9 month old baby has a cold

In fact, the immune system of a 9-month-old baby is very low. If they are not well taken care of, they can easily catch a cold. If a 9-month-old baby catches a cold, parents don’t need to worry too much. They just need to take good care of the baby, such as ensuring adequate water and nutrition.

1. Pay attention to the sick baby's rest and keep warm

Sick babies should reduce activities, increase rest time, and slightly raise their head and chest when lying in bed to allow for unobstructed breathing. Keep the indoor air fresh, maintain appropriate temperature and humidity, and avoid convection wind.

2. Ensure adequate water and nutrition supply

Encourage the sick baby to drink plenty of fluids, and replenish fluids intravenously if necessary. Provide easily digestible, nutritious food, and it is advisable to eat liquid or semi-liquid food during fever.

3. Keep your mouth clean

Because children have fever, cough, and produce a lot of thick sputum, severe coughing may cause vomiting, so oral hygiene should be maintained to increase comfort, improve appetite, and promote the excretion of toxins. Infants and young children can be fed an appropriate amount of boiled water after eating to clean their mouths. Older children should rinse their mouths in the morning, after meals, and before going to bed.

4. Proper care for fever symptoms

If your baby has a fever, no special treatment is needed if the fever is not high. If the fever is high, physical or drug cooling measures should be taken to prevent convulsions.

5. Effective in reducing phlegm

To enable the baby to cough up phlegm effectively, guide and encourage the child to cough effectively; if the phlegm is thick, the humidity in the ward can be appropriately increased, and the indoor temperature should be maintained at around 60% to humidify the air and dilute the secretions. Ultrasonic nebulization inhalation or steam inhalation can also be used.

6. Taking medication

Take some children's cold medicine as instructed by the doctor.