When a child is sick, the mother seeks to help him recover sooner. It is not easy to treat a runny nose in infants, because most "adult" medicines should not be used for babies.
Physiological rhinitis
Normally, in the first months of life, a baby can accumulate liquid transparent mucus in the nose. This is how the baby's body reacts to the need to warm and humidify the air before it enters the lungs. If the child is calm, eats well, he has no temperature and mucus does not interfere with breathing, the baby does not need to be treated. A physiological runny nose is not a disease, but a natural reaction of a healthy baby's body to changed conditions.
Clean, moist and cool air in the nursery
Both with physiological and normal rhinitis, adults must create optimal conditions for the child's breathing. To prevent the mucus in the baby's nose from thickening and drying out, parents should humidify the air in the baby's room. To do this, you can arrange containers with water, cover the batteries with wet towels, spray liquid from a spray bottle several times a day. Clean the floor in your child's room daily. If you have a humidifier, turn it on. Ventilate the room several times a day so your baby can breathe fresh air.
Baby's snot can also dry out due to too hot air. If possible, keep the temperature in the room at 22-23 degrees. Remove sources of dust from the room: carpets, stuffed animals, blankets, etc. Wipe dust off daily. The air in the baby's room must be clean.
Dress your child warmly. It is useful for a kid to breathe cool air, but he himself should not freeze.
Clean your baby's nose
Moisturize your baby's nasal cavity with saline solutions. You can get these from a pharmacy. Drops are suitable for babies, not sprays. Instead of seawater, you can purchase saline solution and pipette it into your baby.
Place your baby in a crib or stroller so that the head is slightly higher than the legs. In this case, the mucus will not linger in the nose, but will flow down the nasopharynx.
Breastfeed your baby. The antibodies obtained with mother's milk will help to overcome the common cold faster. If the child is over 6 months old, offer to drink water to prevent dehydration.
If the baby has a mild runny nose that does not interfere with his breathing, clean the baby's nose with cotton swabs. Take a quarter of a cotton pad, soak it in warm boiled water, roll it into a tube and free the baby's sinuses from the accumulated mucus.
If you have a bad cold, you can use an aspirator to suck up the snot. Use it only as a last resort so as not to injure the newborn's nose. You should also consult your pediatrician. Perhaps he will prescribe medication.
Find out the reason
See your doctor and work together to determine the cause of the runny nose. If it is a virus, the child will recover within a week, when he develops antibodies. Often in babies who are breastfed, the nose becomes clogged with milk in the first months of life. This does not require treatment. It is enough to carry the baby in a column after feeding. Also, the baby may have an allergic rhinitis. In this case, you will need to find out the source of the problem and fix it.
