Besides saline nasal drops , steam inhalation is good to relieve the congestion due to phlegm . You could keep the baby in your lap and try to get humidified air through a steamer kept near both of you . You can also achieve this by running a hot water shower in the washroom and sitting with he baby a little away from it in the closed bathroom . This humidifies the air passages of the baby and softens the phlegm . After that you can put the baby down on his tummy and gently pat the back of the baby with your cupped hand to move the loosened out phlegm so that he may either cough it out or swallow it
In very small babies we try to avoid decongestant medicines .
But if your baby has fever , has breathing difficulty with fast chest movements, has excessive crying , vomiting , non acceptance of feeds , it warrants a trip to the Pediatrician for a physical evaluation to rule out chest involvement in the form of pneumonia
Answered2022-11-27 16:13:47
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