Heading to the doctor for LO this morning because I think he has ablocked tear duct (6 weeks old) Anyone have experience with this?
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Best thing for us was to use some breast milk in her eye. That an gently rubbing with a warm wash cloth. Hope it gets better!
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My LO has had one blocked tear duct since birth. She's almost 14 weeks now. The pediatrian isn't going to do anything until 9 months unless there's an infection. Most mornings her eye is gunky when she wakes up and she gets a lot of eye crust throughout the day.
Hope you doctor visit goes well.
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LO had blocked tear ducts in both eyes at birth. Her right cleared up after a week and her left took 12 weeks. Our ped wouldn't do anything about it until one year because 90% of cases resolve themselves by that point. It was gross having to clean her eye all the time and the peanut gallery drove me nuts about it.
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Our LO had this for about 6 weeks... I would massage the area, use BM in there, clean with a warm washcloth.... It eventually cleared up.
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Oh yeah, M had one of these for what seemed like forever!! I would rub the area closest to her nose multiple times a day and just wipe it clean with a wet washcloth. She was pirate baby for some time.
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Breast milk and rubbing with a cloth cleared it for us too
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We had this problem when LO was very young and our ped recommended we massage it 3x a day and apply slight pressure with a warm, wet cloth. I got lazy about it for a couple of days and it turned into pink eye!
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DS had one until about 12 weeks. We cleaned it with a warm wash cloth every morning. My aunt is an eye doctor and suggested that I massage the area with my fingertip a couple times a day, and it cleared up shortly after I started doing that.
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I agree with @T.H.O.U.: and @coacheswife123: put a few drops of breastmilk in the eye a couple times a day and massage with a warm washcloth several times a day. C's cleared up within about a month using this method.
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DS had one at birth. It cleared itself up after a few weeks with us doing nothing to it (except cleaning away crusties/goo/etc)
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Yes, I put breast milk and rubbed her eye, and also used a warm wash cloth to clean it out. the milk helped it clean up in a few days!
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Yep, breast milk and warm washcloth rubbing clears it up. LO had one for awhile. Like a lot of the early newborn stuff, it tends to clear up over time.
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Lacrimal massage until the duct opens up.
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Thanks ladies- the dr prescribed some eye ointment and told me to do the massages- hopefully it clears up soon!
@mediagirl: her pirate look is adorable!! -
Ditto on the massage + warm washcloth + breastmilk. I don't remember how long it took to clear up...2-3 weeks maybe...one day it cleared up.
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We just did the massage and it cleared up in about a day!
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W had SUCH a bad clogged tear duct his ped said he would probably need surgery after he turned one because he didn't think it would clear up on his own. But, after 6 months of squirting him in the eye with BM every time I fed him it finally cleared up! So don't worry, it's completely normal
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