My 3 week old wakes every morning with a blocked nose, any ideas how to stop this as alright during the day?

Answer 1

could your baby possibly have a mild allergy to something in the cot ? sometimes soft toys can harbour dust mites and cause the symptoms u describe. to get rid of mites in soft toys, freeze the toys for 12 hours, and then put them through a medium temperature wash. could also be that the air is too dry in the room... especially likely if u have a radiator in the room that is left on through the evening / night. you can get a humidifier, but there are cheaper methods (i've used these myself) either put a wet towel on the radiator (not too wet or it'll drip everywhere!). as the towel dries out, it'll release the water into the air..... or put a shallow bowl of water near the radiator, but be careful not to put it somewhere where it'll get kicked. my son has asthma and did have eczema when he was a baby (thankfully he grew out of that by 2 years old), and i found that keeping the air humidified helped his skin and his breathing. good luck, hope it all works out well for u. by the way, i wouldn't use vapour rub on a 3 week old. products like that are usually not recommended until the baby is at least 3 months old !!!

Answer 2

You could try a little baby vapour rub, i asked the pharmacist and he recommended it but you don't put too much as their still young. With my son who is 2 months old we use Saline Nasal drops. You pop 1 or 2 drops into each nostril before each feed and this will get all of that out of the nose as it softens anything in the nose and makes it come out.

Answer 3

Try dropping the temperature of the room down slightly at night, not too much but just a little bit. It could be too stuffy for him/her and this causes the nasal passages to tighten causing a blocked nose.

Answer 4

It's common, especially during the winter months when your heater is running. Babies have small nasal cavities and the dry heat can cause the blockage. Try running a cool vapor humidifier in the babies room at night and only use the nasal bulb syringe if you absolutely have to (using it can make the mucous worse).

Answer 5

If the baby is in a cot at night, put a couple of books under the one side, not the end baby sleeps at, and this should help a little, we got told to do that with our youngest from the docs when she was tiny.

Answer 6

Try rolling a towel and putting it under his/her matress so that he/she sleeps with his/her head in a slightly elevated position. Alternatively, put a small book under the two legs of the cot to achieve the same effect.

Also, leaving a bowl of water in the room tends to help humidify the room a bit and may help.

Answer 7

How lovely you should worry but my advice would be to do nothing other than speaking to your health visitor, I have seen nearly every baby with a snotty nose, nothing unusual. Made my day hearing about you and your baby.

Answer 8

Buy some "SNUFFLE BABE" ( baby vick ) and put a small amount on the vest not too close to neck. Or you could put some vick in a old bowl and pour boiling water in the bowl and place in the bedroom.

Answer 9

Try changing your clothes washing powder, wash in pure soap flakes with tea tree oil. and check out what the mattress is made of. maybe you could put it outside to air during the day sometimes,to get rid of dust.

Answer 10

i wouldn't particularly worry about stopping it. i asked my pediatrician about this and he said that since it isn't continuing throughout the day; that it is just my son working out his breathing issues. your baby is still adjusting to breathing air and getting used to his respiratory system. this will continue to happen for the first few months. if it continues into the day or is accompanied by a runny nose, then be concerned.