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Blocked tear duct

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Hi,

My baby is 10 days old and has blocked tear ducts.  Do any of you mamas have experience with this?  How long does it take to go away?  I have been washing his eyes with clean cloths a few times a day, massaging the ducts, and putting breast milk on them.  Any other remedies?  Thanks!! 

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    pammi2003pammi2003 member
    My little man had it when he was a few days old. It went away in like 2 weeks.
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    Ms. LisiMs. Lisi member

    DD has it in her left eye and has had it since birth, I have been doing the massage and she still has it.  It just gets all goopy.  The Pedi gave a prescrip for some drops but those are mainly to keep infection out, and she hasnt needed them yet.  Does anything happen when you massage the duct?

     

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    JAL102129JAL102129 member
    DS had one for about the first three weeks. The pedi gave us an ointment that you have to massage on his eye and it helped a lot.
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    AndBabyWouldMake5AndBabyWouldMake5
    You are doing all the same things I was told to do, sometimes it just takes time.  DD still gets a little goopy!
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    OctoberBrideCOOctoberBrideCO member
    My baby girl had this happen too.  Use a clean wash cloth with a little warm water and Johnson's baby shampoo and clean it from near the nose to the outside of the eye.  Keep doing what you are doing with massaging the tear duct, too.  It does go away after a bit.  My family doc told me about using the baby shampoo (you just need to run your finger across the top of the lid, using very little) to help keep the area clean. 
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