[blparent] Baby's first cold?

[Eva Adams]

yes even baby vix.

Eva
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M." <Rebecca.Pickrell at ngc.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Baby's first cold?


> Even with baby vix?
>
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> On Behalf Of Eva Adams
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>
> My sister in law who is a nurse told me that you can rub a little vix
> vapor rub on the bottom of the babies feet.  A lot of doctors I guess
> say not to use vix, because babies have sensitive skin.  She says that
> is why you put it on the bottom of their feet, and also it keeps the
> fumes from being to strong.
>
> Eva
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Allie" <alliemartins at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 12:52 PM
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>
>> 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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