Baby congestion

[benandjerrys]

I know a bunch of us have mentioned that babies are congested and it seems like it's normal for winter babies at least to some extent.

We have been checked by the pediatrician and ENT but I'm still worried. It's socially bad motn.

We are doing the humidifier right next to his bassinet and saline sprays. I am going to try the nose Frida today but the pediatrician wants us to use it really sparingly because his nostrils are narrow and if they are agitated and swell they'll be even more narrow.

So what is everyone else doing? Anything I'm forgetting?

[yellow711]

We are also dealing with congestion

When J saw the pediatrician last week, the pedi said to:
-use a humidifier
-occasionally put baby in a steam shower (by running the hot water in the shower and sitting in the bathroom holding baby for about 15 minutes while the steam fills the room)
-use saline
-suction out any mucus out of nose
-if the suction isn't working, if the baby sneezes, the baby may get some mucus out

[yellow711]

For suction - we have a Nose Freida that semi-worked.

I have better luck with this one lately: www.amazon.com/NeilMed-NOA-ENG-INT-Naspira-Nasal-Oral-Aspirator/dp/B00P38Q9TU/ref=pd_sim_121_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00P38Q9TU&pd_rd_r=P1ZDS1SH0WF60CSZ6S7E&pd_rd_w=KDzco&pd_rd_wg=zsGCr&refRID=P1ZDS1SH0WF60CSZ6S7E&th=1

(the pediatrician gave us the neilmed one)

[benandjerrys]

Feb 15, 2018 9:40:43 GMT -6 yellow711 said:

For suction - we have a Nose Freida that semi-worked.

I have better luck with this one lately: www.amazon.com/NeilMed-NOA-ENG-INT-Naspira-Nasal-Oral-Aspirator/dp/B00P38Q9TU/ref=pd_sim_121_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00P38Q9TU&pd_rd_r=P1ZDS1SH0WF60CSZ6S7E&pd_rd_w=KDzco&pd_rd_wg=zsGCr&refRID=P1ZDS1SH0WF60CSZ6S7E&th=1

(the pediatrician gave us the neilmed one)

That is the one we have actually, I really like it.

[benandjerrys]

Does anyone know how to tell if a baby is actually having trouble breathing? My pediatrician said to watch for flared nostrils. Anything else?

[dragonflyinn]

We are dealing with really bad congestion at night. He sleeps in the RNP & I can tell a huge difference but somehow when he naps in the flat PNP during the day he does fine haha. Anyway I use saline drops at night & run a little humidifier by the RNP. Our doctor said if it isn’t affecting his sleep or nursing at all then don’t worry about it. She also said you really only get concerned if there’s a fever too or if there is snot running down his face constantly. So we’re just dealing with it haha. For us it’s mostly draining down the back of his throat which makes for some noisy nights but he is breathing fine.

[tiffrobot]

Feb 15, 2018 10:10:19 GMT -6 benandjerrys said:

Does anyone know how to tell if a baby is actually having trouble breathing? My pediatrician said to watch for flared nostrils. Anything else?

Flared nostrils and consistent rapid breathing was always our sign to take DS in when he was a baby (he frequently struggled with bronchiolitis)

[tiffrobot]

I have nothing to add, we’ve been doing saline drops and humidifier with the odd suctioning but I think we mostly just have to wait it out, poor babies. We also had a little sinus bug go through our house this week on top of her normal congestion and feeding was pretty tough for a couple days, she seems to be a little more cleared up today fingers crossed.

[helloerrbody]

We've got snot. I'm just using the Nose Frida.

[Deleted]

It sounds like we are in similar boats, benandjerrys. DD had swelling of the nasal passages from all the suctioning in the hospital so she was prescribed a steroid nasal spray there to keep the inflammation down. They passed a suction tube through to her throat so they know her passages are patent. Our ped prescribed antibiotic nasal drops at our 2 week appointment and said if there was no improvement in her stuffiness in a week he would refer us to an ENT. Tomorrow is the week mark and it hasn't really improved so I guess we will be heading to the ENT and see what happens from there.

Her snot ranges from clear to green to yellow. It does get bloody sometimes and when that happens I try to lay off the suction for a while :-( poor kid. Personally I wonder if she got some meconium inhaled through her nose at birth and that may be contributing but who knows.

Sorry for the novel, just wanted to let you know you are not alone!