Newborn with a cold
Hi,
my youngest child is just 8 days old and while we were still in hospital I noticed she kept sneezing, I pointed this out to the mw and she said it was probably mucas and most newborns do this (this is my 4th child and I never noticed it with any of the others)
She just seems to be getting worse- shes still well settled but she really snuffly when I'm feeding her and her nose has even been running a bit- I haven't taken her outside as yet so she can't have caught a chill.
Has anyone else had such a small baby with a cold and is there anything I can use to help her??
my youngest child is just 8 days old and while we were still in hospital I noticed she kept sneezing, I pointed this out to the mw and she said it was probably mucas and most newborns do this (this is my 4th child and I never noticed it with any of the others)
She just seems to be getting worse- shes still well settled but she really snuffly when I'm feeding her and her nose has even been running a bit- I haven't taken her outside as yet so she can't have caught a chill.
Has anyone else had such a small baby with a cold and is there anything I can use to help her??
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Bless her. Poor thing. You can use saline drops from the chemist to ease the stuffy nose, they are effective but awkward to put in sometimes if baby is wriggly, luckily with a new baby you can do it when they're sleeping.
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congratulations!
Louise has had quite a few colds and so we always keep a supply of nose saline drops! we tend to buy nasosol but there are other versions I think. They help to unblock lo's nose as they cant blow it. the doctor gave us some with added degongestant when she had a bit of a cough with a cold once too.
hope it clears up soon.
lisa