Her eye started to really water and is red and puffy. It started today and it really concerns me. We thought she may have poked herself in the eye but her eye is still getting worse.
2007-02-10 10:21:30 · 8 answers · asked by racerboy53 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Thanks for all the help!!
2007-02-10 13:08:09 · update #1
Most likely it is just a clogged tear duct, my baby had it too. Some things you can do to help the eye is squirt some breast milk ( if you are breastfeeding) in to the eye few times a day. You can also put a tea bag in to a small cup of water and make a really strong tea, take a cotton ball and dip it into the tea and wipe the eye with the cotton ball. Try massaging the eye gently when you can. None of these things hurt or dangerous to the baby's eye. There is also a medicine the doctor can prescribe it can help you get the eye under control if it is bad. The eye will stop watering and being red after about a month.
2007-02-10 14:55:02 · answer #1 · answered by Natalia D 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The same thing happened to my daughter when she was a newborn and my pediatrician who I LOVE and TRUST advised that her tear glands are developing and to take a warm wash cloth and GENTLY message the inner corner of the eye; two to three times a day. This will help them in developing and not becoming clogged which will cause an infection. As long as her eyes aren't red and with puss, she should be ok. My daughter was find after while. If you need additional info, check webmd.com.
2007-02-10 10:33:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If her eye is swollen (more so than you'd see of your own if you'd been crying) she needs to see the doctor - it's probably a minor infection that needs antibiotics to clear up. Never mess with a swollen eye - it's usually minor, but is ALWAYS worth having seen.
The other issue is that it might be a blocked tear duct -which happens a lot.
2007-02-10 11:37:54 · answer #3 · answered by zippythejessi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Babies of African and Asian descent are usually born with brown eyes that stay brown. Caucasian babies are often born with steel gray or dark blue eyes; they may stay gray or blue or turn green, hazel, or brown by the time they're 9 months old. That's because a child's irises (the colored part of the eye) may gain more pigment in the months after she's born, but they won't get "lighter" or more blue. (Green, hazel, and brown eyes actually have more pigment than grey or blue eyes, even if they appear lighter in color.)
2016-05-25 04:58:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i had that same problem with my son. i phoned my pediatrician and brought it to her attention and she said its normal. like a poster before me said, my doc said it was probably a clogged tear duct. what i did about 4 times a day was i rubbed underneath his eye from inner to outer with a little pressure for about a minute to unclog it. and i also kept cleaning his eye out b/c he kept alot of trash in his eye. and the puffiness and all of the eye trash went away after about a week.
2007-02-10 11:19:03 · answer #5 · answered by Peach 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
She probably has an eye infection of some sort, or possibly an allergy. Take her to the Dr. or ER to find out and get it treated.
2007-02-10 10:24:09 · answer #6 · answered by nimo22 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She may have a cold in her eye . Take a warm rag and gently rub from the outside to the inside of her eye . If you see puss it is a cold just do that every time you see the puss . GOOD LUCK!!!!!!
2007-02-10 10:26:47 · answer #7 · answered by Me777 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She may have infection or clogged tear duct. She needs to see a doctor.
2007-02-10 10:54:18 · answer #8 · answered by Tracie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋