https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 15 May 2026 18:11:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/congested-baby#post-1106171 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 16:14:39 +0000 wheres_c 1106171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just keep doing what you are doing mama! Best wishes to K </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/congested-baby#post-1105884 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:31:17 +0000 sorrycharlie 1105884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Polish: +1. </p> <p>We use Motrin at night because it lasts longer as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/congested-baby#post-1105877 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:28:53 +0000 Mrs. Polish 1105877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm in the minority, but I do give him Tylenol when I can tell he doesn't feel well. I consider it a pain reliever and fever reducer, and give it because I don't make it through a cold without taking something myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/congested-baby#post-1105820 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:07:24 +0000 runsyellowlites 1105820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use essential oils &amp; steam. Usually works pretty good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/congested-baby#post-1105816 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:05:39 +0000 Bookish 1105816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>G caught her first cold this weekend as well. We used saline, sucked out her snot as much as we could, ran a cool mist humidifier, and a couple times a day sat in the bathroom with her while the shower ran and steamed up the room. We also elevated one end of her crib just a teensy bit (used some thin coffee table books to prop it up about an inch) because laying flat made it worse. No Tylenol, because she wasn't running a fever.</p> <p>We're on day three of it and it seems to be much better every day, though it sucks to hear her so stuffed up. I sent her back to daycare today and haven't been called yet, so that's good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/congested-baby#post-1105748 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 13:45:45 +0000 chopsuey 1105748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Awww :( hope she feels better soon.<br /> I use saline mist and nose Frieda when mine get congested! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/congested-baby#post-1105742 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 13:44:09 +0000 looch 1105742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Saline, if the stuff in her nose dries out overnight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/congested-baby#post-1105699 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 13:29:52 +0000 Smurfette 1105699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just suck her nose out as often as you can and use a humidifier at night is all we do for a cold. I only give Tylenol if she has a fever.</p> <p>Hope K feels better soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/congested-baby#post-1105695 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 13:27:32 +0000 Lindsay05 1105695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I give Tylenol only if LO seems fevered or in any discomfort. Right now we are battling a cold and I give her saline drops and put a boiling pot of water with vicks in it in her room. Hope your LO feels better soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/congested-baby#post-1105686 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 13:24:48 +0000 regberadaisy 1105686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, I run a cool mist humidifier at night as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/congested-baby#post-1105685 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 13:24:10 +0000 shopaholic 1105685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I think K caught DH's cold or whatever he has, and is starting to get sick for the very first time. Woke up a bunch of times last night, and woke up really congested and stuffy for the first time ever! So now I know how people can tell - her breathing sounds pretty bad. :( She fights me tooth and nail when I'm trying to use the NoseFrida - but AMAZED when I saw all this stuff come out! Seems like I have to try and use it every 20-30 min. or her breathing sounds all stuffy again. We use the humidifier. And I used the saline drops this morning (and that was a hard-fought battle!) What else can I do? </p> <p>Do you give baby Tylenol for congestion or colds? </p>