Mucus cold

Hi 💛 About a month ago my baby was exactly like this (he was 7 months old) – very mucusy and struggling to sleep.

I took him to the GP twice and was told it’s quite common at this age and to keep him well hydrated.

What helped us the most (very common in Brazil) was nasal rinses with saline, not just drops. I used saline and a syringe to gently rinse his nose morning, afternoon and before bed. You can find videos on YouTube showing how to do it safely for babies.

After about 4 days he improved a lot, loads of mucus came out and his sleep got much better 🤍
Just sharing what worked for us.

My little boy is the same and I'd recommend the spray saline not drops as they help flush better

I like the sterimar ones x
And a calpol Vapor plug in

Heya we are currently going through this now. He was awful at night constantly waking up crying because he couldn’t breathe from his blocked nose. We was using saline drops and snot sucker and calpol plug in, but it still was bad.

We just bought the Vicks humidifier for the bedroom and oh my gosh I couldn’t believe the difference! We didn’t put the vapour pads in so it was just the humidifier but all night he didn’t have a blocked nose at all the last 3 nights and as soon as he woke up to come downstairs away from it, his nose was blocked so it 100% works.

I swear by the calpol plug in’s! Vapour bubble bath. Vapour drops on a muslin and the end on the cot, Sterimar nasal spray.

It’s awful! My 5.5 month old has had 2 colds. They just have to ride it out😭

New studies have shown that saline drop can reduce colds in infants by 2 days, so I’d keep up with that :)

Currently going through the same! Found that olbas oil on some cotton pads near bubbas crib during the night helped massively. Calpol 4 times a day, saline spray and nose suck before each bottle and nap and just lots of cuddles. Also found having a bath with a sink filled with boiling water and olbas oil also worked

Calpol plug in is great!

Thank you all! The saline drops seem to be working along with keeping her upright

Going to visit boots when she wakes up and buy everything suggested, something has got to work

Wish me luck 🙏

Same as above, saline washes is helping us- we are visiting spain and had to take the LO to the doctors because he could barely breath and they told me to do it before every feed and sleep, but as for now on demand as he is so connected

My doctor told me to steam up the bathroom and take her in there for a few minutes we done it everytime we had a bath also when she was having naps on our bed we was putting the olbas for children on tissue and laying it under the duvet cover underneath her

Thanks all, steamed up bathroom really helped, along with saline drops, vapour rub, calpol vapour plug in, electric nasal aspirator and calpol

She is doing much better and actually getting sleep (not so much for me, but that will come)

I've got a humidifier coming today which should help the final hurdle to her clearing up 🤞🏻🤞🏻

Thanks all for the advice & suggestions x