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DD is mucous-y... what to do???

kgail11kgail11 member
in April 2011 Moms

DS is just getting over croup - yup, it sucked. I think DD caught it, unfortunately. Last night, both times she got up to eat, she was just too mucous-y to really truly eat.. she'd start to gag/cry/choke. So she got hardly anything at all last night. She's back in our room (we wanted to hear her) and no noise, no wheezing/weird breathing.. but just lots of mucous when she's awake.

I know to suction the nose, obv, but what about her poor little throat/etc? I plan to call the on-call pedi later..   since DS's croup came on so fast, in case DD's does too.

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Re: DD is mucous-y... what to do???

  • sbmp10sbmp10

    I would use nasal saline too.  DD has viral induced asthma and has been hospitalized a number of times as a result.  The Pedi got us to use the saline from the beginning and I swear by it.  At the very least it aggrivates them enough that they scream a little and clear things out. 

    Also take her into the bathroom and take a warm shower while LO sits in the bouncer.  The warm moist air is very good for them!

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  • janjagjanjag member

    Ditto the saline spray and shower steam. 

    I use the saline spray instead of the suction bulb most of the time.  Suction is great if there's a big bugger in there that needs to come out, but if it's congestion it doesn't really help much IMO.  They can produce copious amounts of mucous.  The saline spray actually helps a lot of the time.  It's what I'd use on myself too.

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