How to treat a six-month-old baby's cold and nasal congestion?

Children have relatively low resistance, so once the temperature changes or the seasons change, babies are very likely to catch a cold, and after catching a cold they will experience symptoms such as coughing, runny nose, nasal congestion, sneezing, and fever. Moreover, a stuffy nose is very uncomfortable for children, and they cannot clear their noses by themselves like adults. So what should I do if my six-month-old baby has a cold and stuffy nose?

Option 1: Steam bath

Take your baby to the bathroom with you, turn on the hot water or shower, close the door, and let your baby stay in the steam-filled house for 15 minutes. Your baby's nasal congestion will definitely improve greatly. Don't forget to change your baby into dry clothes immediately after bathing. If you let your baby play in slightly warm water for a while, it can also relieve symptoms of nasal congestion and lower body temperature.

If you want to make it more convenient, mommy can also use hot compress method. Use a thick towel to place on the radiator or wrap it around a container of boiling water to release heat; you can warm the baby's fontanelle for a while, and continue to apply hot compresses until the baby's forehead sweats. If you can't tell whether the baby's fontanelle is cold, you might as well give it a try. Doing so will not harm the baby.

Option 2: Massage

Side massage

If the baby has a stuffy nose on the left side, he should lie on the right side. If the baby has a stuffy nose on the right side, he should lie on the left side. Parents can pinch the baby's nose with two fingers and massage the Yingxiang points on both sides for 1-2 minutes. The stuffy nose can be relieved. Method of locating the Yingxiang acupoint: The acupoint is generally located in a sitting or supine position. The Yingxiang acupoint is located on the face, in the wrinkle about 1 cm away from the wing of the nose (next to the midpoint of the outer edge of the wing of the nose, in the nasolabial groove).

Nose massage

You can use the side of your thumbs to make cross-up and down massage on the sides of your nose, gently press out the mucus produced by the massage, use a small cotton swab dipped in sesame oil to wipe the nasal cavity, then gently press out the mucus produced at this time, and finally use another small cotton swab dipped in honey to wipe the nasal cavity. This method is very effective.

Conjugation

(1) Parents should hold the baby in their arms or in a prone position. Parents should use their palms to dip a little ginger juice and rub the baby's back and waist vigorously along the bladder meridian on both sides of the baby's spine until the baby becomes red and hot. Pay attention to the intensity and do not use too much force.

(2) Parents should use the thumbs of both hands to massage the Fengmen and Feishu points on the back for 1 minute respectively.

When your baby has a cold and a stuffy nose, you can treat it according to the methods described in the article. A stuffy nose is very uncomfortable, so when you have a cold, you should drink more hot water and massage the acupoints around the nose more often, so as to properly relieve the stuffy nose. Also, be sure to keep warm when the temperature changes.