Sleep is getting worse

I’m sorry your little one is waking up so much at night. 🙁 That sure wears on the mom!

My little girl (almost a year old) has had a cold quite a bit lately too. She norally sleeps all night but due to so much phlegm and coughing she hasn’t been sleeping too well.

She has 8 teeth and every time they came in she got a cold and so I’m thinking maybe she’s getting more teeth again.

I feel that her immune system is low and although she doesn’t suffer from digestive problems she has tended to have a cold off and on since she was born. (I think this may be due to being put on antibiotics right after she was born) I hate it that she’s headed into winter this way so the last couple of days I’ve been trying to figure out how to get her immunity built up. Here’s what I’ve been trying…

Good multivitamin… although babies are supposed to get their vitamins from formula, I personally don’t think they get enough. I am sure that there are multi-vitmains out there just for babies but I asked the Core Health Products company where I get my daily vitmains from if it was ok to give them to her and they said that was fine. So I just started yesterday. They are in capsule form and I just opened them up and mixed them with a little water and gave with a dropper.

Probioitics… probioitcs make up a majority of the immune system although I already give her probiotics every day I believe that I need to up her dose.

Eccencial Fatty Acids (EFAs)…. I just recently learned that EFAs are also very crucial to the immune system so I beings I take them I also asked the company if I could give them to my baby. They said yes. They are in a gel capsule form so I poke a hole in them and squeeze out the liquid on a spoon and she drinks it. It must taste better than it smells cause she acts like it tastes fine.

Grapefruit seed extract…. this is a natural antibiotic that kills bacteria and fungus. I have some around that are a tablet and mixed one yesterday with water but it didn’t dissolve well. So I’m thinking about getting some are tasteless in a powder form. http://stores.diannecraft.org/Detail.bok?no=22 That link it to a store that has them quite a bit cheaper than others. They are recommending them as something to help kill bacteria or fungus in the gut but I’m pretty sure they would also help with a cold or virus.

Airborne… We use this at our house when we feel a cold coming on and most of the time it really works to keep the cold away. So I’ve been lettin Shiloh drink some of it too lately. Hopefully it will help.

I had been using a bulb syringe to try to get out her snot but last week someone recommended I get a http://www.babycomfynose.com/. I have only had it for a couple of days and it works lots better than the bulb syringe. I think that getting all that stuff out helps her feel better.

Hyland’s brand cold meds…. I like these really well for sure the Night time stuff. They help quite a bit.

We also have a nebulizer that we got for Jackson when he was a baby and had brochiolitis. I have found that by giving her a breathing treatment of Albuterol before she goes to bed helps open things up more for her.

Last night we got out our vaporizer and put that in her room. I think that the warm mist is supposed to help loosen up stuff.

Vicks… I like to rub vicks on her chest and feet. I read somewhere that if you put vicks on a child’s feet and then socks it can help a cough. Kind a weird but seems to help. We also put vicks in the vaporizer.

Last night she acts like her ear hurt so I found some eardrops that I had bought awhile back and put them in her ears last night. http://www.nutribiotic.com/ear-drops.html

As you can tell, most of these things I have just started trying but I hope that soon Shiloh can be well. I of course haven’t been doing all those things at once but just thought I’d share all my ideas. She is really is not terribly sick or anything but I’m just tired of her having a cold all the time. She is still pretty cheerful during the day and this morning she acts perfectly fine except for a runny nose. She is happily playing with her brother now. 🙂 Happy Mom2012-10-27 12:48:09

Hmmm, good idea… what was the name of the adult saline you used? I’ve never used saline before on my children. But I bet Shiloh would appreciate something being squirted in her nose better than something being suctioned out.

And what kind of natural vicks did you use? Didn’t know there was such a thing.

I’m always enthused to learn new things. 🙂

Leah’s mom… at one point I think you said your doctor recommended giving your little one Florastor probiotics? Did they help any? That is a great brand to use while on antibiotics because it is the only brand that I have found so far that isn’t killed by antibiotics. But it has only one strain of probioitcs in it and might not help as much as a probiotic that has 8 or more in it.

The probiotics will coat the throat, stomach, and intestines and if your little one is in any kind of pain they might help him feel better. Many babies are low on probiotics for sure if they are born by c-section or not nursed. And if they have acid reflux coming up their esophagus then it can be painful if the protective coating of probiotics isn’t there.

Other remedies? hmmm…just using adult saline- like target brand or cvs brand and trying to find natural alternatives to vicks, etc.

leah’smom… I’m glad his eating has improved. 🙂

Thanks Laura! As much as I don’t want to take Shiloh to the doctor I think I will tomorrow. We were plannin on leaving Wed morn for a couple of days and leavin all 3 children with Grandma and don’t want her to have a sick baby on her hands. Shiloh has had infant phnemonia when born and had respitory problems since so want to make sure she’s ok.

I too will testify that liquid Prevacid does NOT last more than 2 weeks. When I first got it for Quinton they said it would last a month but then later said it would only last 2 weeks. That worked much better!!