[blparent] Baby's first cold?

[Veronica Smith]

Hey alley, did your Dr tell you to put her a cold or luke warm bath.  They 
used to believe a long time ago that you should put your baby in a bath of 
ice water, but i read a few years ago that is really bad and could cause the 
baby to have a heart attack.  That terrified me and so i would just wipe her 
with a cool rag. V
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allie" <alliemartins at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Baby's first cold?


> Hi Jo Elizabeth,
>
> There's not much you can do for a baby who has a cold.  You don't
> really start giving them cold medicine 'til they're older.  I
> give my daughter lots to drink (like apple juice and water and
> the like), and suction her out every so often.  You can sit with
> her in a steamy bathroom to help loosen up all the stuff she's
> got in there, and then suction it out.  That helps a little.
>
> If Baby has a fever, you can give her infant Tylenol to try to
> keep the temp down, and/or give her a cool bath.  My girl didn't
> like that one too much.  LOL.  Poor thing cried the whole time I
> bathed her, but it sure helped to keep the temp under control.
>
> These are probably things you've already thought of, though.
> Just cuddle and snuggle her as much as possible.  Smiles.  If you
> breastfeed, you can try nursing her more than usual.  I found
> that this was a great comfort to my daughter when she was sick at
> that age.
>
> Take care,
> --Allie
>
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net
>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>Date sent: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 10:12:41 -0700
>>Subject: [blparent] Baby's first cold?
>
>>Hi.  I've got another question for all of you great moms and
> dads.  I've come down with a raw throat and a runny nose, the
> usual aches and pains of a cold.  I probably picked it up at
> church.  So far, I'm not sure if Sarah has caught the bug from
> me.  She seems a little more whiny and tired than usual, and last
> night Gerald said her cheeks were pink, but she looked fine this
> morning.  I know what to do for myself when I have a cold, and
> the kind of comfort stuff that makes me feel better.  But if
> Sarah does get sick, other than going to the doctor which I'll do
> if need be, what will help her?  I mean, the usual home remedies
> like chicken soup and such aren't geared toward babies.
>
>>Thanks,
>>Jo Elizabeth
>
>>It is easy--terribly easy--to shake a man's faith in himself.  To
> take advantage of that to break a man's spirit is devil's work.
> Take care of what you are doing.  Take care.--George Bernard Shaw
> in "Candide"
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