zyrtec

[Anonymous]

Ok, so McKenzie has congestion problems that nothing seems to help…but it is almost more like a dry, irritiated type of congestion. Does anyone know if Zyrtec would help with this? McKenzie is 4.5 months is she too young for it? Does anyone know how much she could have?

[hellbennt]

have you tried saline? at every diaper change? There were periods of time when I was using it w/ jonah to prevent ear infections and to help clear the ones he had, but in your case I bet it would help get things ‘moving- it’s not harmful at all and might help…just the regular adult kind (little noses brand is the exact same thing but costs a lot more)

[Anonymous]

Cooper has been on Zyrtec since he was 10 months old. He takes 2.5 ml of the liquid. Dh who is a pharmacist said you could give 1.25ml of the liquid for 5 days, if you don’t see any improvement then stop it b/c it obviously isn’t helping. Good Luck.

[Anonymous]

Like Laura said, saline saline saline. I do this as often as I remember with my ds (usually 6-8 times per day). He really hates it and acts like I am pulling out his toenails when I do it. I only suction him with the bulb syringe once in the am and once before bed. When I do suction him, I also suction his throat b/c my ds tends to accumulate a lot of “junk” in there. The rest of the time, I just squirt some saline in both nostrils and let the “stuff” run down the back of his throat. I used to suction more, but thanks to the lovely ladies here, I realized that it was making the congestion worse. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

yeah, I do the saline thing…I have done all the standards…saline, elevate crib, cold mist humidifier…I even tried a warm mist humidifier to see if that would make a difference. But my Ped is Ok with me trying Zyrtec…I just hope it does help some. I feel like that is a lot of where her nap issues come into play…she has to breath through her mouth because her nose is so stuffy and so she is just swallowing a ton of air, which gives her air bubbles and when she gets to that light sleep stage she starts to feel them and they wake her up. Who knows….but we will see if it helps.

[Anonymous]

Taylor has been on Zyrtec since she was 5 months old. I think the original dosing was 1/4 tsp when she was that young. She is now taking 1 tsp once a day.

[Anonymous]

Danika my 2yo was on Zrytec for a while but this made her very moody and irritable(?sp). She recently had her adenoids removed and that has done wonders for her.

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