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How to treat baby cold?

s-a-r-a-hs-a-r-a-h member
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I think H is getting her first cold. She's sneezing/coughing and has a runny nose. She doesn't have a fever. I'll call the pedi in the morning but is there anything we can do/give her in the meantime to make her more comfortable? We don't have a humidifier though I can pick one up if it will help.
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Re: How to treat baby cold?

  • MrsBeckOMrsBeckO member

    If she's congested, saline drops in her nose will help break it all up. If her sleep is being effected, you can try elevating the head of her mattress a little, but some babies are too squirmy for that and end up upside-down. Definitely pick up a cool mist humidifier and run that in her room. 

    There's not really anything safe to give infants for cough/cold treatment - just the saline drops or tylenol/motrin for fever, and that's about it. :( 

    Hope she's feeling better soon! 

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  • ebatebat
    Ditto becko, also before bed we run the shower and make it really steamy for her bath, and we use that vapor bath stuff.
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  • Kristen0709Kristen0709
    Ditto BeckO.  I was also going to add that recently we thought B had a cold as well but it turned out to just be allergies, he had all of the same symptoms you're describing.  Pedi said to use Zyrtec and it worked wonders for him!
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  • s-a-r-a-hs-a-r-a-h member

    imageKristen0709:
    Ditto BeckO.  I was also going to add that recently we thought B had a cold as well but it turned out to just be allergies, he had all of the same symptoms you're describing.  Pedi said to use Zyrtec and it worked wonders for him!

    How did you figure out it was allergies?

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