All Communities > PREGO MOMMIES DUE IN NOVEMBER 2010 > I got my 9 month old sick, what to do for congestion......

I got my 9 month old sick, what to do for congestion... And guilt??

Atrielle - posted on 09/24/2011 ( 4 moms have responded )

30

3

How do I get all this mucus out of her? I feel so bad.

Join Circle of Moms

Sign up for Circle of Moms and be a part of this community! Membership is just one click away.

Join Circle of Moms

4 Comments

View replies by

Alicia - posted on 11/12/2011

7

23

I agree with all the mommie's suggestions. I would turn up the temp on the hotwater heater and then run the shower extra hot putting a towel under the door and then play with them in the bathroom. I usually followed that up with a bath, sailine spray and nasal aspirator. Also, taking her into the sunshine can help her sneeze it out. Try to pat her boogies and not wipe or her nose will get all raw(some A&D or chapstick on the nostrils can help prevent the chaffing).

Jennifer - posted on 10/06/2011

205

36

Vicks on her feet ! It works !

Randi - posted on 09/30/2011

9

4

You can use Saline nose spray by: "little noses" and warm mist humidifier with vicks liquid in it. Elevate the mattress. Also steam showers as hot as you can get it and just hold baby in your lap outside of the tub and breath in the steam until water runs cool. Now a days it is not safe to give medication to a baby for congestion. Before with my 7 yr old I was able to give a 1/4 to 1/2 tsp of benadryl to her every 6 hours now they say not too and this is from the same doctors.

Best of luck and know that if your little one didn't get it from you it would have been from someone or something else.

Get well!

Lori - posted on 09/29/2011

1,097

9

I use saline spray in the nose, then a nasal aspirator to suck out as much as I can. And I have a humidifier that I use with our without Gentle Vapors. (It's like Vicks). The other thing that can help is to elevate your babys head while she sleeps. Put a towel or a small pillow under the mattress so it raises the mattress up on one end.

Powered by RESPECT not THUMPS

Want to find out the opinions of this community?

Add Poll