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Baby with Congestion/rattling
Asked by B.B. from Topeka
on March 5, 2009
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Hi, I have a 7 month old son who often sounds congested (kind of sounds like rattling). It is most often in the mornings after he wakes up but he seems fine other tha...
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- This sounds like it could be tracheomalacia (floppiness of the trachea). Does he tend to NOT cough? Like he has a sign of being sick, but never coughs? The rattle coul...
- Hello, I have a 10 month jold son. He seems to have a constant cough for a few months. It was mainly bad at night. When ever he woke up he was really congested. Aft...
- Get this evaluated by your pediatrician. If you don't have one, I couldn't recommend higher: Mid-KS Pediatrics east ###-###-#### west ###-###-#### You do no...
1 Month Old Sounding Congested and Fussy.
Asked by A.H. from Killeen
on December 28, 2008
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Hi everyone. I have a baby girl who turned one month old on Christmas day. She seems to be congested. When I listen I don't hear rattling in her chest but you can hear...
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- Cool mist is usually most suggested. You can also try running a hot shower, and taking her in the room with the door closed. Let her breathe in the steam for 15 minu...
- My mother works for an allergist and they say never to use a humidifier. I suggest giving her saline drops several times a day (almost every hour). Saline is salt ...
- A. ~ I have a 7 week old little girl and at 5 weeks I took her to her pediatrician because she also sounded *wheezy* when she would breathe. I could hear the conge...
Any Advice for Dealing with Reflux????
Asked by J.H. from Cleveland
on August 4, 2008
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My daughter is 5 1/2 weeks old and has reflux. The doctor recommended sitting her up after feedings and burping her more often throughout feedings to keep the formula...
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- Hi Jeane' I also know what you are going thru. My oldest daughter had this. We put her in her carseat after each feeding. We burped her more often, and then we also...
- My daughter went through the same thing and I asked the doctor to prescribe her nexium or zantac. She gave us a prescription for zantac and it worked wonders. It will ...
- Lots of babies have this, I know mine did, and I opted not to give her Zantac as my Dr. prescribed. I am a nurse, and there are side effects to every med--Zantac is a...
Grunting Infant
Asked by L.P. from Nashville
on December 14, 2006
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My 4 1/2 week old will grunt at the same time every night after I feed her. It lasts about 30 minutes. I thought it was just because she is congested but it doesn't se...
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- My son is 5 months old. He also grunted--but not just when he ate. He did it all the time...I guess he just figured out he could do it and liked the way it sounded. ...
- Hi, I'm a mom of 4yr old twins and a peds ER Nurse. Grunting is usually never normal. It's a way that infants use to open their airway. Do you suction the baby before ...
- My daughter was a grunter too. Aside from the noise, we never had any other problems with it. She is 6 months now and she has pretty much grown out of it. Hang in ther...
Getting Baby to Drink While Congested??
Asked by S.J. from Jackson
on June 21, 2007
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My baby girl will be one on Friday, and she has a horrible head cold. This really puts a damper on all of the big birthday plans we have made for her! But, more import...
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- hi if you can try to get her to drink pedilite at least...where she can stay hydrated...with only 3-4 ounces to drink and not very many wet diapers she is getting dehy...
- Hi Susannah, The best medicine I know of would be Cold Head Congestion...I just use the equate (off brand) and it clears my kids up really fast! Now mine can swallow a...
- Susannah~ Our pediatrician prescribed my then 2 1/2 yr old RespiTan. I'm not sure if there is an age limit or anything on it. But it works really good! It is a litt...
8 Month Old Extremely Congested
Asked by K.A. from Washington DC
on May 2, 2008
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My son is extremely congested - he's been running a fever (which responds to motrin, but only short term), runny nose, cough. He's so congested, in fact, that when he ...
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- I went through this mess with my first son. Use a cool mist humidifier in his room, if you want to use a warm mist vaporizer, try the one made by vicks and use the vi...
- Hi! Call the doctor back and explain what's going on! Bug the living daylights out of him/her if you have to...always remember that YOU know your son better than A...
- It is scary and sometimes the only that helps is TLC. You may have tried all of what I'm about to suggest: 1. get a humidifier going right away 2. put him to sleep wit...
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...
Stuffy Baby
Asked by A.M. from Chicago
on March 26, 2008
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Hi. I have a 6 month old who can not get more then 45 minutes of sleep at night because she is congested. I will use the nasal asperator on her and she cries and cri...
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- Hi A., I understand how tough this can be for both you and your baby. Have you tried running the shower on hot, closing the bathroom door, sit in the bathroom while ...
- Not sure if you have tried saline drops before using the asperator. Put a couple drops in and wait about 15 seconds. That will allow more to come out when you use the ...
- Go to Walgreens and get a vaporizer with the Vick's resevior and use that at nite, it should cut down on the congestion. But with her being congested she needs the vap...
