Baby safe cold remedies that work?

[TheRookieMum]

Currently sitting on the couch letting my very congested 4mo DS contact nap upright on me so he can get some much needed sleep. (Will swap with his dad in a couple hours.)

Calpol plug in (small bedroom), saline nasal spray, clearing with a snot sucker & baby olbas oil on a cloth are doing absolutely nothing for him. A bath bought him some sleep earlier, I think, but at 2:30am, I'm not giving him another.

Is there anything else I can try to help him breathe and get through this cold?

Has he got a temp? Have you given calpol?

Should have said, no temp so far. I'm checking often. Calpol when he's next awake though is probably good shout.

Yep definitely calpol. You can raise/lower some legs on cribs too, so that the head is higher.

Thanks! My brain was about functioning with the sleep regression, then this a cold on top, I'm awake but not so 100% with it!

I feel you haha. My 5 month old has learnt to roll so is waking herself up... 🥲

Oh no!!! But it's so not rolling time of day... hopefully she gets the memo soon & let's everyone sleep.