Sticky eyes

Baby has sticky eyes and they just keep on getting worse. We went to 2 doctors and both said cotton wool and cold water but it’s not helping and only made things worse. Please help! Anything you used to treat sticky eyes?

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My sisters baby had 2 rounds of anti biotics and did the cotton wool thing nothing helped. Then she did a few days of breastmilk in the eye and it went.
My friends baby then had the same.problem.... but she didn't breastfeed so I gave her a few loads of my frozen breastmilk and her daughters went too.
Maybe if you dont breastfeed you could ask someone to donate you a little

I’m having the same problem! They told me it’s because baby’s tear ducts have not formed yet, and it’s common! I’m hoping it’ll go soon, but so far we’ve not had any luck!!

The midwife told me to use a little bit of breast milk when I mentioned my baby girl had a bit of a sticky eye.

My baby had this and it really helped to gently massage (lightly press) the inside corner of her eye where the tear duct is. I did it after she’d had a cry, when feeding her. It helps clear the duct and when I pressed I could see the tears come out which I then wiped away. She was fine a couple of days later so definitely give it a try. Hope it helps

My baby took 3 weeks to heal them they said let her handle it and I just trusted it cleaned them every so often and that was that but she's gotten better now om her own xx

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