What to do if your four-month-old baby has a runny nose

According to statistics, infants and young children catch a cold nearly 10 times a year, while adults catch a cold an average of 3-4 times a year. Infants and young children catch a cold much more often than adults, which puzzles many mothers. This is because babies' immune systems are not fully developed yet, so they are prone to catching colds and the symptoms will last longer. Usually, after a cold seems to have recovered, the nose will still run. In addition to seeing a doctor, we can also help children at home:

When a baby has a stuffy nose, the breastfeeding mother should not eat cold food, but should eat more warm food. She can also feed the baby sugar water or water boiled with garlic cloves (boil 2 to 3 cloves of garlic for 15 minutes, and increase to 7 to 8 cloves of garlic for older children), which can warm the lungs and relieve nasal congestion. You can also cut a piece of green onion, put it under the baby's nose, let the baby smell it, the pungent smell of the green onion can relieve nasal congestion.

If a child often sneezes and has a runny nose during the day, it means that the child has a lot of cold in the body and weak qi. In addition to making sure that the child does not catch cold, parents must also pay attention to the child's diet. Children should not be given cold foods. They should be fed more neutral or warm foods. They should not eat or eat less fruit, and should not drink cold drinks, eat radishes or hawthorns. They should not be massaged. Soak the child's feet in warm water every night until the child sweats slightly. Try to ensure that the child gets enough sleep.

If the child is usually fine but starts to sneeze or have a runny nose in the afternoon or evening, it means that the child does not wear enough clothes during the day, or the child sweats while playing, and takes off too many clothes and does not put them on in time, causing a cold, or the child's diet during the day is too cold, causing the child to have a cold body. At this time, parents should also find the cause first, get rid of the coldness in time, give the child ginger and sugar water, drink more warm water, soak the feet in warm water or add a little moxa water before going to bed, let the child sweat, and the cold can be expelled in time. Let the child go to bed early, and the child will soon no longer have a runny nose.

Children usually have a runny nose a few days after having clear runny nose. They will not have a runny nose at the beginning. This is generally because the child did not get rid of the cold in time after catching a cold and having a runny nose, or ate some irritating fish, shrimp, roasted nuts, puffed food, etc., which led to both cold and heat in the body, resulting in a runny nose. When the child has a runny nose, in addition to not eating cold foods, he or she should also avoid eating warm foods and fish and shrimp that may cause heatiness. He or she should only eat neutral foods such as pork, chicken, and neutral vegetables. At the same time, parents must give their children more warm water. At night, before your child goes to bed, after soaking his feet and sweating slightly, rub the soles of his feet 50 times each, then rub his upper back and the thenars of both hands, rub these parts to warm them up, and soon your child will no longer have a runny nose.

Babies are our angels. First-time parents may be at a loss as to what to do when they see their children fall ill. Parents can observe their children’s facial expressions and judge the severity of the illness based on their babies’ external manifestations, and raise their awareness. If the condition is not very serious, you can avoid going to the hospital. Children have weak immunity, and it is not good for them to take medicine or get injections frequently. We should pay more attention to children’s daily life to avoid a higher incidence of disease.