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December 2010 Moms
ChicagoBroad26
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Tips for relieving toddler congestion?
ChicagoBroad26
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Poor Ava is so miserable and is dripping buckets of snot. Any tips to help me help her? I have a vaporizer going in her room and I'm going to see if she'll sit in the shower with me in the hopes that the steam will help.
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Re: Tips for relieving toddler congestion?
Sorry about Ava.
We also resorted to using the Nose Frida again. He can blow a little bit but it is nothing compared to "Freddie" as C calls him (as in "I don't want Freddie, Mama.").
You can also periodically spray saline to at least thin it all and be sure to encourage lots of fluids, easy on the milk.
I'm in the Benadryl camp too when desperate (which I admit to being lately. I need to SLEEP at some point!) We're so, so, so sick over here...R is running 101-102 fevers, coughing, sneezing, congested. He just got put on Zithromax today, I am hoping it helps. The pedi, of course, said to try to keep him away from H at all costs...YEAH, too late...I love that he loves his sister, but dang he just doesn't understand being sick & passing germs (or how to cover his mouth when he coughs/sneezes)! So guess who's coughing, sneezing now??? Ugh, I HATE this time of year... Anyway, no other suggestions, as I've been doing all of the "usual" things and nothing has been very effective. GL to everyone dealing with The Crud right now!