| Your baby's cold can be just as hard on you as it is on | | | | a slight incline may also help relieve postnasal drip. |
| her. But you can help ease your baby's discomfort and | | | | However, don't use pillows in her crib to accomplish |
| keep the infection from worsening by ensuring she | | | | this; the risk of suffocation is too great. Try placing a |
| gets sufficient rest and liquids, which would include | | | | couple of rolled up towels between the crib springs |
| breast milk or formula if she's less than four months | | | | and mattress, or you might also want to try allowing |
| old. Older babies can have a little water, and by six | | | | her to sleep in her car seat in a slightly upright position. |
| months she can begin drinking juices. | | | | Be sure to contact your pediatrician at the first sign of |
| To relieve congestion, try squeezing some | | | | any illness in an infant less than three months old, |
| over-the-counter saline solution drops into each nostril, | | | | especially in instances of a fever of 100.4 degrees or if |
| then suctioning with a rubber bulb syringe after a few | | | | she has a cough. Your pediatrician can give you |
| moments to remove the mucus and liquid. This works | | | | guidelines about what constitutes a fever in older |
| well about fifteen minutes prior to a feeding if it's | | | | infants. If baby's symptoms don't improve within five to |
| difficult for your baby to breathe nasally while nursing. | | | | seven days, her cough worsens, she's wheezing or |
| A bit of petroleum jelly to the outside of your baby's | | | | gasping (possible pneumonia or respiratory syncytial |
| nostrils can help reduce irritation. | | | | virus, or RSV), or tugs at her ear (possible ear |
| Sitting with you in a steamy bathroom while the hot | | | | infection), your pediatrician should also be notified |
| water's on in the shower for about 15 minutes, or using | | | | immediately. |
| a cool-mist vaporizer or humidifier to increase the | | | | Submit your articles and get a PR4 backlink to your |
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| might provide her some additional comfort. Sleeping at | | | | |