What should I do if my baby who is not yet one month old catches a cold? How to treat a newborn baby's cold

Babies who are not yet one month old have low immunity and are prone to catching colds. So what should you do if a baby who is not yet one month old catches a cold? What should you pay attention to? How can you prevent it?

What should I do if my baby who is not yet one month old catches a cold?

Seek medical attention promptly

Babies who have not left the confinement period are more vulnerable in all aspects of their bodies. Sometimes a small cold can cause a series of thorny problems if not handled properly. Therefore, once you find that your baby has cold symptoms, the first choice is to seek medical attention immediately. Newborns should not delay colds. Consult a professional pediatrician in time and receive scientific treatment according to the doctor's arrangements. Do not give newborns medication on your own.

Monitor body temperature

Newborns are most likely to have a high fever when they catch a cold. In addition, the functions of the newborn's body are not fully developed, and the ability to regulate body temperature is poor. If the baby's body temperature continues to be too high, it is easy to cause great harm to the newborn. Therefore, you must pay attention to monitoring the body temperature after catching a cold. It is best to measure the baby's body temperature every half an hour at home. If you are in the hospital, the nurse will test it so that you can always grasp the baby's body temperature.

Ensure rest time

Under normal circumstances, the sleep time of newborns should be guaranteed to be at least 20 hours a day. Especially after the baby catches a cold, due to physical discomfort, the baby is prone to crying and other emotions, and does not sleep well. At this time, parents should pay attention to comfort the baby in time, try to cooperate with the doctor to alleviate the baby's discomfort symptoms, and provide the baby with a quiet and comfortable sleeping environment. The baby will rest well and recover quickly.

Give your baby a steam bath

Take your baby to the bathroom, turn on the hot water or shower, close the door, and let your baby stay in the steamy room for 15 minutes. This will help to drive away the cold, and your baby's cold and stuffy nose will definitely get better. Don't forget to change your baby into dry and warm clothes immediately after the bath.

Drink plenty of fluids

If your baby has caught a cold before one month old, you should give him/her more fluids. You can feed him/her water, diluted milk powder, or breast milk. You should pay attention to the baby and make sure that he/she has enough water in his/her body. By urinating continuously, the virus can be expelled from the body and the symptoms of the cold can be relieved.

Changing feeding method

After the child catches a cold, due to nasal congestion and poor breathing, the baby will feel suffocated when drinking milk, and often cries and spits out the pacifier before finishing the drink. At this time, you need to change the way of feeding. Don't let the child lie down to drink milk. It is best to hold the child and feed him with a small spoon.

Relief with folk remedies

Squeeze about 50-100 ml of breast milk into a small bowl, take 1-2 scallions (with roots), wash them and put them into the milk, steam them for 5-10 minutes (you can smell the scallion fragrance), take them out and let them cool, then feed them to the baby with a small spoon. It has the effect of relieving colds and curing nasal congestion, and is suitable for babies under one month old.

How to treat a newborn baby's cold

In foreign countries, it is generally not recommended to give children intravenous drips unless the cold is very serious. However, in China, intravenous drips are very popular. If a child has a cold or fever, he or she will have to go to the hospital for intravenous drips. It is best to observe whether the baby has a severe cold or a common mild cold. If the situation is not very serious, drinking more warm boiled water, taking a warm bath, and foot massage can make the cold much better and let the child recover on his or her own. If the situation is more serious, it is best to see a doctor first and take oral medication or inject saline under the doctor's guidance and advice.

Kind tips

If a baby has a cold, such as runny nose, stuffy nose, mild cough, phlegm, no high fever, no special medicine is needed, and care should be strengthened. In addition to keeping feeding as much as possible, hot towels can be applied to the nose, saline spray can be used to treat certain symptoms. For infants under 2 years old, it is only a mild cold, and nursing observation will generally improve in 3-5 days. In addition, pay attention to changing the temperature and add or remove clothes and covers in time, but do not cover the child.

What should you pay attention to when you have a cold?

1. Avoid cold food: Do not drink cold or frozen drinks when you have a cough. Chinese medicine believes that once the body is cold, it will damage the lungs, and coughs are mostly caused by lung diseases. If you drink cold drinks at this time, it will easily cause lung qi blockage, aggravate the symptoms, and not heal over time. At the same time, the amount of phlegm is also related to the spleen. Eating too much cold food will also damage the spleen and stomach, causing the spleen's function to decline.

2. Avoid fatty and sweet foods: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cough is mostly caused by lung heat, especially in children. Eating too much fatty and sweet foods in daily diet will produce internal heat and aggravate cough. In addition, fried foods should not be eaten too much. Because fried foods will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, breed phlegm, and make cough difficult to heal.

3. Avoid fish, shrimp and crab: Children with cough will have a more severe cough after eating fishy foods. This is related to the fishy smell irritating the respiratory tract and the protein allergy of fish and shrimp foods. Children who are allergic to certain fish and eggs should pay more attention to avoid such foods.

4. Avoid sweet and sour foods: Sour foods can cause phlegm to collect, making it difficult to cough up and causing a cough that is difficult to heal. Eating too much sweets can make inflammation difficult to heal.