What should I do if my baby has a cold and stuffy nose?

The younger the baby is, the less sound his immune function is, and the poorer his body resistance is, so the higher the chance of catching a cold. Some babies catch a cold when they are more than one month old, and they also have symptoms of nasal congestion. This situation requires timely treatment, otherwise the condition will be aggravated. So what should I do if my baby has a cold and nasal congestion when he is more than one month old?

First, what should you do if your baby who is over one month old has a cold and a stuffy nose? The first thing you need to do when your baby has a stuffy nose is to clean the secretions in his nasal cavity. Use a moist cotton swab to gently roll out the secretions. In addition, cover the soles of your baby's feet with slightly scalded ginger powder, heat the fontanelle with a thick hot towel, or give your baby water soaked with scallions. These are all good ways to relieve nasal congestion. Cleaning 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.

Second, to 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 relieving exterior symptoms and opening up the orifices to treat colds and nasal congestion.

What should you do if your baby who is over one month old has a cold and a stuffy nose? Cover the soles of his feet with pulverized ginger: When your baby has a stuffy nose in the early stages of a cold, you can put slightly hot pulverized ginger on the soles of his feet when he 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 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 stick the slightly hot gauze bag on the soles of the baby’s feet. (Be sure to pay attention that the shredded ginger should not be too hot to avoid scalding the baby.) If the left side of the baby's nose is blocked, the baby can lie on the right side. Similarly, if the right side is blocked, the baby can lie on the left side. You can also press the Yingxiang points on both sides of the nose with your fingers for 1-2 minutes, and drink a cup of hot water after the massage, which can quickly relieve or even eliminate the nasal congestion.