What should I do if my June-month-old baby has a cold and a stuffy nose?

A baby's body is always very fragile when it is born, its body functions have just begun to develop, and the current environment is not very good, so it often gets sick inadvertently. Therefore, as parents, we must always pay attention to the baby's physical health. For adults, a minor cold or fever is not a big problem, and sometimes it will get better on its own without taking medicine. But for a six-month-old baby who has a cold and a stuffy nose, what should we do?

When a baby has a stuffy nose, the first thing to do is to clean the secretions in the baby's nasal cavity. Just use a moist cotton swab to gently roll out the secretions. In addition, covering the soles of the baby's feet with slightly scalded ginger powder, warming the fontanelle with a thick hot towel, or giving the baby water soaked with scallions are all good ways to relieve nasal congestion.

1. Clean nasal secretions: You can use a soft cotton swab to gently roll out the nasal secretions. If the secretions are too hard, you can drop a little breast milk or clean water into it to soften it before rolling it out.

2. Relieve nasal mucosal congestion and edema: drop 0.5% inositol ephedrine nasal drops on a swabb, then insert it into one nasal orifice and gently rotate it for a few weeks. After staying for a few seconds, take it out and then continue in another nasal orifice, three times a day.

3. Relieve exterior symptoms and open up the orifices: squeeze about 50-100 ml of breast milk into a small bowl, take 1-2 scallions (with roots), wash them and put them into the milk, steam them in water for 5-10 minutes (you can smell the onion fragrance), take them out and let them cool, then feed them to the baby with a spoon. It has the effect of resolving exterior symptoms and opening up the orifices to treat colds and nasal congestion. Or press the Yingxiang points in the nasolabial groove on both sides of the nose several times a day, 10 times each time, which can clear the blocked nasal cavity, so that the child is less likely to have breathing difficulties when feeding.

4. If your baby’s nose is blocked in the early stage of a cold, you can put slightly scalding ginger powder on the soles of the baby’s feet when the baby is sleeping at night. This can help the nose breathe smoothly and the cold heal faster. Method: Cut the ginger into shreds and fry in a dry pan until it is dry and the ginger aroma comes out (it’s okay if it’s a little mushy). Put the fried shredded ginger into a small gauze bag and then place the gauze bag with slightly hot shredded ginger on the soles of the baby’s feet. (Be sure to make sure the ginger is not too hot to avoid scalding your baby.)

5. Hot compress method: A stuffy nose may be caused by the baby's fontanelle being cold. Mothers can use a thick towel to place it 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 compress until the baby's forehead sweats. If you cannot tell whether the baby's fontanelle is cold, you might as well give it a try. It will not harm the baby.

6. If your baby has a stuffy nose due to a cold, you can soak some scallion in water, cut the scallion into shreds (for easier flavor), put it into boiling water, and fumigate the baby's mouth and nose while it's still hot. This method is effective for babies with nasal congestion caused by cold.

Therefore, parents should pay attention to their children's daily life, meals, etc., because the children are still so young, adults should pay more attention. But if you are really sick, don't panic. Take your child to the hospital to see a doctor and listen to the doctor's advice. Don't give your child any medicine.