What to do if your eight-month-old baby has a stuffy nose

It is normal for children to catch a cold. Sometimes, if parents do not take good care of their children, their children will suffer from some cold symptoms. Generally, it will take some time for good effects to appear after taking the medicine. If an eight-month-old baby has symptoms of nasal congestion, parents must not panic, especially do not take some medicines indiscriminately. Let us talk about it in detail below.

1. If the secretions in the child's nasal cavity are very dry, you can drop a drop of breast milk into the nasal cavity. After the nasal crust softens, use the cotton thread on the cotton swab to make the baby sneeze to spray out the dirt.

2. You can apply a warm towel on the child's nose to relieve nasal congestion.

3. Nasal drops can both reduce inflammation and constrict the blood vessels in the nasal mucosa, temporarily unblocking the nasal cavity. They are often dripped into both sides of the nostril 10-15 minutes before feeding to alleviate milk-sucking difficulties. After dropping the medicine, use your fingers to gently rub the upper nose to allow the medicine to come into extensive contact with the mucous membrane and take effect as soon as possible. However, this type of medicine cannot be dripped too much, especially nasal drops containing ephedrine. If too much is dripped, the medicine will enter the esophagus through the posterior nostril. Excessive amounts of ephedrine can cause the heartbeat to accelerate, and children will become irritable, restless, and cry.

The above steps can be used to cure nasal congestion in eight-month-old babies. However, improper sleeping posture during daily sleep can also cause nasal breathing difficulties. If parents find some of the above phenomena, they can make the baby's pillow higher so that the baby can breathe smoothly.