Saline drops with 4wk old

[mummynumnum]

Can you use saline drops with a 4wk old

Yes, I'm sure you can. Does it say anything on the bottle?
Although I'm pretty sure lots of people use them to clean eyes etc from birth.

Have not got any yet. Ds has little cold.No temp and very snuffly at night.Like sleeping with a walrus!! Heard somewhere you could use them from birth, notlike karvol which is three mths

Are you breast feeding?
Some of the ladies on my post-natal thread say squirting some breast milk up their nose works better

Yes am bf

Give it a go tryting a bit of milk up his nose first

The doctor prescribed them for DS2 when he had a cold at 3 weeks , so I guess they are safe.

My sister swears by a snot sucking gadget she bought in boots, but I'm not convinced...

Hope your DC feels better soon

the saline can be got on prescription and you can get the snot removing gadget which is really good to help clear it away,from the chemist. The doc should recommend that they are used 10 -20 minutes before feeds ,but go and get script for them.