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10 day old has a cold?!

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  • 14-11-2012 2:55am
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    sleepytrees
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    Hi All,

    I am not looking for medical advice as I am going to the doctor tomorrow morning! I am wondering if anyone has experience this with their child though, my ten day old has a cold? I won't sleep a wink tonight. I don't have a temp monitor but buying one first thing tomorrow. Has anyone newborn every had a cold this early? He is sneezing and snuffles :(


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    pwurple
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    Aww, the poor little mite.

    Mine had a sniffle and was a bit bunged up when she was born. I used those saline drops to clear her nose, and I had a little suction thingie, like a dropper, to try to clear it a bit. They find it hard to feed as well when they are congested.


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    Quiet_thought
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    Hi, My guy had a cold when he was about 2 weeks old. It was awful seeing him sick when he was so small!
    I found the saline spray helped for feeding. I'd give it to him about 5-10 minutes before feeding and it seemed to clear him enough to take some milk.
    As for the sleeping...it was a tough few nights. He couldn't breath properly when he was laying flat and although i put something under the top of the mattress it didn't seem to help. I let him sleep in his bouncy chair for a bit when he was really over tired.
    My mother in law said that boiling thyme and putting it in a bowl in the room he's sleeping in helps clear him. We did it (we would have tried anything), don't know if it helped, but it didn't hurt.


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    Tasden
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    Steam up the bathroom and sit with him in it til it clears out his little nose. Keep using the saline drops and just lots of cuddles!


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    elaney
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    Ah the poor thing.

    I had the same problem a few weeks ago. Keep an eye on the temperature and i have always put vaseline on the bridge of my two's noses. Don't ask me how it works but it does.


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    sleepytrees
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    Thanks everyone!

    Nurse said he is absolutely fine! I got the temp monitor and have been checking regular. all is okay and maybe I can get some sleep now :)


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    How Strange
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    I think it must be quite normal for newborns to get a cold. My son had one around 5 weeks and I've since seen loads of threads here and on other forums from parents saying their newborns have colds. I suppose their immune systems are so weak that they'll pick these things up but getting a cold probably helps to build up their immunity. I know my son had no other illness from the cold at 5 weeks until he was 11 months.


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