https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:33:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2457308 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 17:59:59 +0000 autumnleaves 2457308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO has had goopy eyes this week and daycare asked us to take him to the doctor....it was an ear infection. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2457192 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 16:12:30 +0000 dagret 2457192@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've had both. Viral is goopy and red and kind of gross...but bacterial is painful, itchy, SUPER RED and you literally have to pry your eyes open from the crust several times a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2457070 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:48:52 +0000 Mrs D 2457070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: Make sure you save what ever you dont use...I have always done that in case she shows symptoms again or in case DH or I got itchy eyes... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2457065 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:48:01 +0000 Mrs D 2457065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My Dr advised that pink eye and ear infections frequently go together. K would often not spike a fever until the ear infection was super progressed.</p> <p>My Dr said his rule of thumb is if it is goopey in the eyelashes...its likely pink eye. K had goopey eyes when she was little that were caused by under developed tear ducts... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2457062 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:46:45 +0000 youboots 2457062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Update: it's viral. They are giving us drops. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2457060 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:45:26 +0000 rattles 2457060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had viral pink eye this winter with no redness, just lots of greenish goop. It was contagious though, and the girls kept passing it back and forth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2456698 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:13:20 +0000 youboots 2456698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah. I was not too concerned originally but since it's been 48 hours and we are getting on a plane today..... Crap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2456692 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:11:27 +0000 gingerbebe 2456692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had this issue last month. My doctor says you can have virus-related conjunctivitis that isn't pink eye (which is bacterial). You just have to watch it carefully to make sure it doesn't TURN into a bacterial infection. She told me to think about it as another cold symptom (like a runny nose coming out the eye). I just kept it wiped with Boogie Wipes since its a saline solution and used Aquaphor liberally over his face since we were wiping his eyes or nose every 5 seconds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2456688 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:10:23 +0000 catlady 2456688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO has had this a few times about midway through a bad cold. We never had to treat it. It was goopy eye with no redness in the actual eye, and no itchiness or irritation, as far as I could tell. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2456681 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:08:46 +0000 cascademom 2456681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With babies, they don't know how to remove the icky stuff from their bodies. Goopy eyes can be similar to snot and sneezing because that's how their body works stuff out of it. My pediatrician showed me the difference between viral and bacterial pinkeye on Google. Bacterial pinkeye is super gross looking. Viral is nowhere near as bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2456674 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:06:33 +0000 youboots 2456674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh and I did not mention we are due to leave for the airport at 3. We have a family reunion that has been planned for over a year. I'll give you guys an update. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2456665 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:05:32 +0000 Mrs. Carrot 2456665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That can be a viral infection working its way out of the system, especially if you've had colds and congestion going on. We had something similar in the summer with LO, and that's really all it was. It went away on its own, we just cleaned her eyes with water and (an old Russian old wives trick) strong brewed black tea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2456663 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:03:25 +0000 catomd00 2456663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sitter's kid had this a few weeks ago. They prescribed eyedrops over the phone and said it was just from the cold and the drops probably weren't necessary, but she could try them if she wanted to. DD got it a few days later, but hers cleared up within 24 hours so I never called the doc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2456658 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:01:45 +0000 blackbird 2456658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E had pink eye last year with just some goop and redness. But also, T had this nasty goop coming out of his eye once and it was just a viral thing and the ped said it happens a LOT! But, you know...better to be sure, because pinkeye is contagious and treatable and super gross and irritating. But T literally had gobs of snot dripping out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2456629 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:43:40 +0000 MamaG 2456629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: Yes, absolutely could be an ear infection.</p> <p>My girls both get yucky eyes with colds though. The little one currently has one eye that is watery and some crust on it in the morning. The crust is yellow/green but it's not an infection (yet). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2456619 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:40:37 +0000 youboots 2456619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for chiming in everyone. Is it possible she could have an ear/sinus infection without other symptoms? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2456587 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:30:33 +0000 BananaPancakes 2456587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: DS had this happen around Christmas this year, and his eyes would glue shut at night. It would take 15 minutes of soaking them with a wet washcloth to get them to open. I thought for sure it was pinkeye because I had never seen anything like it, but it ended up just being a true sinus infection with a bonus double ear infection. I guess if they're congested/compacted enough, the mucus has no where else to go but out the eyes. It was disgusting. But at least it wasn't pinkeye! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2456571 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:24:07 +0000 lawbee11 2456571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO had this when she had an ear infection. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2456563 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:21:59 +0000 erinbaderin 2456563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Every time my son gets a cold he gets goopy eyes. I keep having to explain to daycare that it's not pinkeye. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2456559 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:21:21 +0000 MrsF 2456559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids have both been treated for pink eye that didn't really look like pink eye to me. They also like to check their ears if they're having symptoms like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2456554 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:19:37 +0000 youboots 2456554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks! Nurse advice line said to bring her in. The Drs office said they called and LM to bring her in we have an appt in an hour. Thank you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2456543 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:16:13 +0000 Canoli 2456543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Recently my son woke up a few days here and there with crusty eyes and no other symptoms other than some stuffiness which I attributed to dry heat so I thought nothing of it. One morning he woke up with his one eye completely swollen so I took him to the ped and he had an ear infection. I was completely shocked. None of his previous ear infections ever presented that way and he always had a fever and I could tell he felt terrible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2456539 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:15:23 +0000 avivoca 2456539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've had that happen before. Once it was bacterial pinkeye which doesn't always present with a pink eye. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2456536 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:14:14 +0000 nana87 2456536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo had this last week and I took her in yesterday for a suspected ear infection (she did have one) and asked since I was there anyway--apparently it's just another cold symptom sometimes, when the sinuses behind the eyes are congested. The dr didn't seem alarmed at all, it was just like "yeah that happens sometimes" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goopy-eye-but-not-pinkeye#post-2456523 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:04:10 +0000 youboots 2456523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>T had a fiver that turned into a cold about 3 weeks ago. She's still a little stuffy, and a touch congested but I think it's the winter ick so I have not been worried. She is eating and sleeping great, no fever or other symptoms. On Monday she woke up with goopy eyes they were a little red and puffy. Just crud in there but no pinkeye. I called my Drs office and left a message to see if they want to see her but my call was not returned (boo) so I figured no big deal. I'm going to call the nurse advice line now. Could this be a symptom of something more serious. To me it seems like allergies but I think she's too young 11 mo. Any ideas/feedback? I don't want to take her in needlessly but it's not going away. </p>