How did you deal with LO's first cold?

kc10786

NFT.

KdCarr21

i put him in his carseat to sleep so is nose could drain. what are your dd systoms?

kc10786

None yet, but DH and I both have a cold

superkaty

we used the nasal aspirator (booger sucker!) and infant saline drops (over the counter), as suggested by the pedi.  he also told us to raise the matress just a bit at the head to help relieve the pressure.  but apparently no drugs for babies unless absolutely necessary.  my brother is a pharmacist and said it's b/c they sometimes have a negative reaction, which our pedi agreed.  hope your LO doesn't catch anything!

Mrs.Teddy

he had a resp infection with a fever. We gave Tylenol a few times to keep him comfy, saline drops and aspirator as well a cool mist humidifier.

He is just getting over a cold where he was super fussy & congested but no fever. Same thing except the Tylenol. I also put Baby Vicks rub on his feet at bedtime with a pair of socks or footed jammies. I have friends who swear by this and since it said 3 months plus I went for it. I also put a tiny bit on his chest (the residual on my hands, not much) I jsut made sure it wasn't somewhere he could get in his mouth.

rssnlvr

superkaty:

we used the nasal aspirator (booger sucker!) and infant saline drops (over the counter), as suggested by the pedi.  he also told us to raise the matress just a bit at the head to help relieve the pressure. 

ditto. Also got a cool mist humidifier.