3 Week Old, Red Around Eyes, Dry Stuffy Nose, Sneezing

she probably has a cold my baby would get gloopy stuff like sleepy and the Dr said it is a babies way of getting rid of an infection-as long as she is not feverish I would not worry but to be safe call the Pediatrician and describe the symptoms. Monitor for fever too. Too young for allergies.

She may have a blocked tear duct. I have a 4 month old who struggled with this after she was around 3-4 weeks. She just recently got over it. It started with a stuffy nose and sneezing and later she had a lot of gunk on her eyes, but her eyeballs were clear. The Dr. said it is pretty common and if it doesn't clear up after she turns 6 months, we may have to look at her having a procedure. It is all cleared up now, thank goodness. I would just ask the Dr at her 1 month appointment. She could also have allergies, but usually they don't show their face this early.

I know she is very very young, but it sounds like allergies to me. I am no expert, but that's what it made me think of. I don't believe their is any medicine you can give her due to being so young. You might try putting a humidifier in her room.

H.,

Allergies are bothering my daughters and all their friends right now, worse than ever, so maybe that's what your daughter has. However, because she's so young, you should take her to the doctor ASAP, because the discharge from her eyes could be an infection requiring medication.

When my daughter was only a week or two old, she got an eye infection and needed medicine. Don't wait.

my daughter had goopy eyes when she was a newborn... the nurse told me to squirt breastmilk in her eyes. weird, i know... but it totally worked! breastmilk has antibacterial properties and is the perfect "medicine" for an eye infection. (also works for pink eye, i recently learned...)

It might be allergies. I'm a grandmother with 3 sons and 2 grandsons and one granddaughter. If it keeps up I would ask the dr. on the next visit.

DJ

From everything I have ever been told, 3 wks is too young for allergies. I don't know if you have ever used a humidifier, but I have ALWAYS used one. It is a godsend when you have stuffed up little ones. I usually make sure it is in front of the air register, especially in the winter. It truly does make a HUGE difference.

Hi my name is G. I Have 5 kids 16 and up. I think you should take her to the Dr it sounds like she has an infection and need some antibiotics. I hope she gets to feeling beter

Perhaps she has allergies to something airborn. Try using an air purifier. She might also have an allergy to something touching her face, perhaps your clothes detergent or perfume.

My son was born the 15th of May and we just went to the doctors today. She said that he probably just has a cold, nothing to worry about. The 'booger sucker' only works with saline (which i didn't know as i tried to get things out as well and nothing was coming out). He is too young for allergies so she ruled that out. She said that, as long as there was no fever above 100.4 and he is eating and sleeping, there was nothing to worry about. Fussiness is to be expected though because babies would prefer to breath out of their noses instead of their mouths and obviously, it does make eating and sleeping more difficult.
She said to just keep washing our hands as to not transmit any germs and for my daughter (almost 3) to stick to playing with his feet. (Silly me, i told her she could touch his hands and feet not even thinking about his hands going to his face.)
Good luck and Congratulations!

Probably allergies, perhaps pinkeye. Either way, I would call the Dr, it has to uncomfortable for the baby!

Good morning H.
I am a grandmother of two boy's and two girl's. It sounds to me that she is having allergy's. Check with your pediatrician to be sure what is going on. k

Hi H..
Well, my daughter did the same thing. I took her to the doctor and told him I thought it was allergies (mold & pollen etc). He said a baby has to be exposed to mold & pollen for one whole season before they have an allergy to it. So, (and I'm dead serious here), he says "maybe she's just irritated by mold & pollen." Now, can you tell me where the big difference is??? LOL! Anyhow, I would guess your baby is having an "irritation" to mold/pollen. Nothin you can really do for it. Good luck!

Sounds like a mild alergic reaction to me, although this time of year it could be hay fever or local allergies also. If there is a fever, it may be something else, just keep an eye on it. Your husband is good to be careful, better to err
on the safe side.

These are the same symptoms my daughter had when I took her to the doctor last week. She ended up having an ear infection in both of her ears. Within a few days her eye goopies became green. She ended up with an eye infection in both of her eyes. It is so sad. We have to give her eye drops 3 x day. My advice is keep a watch on her eyes. If it turns any color get her to the daughter. We are on day 6 of an antibiotic and eye drops. She isn't as fuzzy, but she still looks as if she doesn't feel very good. Granted it is very difficult to get her to take the antibiotic.