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cattarrh (spelling is rubbish sorry) in a newborn anyone else been given saline drops...

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helsi · 15/06/2006 13:28

for their nose? My baby has just started on them as she has been suffering with cattarrh but it keeps making her sick. anyone else had this?

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Littlefish · 15/06/2006 13:37

Yes, when dd had a really bad cold and couldn't feed because she was so bunged up. They really helped, although she didn't like having them done!

madmarchhare · 15/06/2006 13:43

Fabulous stuff. DS is 2.6 and is all he ever really has for a cold.

Its just running into her throat and making her gag a bit. I wouldnt worry. Try giving it to her before a feed?

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helsi · 15/06/2006 13:46

thanks everyone. she has a terrbile dry sounding cough too - does that sound familiar? doctor says her chest is clear so not overly worried at this stage.

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madmarchhare · 15/06/2006 13:51

The first cough or/and cold is always a bit of worry.

Have you tried raising the head of her cot/moses basket, bowl of hot water in bedroom etc...It may aid sleep a bit.

LIZS · 15/06/2006 13:55

How old is she ? dd was quite congested as a a newborn and they even "vaccuumed" her but it made little difference for the first few week or so. Do watch out though as it turned out she also had reflux but went undiagnosed for a while.

Have you got an\link{http://www.thebabycatalogue.com/prodinfo.asp?number=H1078\ aspirator} to use too - squeeze in the saline drops then suck it all out ! We were issued them in a newborn pack from our Swiss paediatrician and they are used by all ages there !

LeahE · 15/06/2006 14:11

They gave me saline drops with ds to treat what turned out to be whooping cough. Didn't do a whole heap of good, surprisingly...

[We got the "oh, his chest is clear so it's not anything to worry about", too. It took three weeks of projectile vomiting and turning blue in front of a HV and the doctor before they agreed with me that maybe it was something to be concerned about. Grrr]

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