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Congested 6 Month Old
When our 7 year old was an infant, she got a terrible cold and was very congested and we had a hard time with her sleeping as well. And a lot like you, ...
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- The only other thing I can suggest is Vicks on his feet. That helped my daughter out a ton, but she was a little older.
- My daughter went through a bit of the same thing as she was cutting her first couple of teeth. Which is perfectly normal. You may try some homeopathic teething table...
- I haven't read the other responses, but here's my solutions. I use natural remedies. If you go to Vitamin cottage or whole foods they will have a vapo-rub for childr...
Need a Stop to the Cough!!
Children's sudafed to ease the congestion that's draining and causing the .... give her the infant/child cough/cold medicine...just watch the dosage. we ...
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- L., Have you tried any type of Vicks rub or adding an extra pillow under her head? Or I have even tried the vicks plug in vapor things. These have seemed to help ...
- give her the infant/child cough/cold medicine...just watch the dosage. we give our 2year old medicine throughout the winter, otherwise she would be sick all the time....
- Is it a dry cough or one that sounds wetter like somethings in the chest. If it's dry, you should be able to use something like Delsym, they do make this for 2 and up...
Medicine
Sep 2, 2009 ... Medicine. Is there anything I can give my 15 month old for his runny ... it and helps clear up the congestion I mixed the vapor bath and the ...
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- Ask you doctor, but mine told me Benadryl and the amount depends on his weight. Hope he gets better. Steph
- Ask your doc for sure! Sometimes they have little remedies that work :) Mine had us give 1/2 tsp benadryl mixed with 1/2 tsp Mylanta. The benadryl helped get the ba...
- My grandson's pediatrician allows children's benadryl.
Best Ways to Treat Congestion in 3 Month Old
I am not very comfortable giving him medicine so to help reduce his congestion I have been using a humidifier at night and putting vicks vapor rub on his ...
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- have you tried saline nose spray? that works really well to get the congestion softened enough to get it out with the bulb. also, I put a humidifier in my kids' ro...
- What I use to do was put up a vaporizer/humidifier and let it run all the time and also use triaminic syrup. I don't even know if they still make it. I also would ru...
- My 3 month old son has been suffering similar conditions, I have already taken him to the doctor and recieved a prescription for liquid sudafed. I am not very comforta...
Ideas for a Congested 19 Month Old
Since they took the baby cough and cold medicine off the market, I've been trying the "natural medicines". I've found both a cough medicine and a congestion ...
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- I've done a number of different things in the past. Vick's vapor rub on the chest works somewhat. You can get it in a lotion. Vick's shower tablets can do well too....
- W., Since they took the baby cough and cold medicine off the market, I've been trying the "natural medicines". I've found both a cough medicine and a congestion medi...
- I hate to even suggest it, but I have a 28 month and 17 month old and the doc told me to give them Children's Benadryl (1 tsp for 2 year old; a bit less for 17 month o...
Dimatapp
Time is really the best medicine for congestion. .... This is the adult bottle since they had taken the Infant version off of the shelves. ...
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- I think there is a Infants or Children's Dimetapp. I would check with the doctor to make sure you can add that with the prescriptions antihistamine. Sometimes giving b...
- My mom used to put a little baby vicks sauve under my nose to help and take me to the restroom and steam it up for awhile worked wonders try it and see. R.
- I have been giving my 11 month son Robitussin DM for the past few months a .8 dose (using the Tylenol .8 dose dropper). This is the adult bottle since they had taken t...
Infant Allergies
It has eliminated the runny nose and itchy eyes, and most of the congestion and cough. When the medicine is wearing off you can tell because he starts to ...
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- Benadryl should help in the short term. Ask your pediatrician what the right dose should be. For long term, you might ask about something like Zyrtec, which shouldn'...
- Hi L., My daughter was a late April baby and seemed to get allergies this time of year as well. I never knew how under-developed our little one's systems were unti...
- Yep sucks that somone so little could have allergies but they can. For one of my children the doctor gave us a prescription for Zrtec. The oldest has had claritin an...
9-Month-old with a Runny Nose...
A lot of companies have pulled cold and congestion medicine off the shelf for young children. ... Vicks has been implicated in infant death. Helpful? ...
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- I don't know if you are nursing or not but if you are, you can express some milk and put a few drops in each nostril. Breast milk thins mucus, it's a great decongestan...
- I think it's because of teething. I wouldn't consider it a cold or anything, kids get runny noses. I have used X-clear many times to clear my son's nasal passages. You...
- That is common with teething. A lot of companies have pulled cold and congestion medicine off the shelf for young children. I would not use it for a congestion probl...
Chronic Sinus Congestion
The medicines made our daughter jittery and very agitated, and increased the ... or a chiropractor that specializes in working with infants and children. ...
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- A saline solution (can be made at home) with salt and water. Use q tip, dip in solution and swab inside nose. Also, keep room child uses free from extra stuffed items.
- He's probably having a reaction to the formula or your breast milk. Most sinus problems are fungal. Are you living in a moldy house? spraying a solution of sea sa...
- Have you had him tested for food allergies? It could be a milk allergy but you definitely want to test for this before eliminating diary from his diet as soy should r...
7 Month Old with a Cold
This last cold (with congestion in lungs) would not go away so my Dr. ... I am not into giving children/infants any cold medicine if I don't have to, ...
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- My son is 10 months and I have used the infant vapor rub when he had a cold. I rub it on his feet and then put him in footed pajamas. It helps and he can't touch it wi...
- My Doctor told me to use saline mist every chance you get this keeps his membrains from drying out and flushes out his sinus cavities and keep him hydrated with fluids...
- We use Hyland's Homeopathic (Find at health food store's) and Eucalyptus Oil and Peppermint oil on there chest. They breath so much better and it's all natural so you ...
