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Question

My 8 month old son has woken up the past couple of nights with a stuffy nose. He doesn't have any problems during the day time with it and he doesn't have a fever so he's not sick or anything. It just itches his nose and makes him too uncomfortable to sleep. We suctioned out his nose, the first night it worked but last night it didn't. And we finally just have to put him in his reclining stroller and recline it so he can sleep although he still doesn't sleep too soundly. We all sort of get this way at night I think because of allergies, but he's obviously too young for medicine so what are some ways I can help him so he can sleep?

Answer 1

what I have done is added a big thick blanket under his mattress to keep him elevated and he still gets a sound sleep. also add a humidifier to the room, works like a charm!

Answer 2

You should consult with your pediatrician if the stuffy nose causes your baby not to eat well or be unable to sleep at night.
Use saline drops (or breastmilk) & a rubber suction bulb to clear baby's nose before nursing (if baby won't tolerate the bulb syringe, then the saline drops/breastmilk alone should still help).
Put baby on your knees, face up and tilt your knees a little downhill (so baby's head is angled away from you, toward the floor).
Put 2-3 drops of saline in each nostril and let it sit for a minute or so.
To suction the mucus out, squeeze the bulb part of the syringe first, gently stick the rubber tip into one nostril, then slowly release the bulb.
If baby is really congested, you may have to do this several times a day. Do it BEFORE baby nurses; if you do it afterwards your baby may spit up everything she's eaten because syringing can stimulate the gag reflex.
To prepare saline drops at home, dissolve one teaspoon of salt in two cups of warm water.
Run a vaporizer or humidifier, preferably in a small closed room.
Nurse in a steamy bathroom. To pump up the steam, run a really hot shower and set a chair outside the shower for nursing.

Answer 3

Are you using an air conditioner, central air, or any heat right now (depending on where you live?)
My son had this same problem for about a week this summer and we found out it was because of the air conditioner. The air was just too cold and dry for him. The first night we slept without it on, he was much better.
Try running a humidifier in the room, I prefer the warm air, I think it works better. Or if you are using a central air system, when is the last time (if ever) you've had it cleaned?
Also, try using a saline solution in his nose before sucking it out. I think it helps clear up whats in there.

Good luck!
Definitely talk to your dr. if this doesn't get better soon. Not all colds have fevers... so maybe he does have something.

Answer 4

Its just that time of year when everybody gets congested. I pretty much agree with everbody else just run a humidifier, but put the vicks stuff (for humidifiers) in it. The eukaliptous really helps, and keeping his head elavated was a good move. I am pretty sure they cannot do any allergy testing until after 2 years, but maybe just call the doctor and he could suggest a medicine, bc you don't want to over medicate him.
and the saline drops really work to break it up a little so you can suck it out better.

Answer 5

He is too young and needs to be seen by a doctor. My little guy needed a nebulizer (Sp) and also some medication. Don't second guess and ask a physician. It could be allergies, but it also could be Asthma. Simple things to do right away are wash bedding, remove stuffed animals out of the room, wash curtains, use a humidifier. My little guy ended up staying in the hospital twice already due to low oxygen levels.

Answer 6

Your best bet that I bet the doctor will recommend is a humidifier for his room. They cost $20-$30 but they last for years, and it's the best thing for his nose right now, AND any future colds he will get. Vicks also has a nightlight menthol vapor humidifier that may help. When the air in his room is moist his nasal passages won't work so hard.

You can also ask if he weighs enough for a tiny dose of some sort of children's antihistamine, but go for the humidifier first.

Answer 7

First, try a cool air humidifier in his room at night. That always helped my girls. Second, Johnson and Johnson makes a baby version of Vaporub that you can safely put on his chest and it should help keep his little passages clear.

Also, while he will so not like this, if you put a few drops of saline nasal spray (like ocean) in his nose and then suction it before bed at night, it may help clear out the allergies. I just warn you that he will HATE this procedure but if it helps, he'll learn to deal with it.

Answer 8

Please follow these steps.
a) Keep him warm with cloths and environment
b) Avoid cold items such as ice-cream, lemon, tamarind etc.
c) Avoid smoke, dust, pets etc.
d) Try this home made harmless but effect 'medicine' -
boil clean water for about 2-3 minutes and add kitchen
salt to the boiling water and keep boiling it for 4-5
minutes. When your son's nose is closed, put 2-3 drops
of this solution (cold) in his nose. It will work as nasal
drop and decongest the nose and gives relief. It has
no chemicals and no side effects. Please do keep this
water solution in hygiene place covered always and do
not use the solution which is more than 3-4 days old. All
the best.

Answer 9

Babies this young typically don't have true "respiratory" allergies. Try to put something under the mattress at the head of the bed to elevate it, and a cool mist humidifier. Also, Vicks makes a plug in thing w/ the vapors and also makes the chest rub for babies (I use it on my girls). But do take him to the dr if it keeps up and none of these things seem to help

Answer 10

You can put a tiny bit of vics menthol cream on the tip of his nose. This will make sleeping much easier for him. Also don't keep his room too warm. OR you can get some homeopathic camomilla (also fantastic for teething) and disolve two 30x tablets in a tsp of water and give them to him. They taste sweet and are very safe to give infants. This will help him with his stuffiness and make him more relaxed to sleep. But don't do both. The menthol cream will stop the homeopathic from working.

Answer 11

Some nights really get cold and make our airways react with narrowing, so younger children (who have a smaller airway) may be more adversely affected.

For this, repeated airway suctioning may be enough. However, you may need to humidify the air in you room more!

My children all had this (3 of them). The old two have 'outgrown' this, nut the youngest (aged 3+) still gives us 'problems' at night (between 2 - 4 a.m.),.....for this he receives occasional Pediatric Otrivine nasal drops and some anti-histamine syrups.

Some cases at this age may however be heralding obstructive sleep apnea and hyperventilation,..so, it may be safest to consult your physician.

Best of wishes!