This cold though.

[seannemairi]

Almost 2 weeks ago I went to enroll the pea in daycare. We sat in the infant room while we waited and she caught a cold. Of course. Now that she goes to daycare they're all passing this cold around infinitely. I'm convinced my child is never not going to have a cold. I don't remember what it's like to not have to wake up every 2 hours because she can't breathe out of her nose then have to endure 5 minutes of screaming while I have to follow her thrashing head to put in saline then suck snot out of her face so I can get 2 more hours of sleep. Then do it again. Fucking daycare.

[Widget123]

Some seasons of the year are better than others at daycare. I agree now is pretty bad with the seasons changing, my LO has had a severe cold for a few weeks too.

What I do is make sure his nose is as clean as it can be when he goes to bed. I do baby Vicks and the vaporizer plug ins. If it was even worse I would do the humidifier too.

When he wakes up and starts coughing, sneezing profusely, I let him get it all out himself, I just listen sometimes watch to make sure he isn't in real distress. I've found that if I jump in with the snot sucker it usually makes things worse (crying, awake kids vs. letting it out and immediately back to sleep). This holds true with my older child as well.

Hang in there mama!

[holliberry28]

I hope your LO feels better!

Someone else mentioned this but I forget where, but I can't for the life of me suck anything out of M's nose using the nose Frieda. The saline drops make him scream like crazy, and the blue bulb thingy first do shit.

We did sit in a steamed bathroom which seemed to help with the congestion so thanks for that suggestion ( I may have posted this but I can't remember).

Widget123, I thought Vicks wasn't allowed yet. Didn't know there was a baby vicks..

[missjenniebean]

Hope she feels better. We use the vapor rub too. Works the best and clears her nose instantly. I can't get the sucker thing to work. If the drainage is bad PLUS she is drooling, I put her mattress on a slight incline. She's caught several colds, it sucks but it is part of daycare and they say it helps her immune system.

Eta: the steam from the bath also helps!

[dmoney]

We do a combo of things... We use the vics baby rub, the humidifier, and the nose frida. My sister also introduced me to Saline Gel. You put a tiny bit on their nostrils, when they breath in they suck it in and it coats the inside of their nose so that you dont have to keep cleaning it. I got in at Target or Walmart cant remember. Its by a company called Ayr. Here it is from Amazon.

www.amazon.com/Ayr-Saline-Nasal-Soothing-0-5-Ounce/dp/B000052X6F

[Widget123]

Oct 19, 2015 7:43:08 GMT -5 dmoney said:

We do a combo of things... We use the vics baby rub, the humidifier, and the nose frida. My sister also introduced me to Saline Gel. You put a tiny bit on their nostrils, when they breath in they suck it in and it coats the inside of their nose so that you dont have to keep cleaning it. I got in at Target or Walmart cant remember. Its by a company called Ayr. Here it is from Amazon.

www.amazon.com/Ayr-Saline-Nasal-Soothing-0-5-Ounce/dp/B000052X6F

Never heard of saline gel.  Must buy it, sounds genius!

[dmoney]

Oct 19, 2015 8:12:48 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

Oct 19, 2015 7:43:08 GMT -5 dmoney said:

We do a combo of things... We use the vics baby rub, the humidifier, and the nose frida. My sister also introduced me to Saline Gel. You put a tiny bit on their nostrils, when they breath in they suck it in and it coats the inside of their nose so that you dont have to keep cleaning it. I got in at Target or Walmart cant remember. Its by a company called Ayr. Here it is from Amazon.

www.amazon.com/Ayr-Saline-Nasal-Soothing-0-5-Ounce/dp/B000052X6F

Never heard of saline gel.  Must buy it, sounds genius!

It works great.  I just put a little bit on the outside of each nostril and when she breaths in it coats the inside of it... keeps it clear.  Normally she wont wake up over night because she cant breath...

[baytosa2013]

Oct 19, 2015 9:57:59 GMT -5 dmoney said:

Oct 19, 2015 8:12:48 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

Never heard of saline gel.  Must buy it, sounds genius!

It works great.  I just put a little bit on the outside of each nostril and when she breaths in it coats the inside of it... keeps it clear.  Normally she wont wake up over night because she cant breath...

Must buy this TODAY!  LO has had congestion for like well forever now and she's been waking up because she can't breathe.  I feel so bad for her and she hates getting her nose sucked but then she feels better after.

[nchauhan]

I couldn't find the Vicks for babies, so I actually put Vicks on my shoulder so baby could smell it but didn't actually put it on him. Seemed to work pretty well. Although, I can't really tell since he's also going through four month regression. Fuck all of these things: weather changing, sleep regressions, baby colds, husbands that somehow sleep all night...

[nchauhan]

Oct 19, 2015 7:43:08 GMT -5 dmoney said:

We do a combo of things... We use the vics baby rub, the humidifier, and the nose frida. My sister also introduced me to Saline Gel. You put a tiny bit on their nostrils, when they breath in they suck it in and it coats the inside of their nose so that you dont have to keep cleaning it. I got in at Target or Walmart cant remember. Its by a company called Ayr. Here it is from Amazon.

www.amazon.com/Ayr-Saline-Nasal-Soothing-0-5-Ounce/dp/B000052X6F

I literally just ran out in between patients and bought this gel at walmart ($3.50) and tried it on myself.  I don't know if it's placebo or what, but I feel a hundred times better already.  I can breathe again. I'm definitely trying this on T, I've been sucking so much snot out of him lately that this would be nice to try afterwards. Thanks for the suggestion!

[dmoney]

So glad that I could help so many people!

[griffindor24]

Hello! I normally lurk but thought I would chime in on this one. I totally understand if this isn't something you want to try but I though I'd share my experience with it. My kids and I have had terrible colds recently and I have been using a mixture of peppermint, lemon, and lavender essential oils diluted with coconut oil on their feet before bed time. My husband claims its a placebo effect but I have noticed a difference in their sleep and mine. You just have to be sure to get therapeutic grade oils (doterra, young living, or others) and peppermint can also lower milk supply if you a breastfeeding. Again, not everyone likes using oils but they have seemed to work for me.

[ThePalindromicOne]

Ugh. +1 for daycare germs causing havoc. After week 1, LO has had cold/cough symptoms ever since. Most problematic being the cough. We've elevated the head of the mattress, humidifier, steam treatments, saline drops, nose frida (he hates that bitch), baby Vicks on the feet with socks, paci, tons of nursing (for the cough), a couple doses of tylenol because it sounded like his throat hurt. It's been going on for 5 weeks and sucks bad. Sorry for the drive by dear diary.

[seannemairi]

Ugh thanks so much y'all. It was a busy day at work so I didn't get to read these awesome suggestions til bed time! Tomorrow will be baby Vicks and saline gel day! The nose Frida has been a godsend. She absolutely hates it. But she hates the bulb and the battery aspirator as well so it's ok. She hates the liquid saline so much. It literally sounds like I'm trying to mame her the way she screams. Today was by far the worst congestion day. My sister watches her on Mondays and she felt so bad having to suck her snot. So I'm gonna try all of the things!

ETA our night went babyrub, steam room, saline gel, saline drops, nose Frida (unsuccessful), saline drops again, vapor plug in. Absolutely nothing has worked. She still woke up again at midnight. It's too deep now for aspirators to be anything but superficial at best and this cold refuses to be moistened. I'm losing normal function from lack of sleep and she refuses to let me near her nose without a huge fight. May God have mercy on our souls.