Congested baby

[skiesthelimit]

Anyone else's baby super congested in the morning? X has been super congested for the past week. It's always worse in the morning. He also has bad eczema all over his body and on his cheeks. We set up a humidifier in his room and it's helping a bit. This morning he was so congested he couldn't nurse. He wanted to and kept trying to latch but then couldn't breath so would unlatch. I don't think he's sick because he seems to be fine the rest of the day. I have a feeling it's the dryness causing it but my H is convinced it's something I or DS is eating (food allergy). Anyone else's LO doing this? Could it be the dryness? I wish he could blow his nose!

[vthokie]

Do u use a humidifier at night? I find that helps a lot. And a morning snot suck with the nose frida before nursing.

[mscatra]

Jan 28, 2013 7:30:06 GMT -5 vthokie said:

Do u use a humidifier at night? I find that helps a lot. And a morning snot suck with the nose frida before nursing.

Second the humidifier.  Since we started using ours more it has helped a lot with congestion, as well as her gummy eyes.

[skiesthelimit]

We started using the humidifier last week. We keep it running all night. It seems to have helped a bit but not much. We have the Crane cool mist one. Maybe I have to turn it up higher?

[lolaburns]

Maybe also try spraying the baby saline mist up his nose? That's what we do when L is having a hard time clearing his nasal passages.


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