OT- Faiths has a cold =[

[Shayne1989]

Faith will be 2 weeks old saturday. Everyone in the house had a cold when i brought her home, including DS who is two, catching from my mom when i was in the hospital and he was watching him, she was careful but i knew it was inevitable that he would catch it. Faith started getting a stuffy nose 4-5 days ago and then yesterday started having a little cough along with sneezing. She doesnt cough often and sneezes periodically throughout the day, one or two sneezes at a time. I called her doc when she first started getting the stuffy nose and he said it sounds like she's just catching a little bit of what everyone in the house has, a common cold. I've been using the suction bulb on her nose and i take her into the bathroom every night before bed to steam and suction out as much as i can before we go to bed.  She isnt wheezing that i can hear if i put her chest to my ear. Is there anything else i can do to help her congestion? She gets all stuffy and wakes herself up when she's napping and sleeping at night when her nose gets really bad. She has her two week appt on Weds. but im thinking im going to call her ped again tomorrow and let him know that she's started coughing and sneezing and see if he wants to see her. I saw the commercials for the pertussis vaccine the whole time i was pregnant and now im horrified she's going to get whooping cough, i know its not whooping cough now from hearing what it sounds like but i dont want it to turn into that or pneumonia. Any suggestions what i can do to help ease her symptoms a little bit? I know theres nothing i can give her, there isnt even anything i can give DS because he's only 2. Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated, im starting to be one of those over worrying moms with new baby home but i can't help it.

[30something13]

saline, you can actually use the adult and spray it right up the nose! there is no differnence in the adult then the baby and you do not have to srop it in the nose, the spray loosens it up.

Vicks I don't know a that age but it works best if put on the feet and put socks on!! For ANYONE that is.

Also you should get some "Cold Ease" from precious arrows midwifery, it is safe to use on babies and children and is all natural!!! It will help alot and is safe! Aso they ave a pack of stuff you might want to get, it has colic ease and different things, I got the one for kids which has calm a tummy and it is the same as colic ease but has ginger in it. It has a Kick It Immune that is great to give to any age if they will be around lot sof people or have been around people that arae sick! It works too! My kids have not been sick for at least 6 years since I have used this stuff! My little guy who is 6 months has never been sick ever!

Hope she feels better. The cool mist humidifier is better then the warm vapor as it does not cause mold as easy, and if kept on low in babies room will help her alot, or where she is msot of the time and putting her on an incline will keep the fluid buld up out of the eustation tubes and sinuses!

[trying43]

They have vicks vapor patches that you put on your shirt.(like a sticker) Cut one in half and put it on the babies shirt.  You can use Little nose saline nose drops.(my oldest son got a cold 2 weeks after birth and the pedi recommended this for his nose because he was so stuffy) Also run a cool mist humidifier.  Good luck.

[smjmekg]

It sounds funny, but put some baby vicks on a sock and turn it inside out (so it doesn't get on everything) and lay it near her when she's asleep. It might help..

[5n1]

we use the pediacare vapor plug ins..they help ALOT...our DD, 5 months old, has RSV right now..we honestly thought it was a cold too, no wheezing that we could hear, just runny  nose and cough....there is also a vapor bath for infants that you could get...just wash her chest and back with it...that should help break and loosen it up...good luck