7 weeks old with a bad cold.

bouncychick

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Hi ladies

This is my first baby she has a cough is bunged up and can hear all the snot inside her bless.

Any advice on things I can do yo help her please


Thanks xxxx
 
Get a baby saline spray from the chemist and give a squirt up each nostril. Wait a few minutes (sometimes it will make LO sneeze, which us good as it helps loosen the bogies) and then use a nasal aspirator to suck the snot out. The best one (IMO) is from Boots - it has a filter between the bit that goes in the nostril and the end that you suck so you won't get it in your mouth!

This is what I always do, it does help and LO will find it easier to breathe and feed.

HTH xx
 
As Veebee has said, a nasal spray and aspirator. Calpol make a nasal spray that is suitable from birth, Isobel has got a cold this week and we've been using the spray and the aspirator. It does help clear the nose out a bit for a while, but she'll probably still be snuffly - same as when you're an adult with a cold, you blow your nose and a minute later you're all snotty again! It's still worth doing though. Be prepared for tears, Isobel screams blue murder when I go anywhere near her nose!

Putting her to sleep with her head raised will help her breathe. You can you this with a book under the legs of her crib/cot or if she sleeps on a thick cot mattress you can put a pillow under the mattress (not under the sheet as suffocation risk, must be under mattress). Also you can run a hot bath or shower to steam up the bathroom then take her in there for a bit to get steam vapours up her nose - obviously don't put her in the hot water and if she's got a temperature don't let her get too hot.

When she's older if she gets a cold you'll be able to use calpol paracemtol (2 months) and karvol decongestants which is a strong smelling oil you put on a tissue to inhale (3 months).
 

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