snotty nose

raciunasejl

Alright Ladies I could use some advice! My LO is about 5 1/2 months. She has for almost a week now, been waking up in the middle crying and screaming but wanting to only be held, cuddle, or moved to a different spot. Yesterday, she started a runny nose, so it seems like this would be the cause but why didn't I notice til yesterday that she had a snotty nose. Also any suggestions on how to get it cleared up for her? TIA

OhSewCrafty

There is no decongestants for children under the of about 6, so for all the littles all you can do is use saline spray, a nose sucker, and baby Vicks (baby Vicks is very different than adult!!) along with a humidifier and propping up one end of the crib. Stuffy noses SUCK with little ones because you can't really do anything. I hope she feels better soon.

Shabutie

I swear by the Nosefrida and saline drops

pinottoparenthood

DS has a cold and it's definitely worse in the MOTN!! I always suck his snot out with the bulb syringe right before bed, and we run a warm-mist humidifier in his room at night. The thing that seemed to help the most was putting a pillow under his mattress so that he sleeps at an incline. We were a little hesitant about doing it, but it made a huge difference and he woke up with much less congestion after that.