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Cold at 8 weeks....what can I do?
My DS is extremely congested and has a runny nose. What can I do to help him? He is over tired because he is finding it hard to breathe.
Anyone have any suggestions?
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Posted 1/18/09 5:37 PM  |
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Jazzyt
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Giselle
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Re: Cold at 8 weeks....what can I do?
Humidifier
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| Posted 1/18/09 5:38 PM |
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1stimemom
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Re: Cold at 8 weeks....what can I do?
RUn a hot steamy shower and sit in the bathroom for a few minutes, get a cool midst humidifier, use saline drops and suction the nose, Infant tylenol in you think he needs it
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| Posted 1/18/09 5:39 PM |
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Re: Cold at 8 weeks....what can I do?
Thank you for the suggestions. I will try anything to help him out. I feel so bad!!!
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| Posted 1/18/09 5:40 PM |
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munchkinbugs
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Re: Cold at 8 weeks....what can I do?
Try sleeping in the swing or bouncer.....or even the car seat to keep upright.
Bring DS in the bathroom with the shower running. The steam helps to break it up.
When DD was that young she slept in the swing, buckled in of course.
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| Posted 1/18/09 5:43 PM |
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1stimemom
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Mrs Dee
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Re: Cold at 8 weeks....what can I do?
Unfortunately, that is all you can do. I just went through this...
Iforgot, you can also cup your hand and pat him on the back so it makes that echoing noise (not too hard, obviously). My ped gave me this tip. It is supposed to help break up the congestion
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| Posted 1/18/09 5:44 PM |
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DeniseMarie
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Re: Cold at 8 weeks....what can I do?
aw poor baby.
When Katie had a cold when she was only 2 months old we did the following:
1. She slept in her car seat, upright , next to our bed
2. humidifier
3. used Little Noses saline drops and contstantly suctioned out her nose
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| Posted 1/18/09 6:54 PM |
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Porrruss
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Re: Cold at 8 weeks....what can I do?
Go get the Bebe Sounds battery operated nasal aspirator. I find it works SO much better than the bulb aspirator. I also used saline drops and a humidifier.
DD got a cold at 7 weeks- it took about a week for it to clear up.
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| Posted 1/18/09 7:16 PM |
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msangel
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Re: Cold at 8 weeks....what can I do?
we used the little noses saline drops, and kept his head elevated we had the same problem around that time. I hope he feels better
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| Posted 1/18/09 9:20 PM |
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ILJ619
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Irene
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Re: Cold at 8 weeks....what can I do?
i also used a TINY touch of baby vaporub when ds was 3 weeks that & the humidifier & sitting in hot shower steam helped alot.
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| Posted 1/18/09 9:25 PM |
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