my 9month old baby has a runny nose and mild fever. IF she is gettng worse, i need to give her a fever drops. How about her runny nose,? dO i just wait she ia getting better?if she can take any medicatios, what are tjese. PLEASE, let me know?
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As a mother of three 20 yrs old, 17 yrs old and 4 yrs old they best thing to do is Rub a little Childrens Vapo rub on her nose and chest Go in your bathroom and run the shower on hot. The steam mixed with the rub will loosen everything. my Daughter was always getting runny noses and slight temperatures, also infant tylenol does work. If her fever gets 100 or higher call the pediatrican/ Hope she feels better
Close your bathroom door - run a hot shower (husband first? You next?) while the other person holds your baby. The warm steam helps loosen up the stuffy/runny nose.
There's not a lot you can do at this age - suction out boogers, get a humidifier to keep the air moist/loosen up mucus, let her sit in the bathroom while the steam loosens up mucus, plenty of fluids of course. It'll just take some time.
Never give your 9 month old any cold medicine without your doctor's approval. Do you have a baby suction bulb? You need one, or an ear suction bulb. (I actually think that the ear suctioners work better.) Suction out her nose so that she can breathe. Put her up in her car seat instead of laying her flat.
The biggest problem with a cold is that it will most likely set up shop in her eustachian tubes and cause an ear infection. (Another good reason to keep suctioning out her nose.) Those ear infections are painful and you will need to take her to a doctor for that.
So sorry - it's hard when a little one gets sick, that's for sure!
Dawn
It SOUNDS like a common cold to me, actually. Are you using a vaporizer to help clear the runny nose? Put some eucalyptus drops in the water of it, if you are. If you aren't using a vaporizer, I would seriously think about getting one. It's helpful for anyone who gets congested.
Infant cold medications are mostly junk and do not work. They are there to make parents feel they're "doing something" but don't really help. A few years back, reports came out that they were either useless, or parents gave kids too much -- very bad. I am not referring to children's ibuprofen (Motrin) or Tylenol products here, since they do work, BUT it is very easy to overdose an infant on them.
Your pediatrician should have a phone number you can call 24/7 for a "triage nurse" who can advise you at any time about any questions you have. Please call your pediatrician's main number and see if there is a 24/7 number. Never, ever give an infant any medication -- even over-the-counter medications! -- without a doctor's specific instruction to do so.
If your pediatrician does not have such a hotline, where you can talk to a real person at any time of day or night, change pediatricians! Any decent one should have this basic service.
Do not be afraid to get a suction bulb (ask for it at the local pharmacy, say it's for sucking snot from an infant) and USE it. Some parents are really scared of these siimple things. But it will really help your baby. Also get a cold steam humidifier -- cold steam, not hot steam, and don't heat up the bathroom with hot steam and take a baby with a fever into it -- that will not be good at all for her fever! You can find cold steam or "cold mist" humidifiers at most any large pharmacy.
I think your husband or SO needs to make a run to the nearest large pharmacy for a snot-sucker bulb and cold mist humidifier while you get on the phone with the pediatrician's office. Good luck. I sense you're probably a first-time mom? Don't let panic take over and don't take advice on medication from anyone other than a doctor!
Call your pediatri Im sure there is a nurse you can speak with.
