month old. She had ...
Preemie and Tons of Eye Boogers Bad?
Asked by C.P. from Phoenix
on February 24, 2008
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by baby is about 2 months old. this past week we have found a ton of eye boogers in his eyes all through out the day. we normally would find some in the corner of his ...
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- Hey C., You might want to double check with the doctor to make sure there is not any infection (they usually take a culture sample). Although my son had the same p...
- Hi, C.. Congrats on your new little bundle! I am a NICU nurse and you should get your baby into the pediatrician. It sounds like an infection that you need to get e...
- C., I had the exact same issue with my son when he was a newborn and it turned out that his tear ducts in both eyes were clogged. This is a pretty normal occurance (I...
Pink Eye?
Asked by J.B. from Houston
on January 22, 2011
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Hey moms,
Well my 3.5yr old had both eyes looking a bit red and irritated yesterday. Today one of them is a lot more red and is starting to tear a bit. So is this t...
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- From experience....when I had it my eye ran a lot and it did have crust on it like when I woke up. The first day it was so bad I could barely open my eye 1st thing in ...
- I thought for sure I had pink eye, turns out it was just allergies ( it was very windy, and I rubbed them). My opinion is that pink eye would have gummed up by now. ...
- Put plain Visine eye drops in his eyes twice a day. That is what I have always done for my son at the first sign of red in his eyes. Whether it is allergies or pink ...
