https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 27 May 2026 07:01:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vicks-on-feet#post-482844 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 13:42:35 +0000 Nskillet 482844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby vicks works wonders! When DD is sick I apply to feet with socks her chest and back. It helps open up the sinuses. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vicks-on-feet#post-482834 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 13:33:11 +0000 matador84 482834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@weagle great, will send DH to store soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vicks-on-feet#post-482811 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 13:09:37 +0000 loveisstrange 482811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Vicks has always worked for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vicks-on-feet#post-482808 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 13:06:22 +0000 Weagle 482808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: Make sure you get baby Vicks and not regular. The menthol isn't good for their respiratory system. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vicks-on-feet#post-482674 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:10:58 +0000 regberadaisy 482674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy: does the eucalyptus/tea tree oil work just as well as Vicks? Where do you buy it?</p> <p>Does the Vicks just help them sleep or does it help break up the congestion as well? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vicks-on-feet#post-482673 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:09:51 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 482673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: We use the vicks in the tub on her feet. But we also use the vicks warm air humidifier and put the liquid vicks or the strips in it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vicks-on-feet#post-482671 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:08:19 +0000 matador84 482671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks @babyboecksmom @prettylizy he is pretty happy I'm just afraid it will evolve since he's only 4.5 months. We have the cold air humidifier blasting! Is there a certain kind of Vicks I should get? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vicks-on-feet#post-482666 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:01:07 +0000 prettylizy 482666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Loved it. We had a little in the medicine cabinet, so we vicks-ed her feet with socks before bed. Now I use a eucalyptus/tea tree oil mixture and do warming socks at night. Clears everything up in no time. </p> <p><a href="http://babypurity.com/tip/2005/10/warming-socks-treatment.html" rel="nofollow">http://babypurity.com/tip/2005/10/warming-socks-treatment.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vicks-on-feet#post-482665 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:00:47 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 482665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sorry to hear your LO isn't feeling well :-( We did the vicks on the feet and then put socks over that. We also used a humidifier to keep the room nice and moist so that she can clear out the congestion.</p> <p>ETA: Oh, we also use saline spray in the nose about 30 min before her nap, and then suction her nose right before we put her in the crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vicks-on-feet#post-482661 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 10:59:08 +0000 matador84 482661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is sooo stuffy and won't stop coughing. We already do breathing treatments 3x a day but I fear it might get worse. We have some antibiotics in the fridge too but I really don't want to go that route yet since it seems like its just a baby cold. How was the Vicks on feet worked for your LO? What kind do you get? </p>