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Olbas Oil and baby

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mxfd · 06/10/2026 21:29

Reassurance or advice needed.
I have a cold and just stupidly used olbas oil on a tissue and my pillow without thinking, I have an 11 week old who is in a next to me next to my bed.

a quick google tells me it’s dangerous for breathing,

I’ve removed the pillow and offending tissue but am
now freaked out, I can’t really move him to another room without causing a lot of disruption but I will if I need to. Husband says it does not smell much in the bedroom and I have opened the window but now all I can smell is olbas Oil.

Conflicted on what to do

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campingwoes · 06/10/2026 21:36

It's fine, if it's going to keep you awake worrying then it's probably worth moving him and risking the disruption but personally I think it's fine

mxfd · 06/10/2026 21:46

campingwoes · 06/10/2026 21:36

It's fine, if it's going to keep you awake worrying then it's probably worth moving him and risking the disruption but personally I think it's fine

Thank you .

I am a nervous person so I do worry. He seems fine but is asleep. Ironically he’s 11 weeks and it says from 3 months it’s fine.

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campingwoes · 07/10/2026 03:55

I understand the worry! Hope you get some sleep.

mxfd · 07/10/2026 16:00

We all survived the night . I did worry but all was ok and I won’t make that mistake again

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