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We went through that same thing with Noah. Don't you get tired of thinking "is this a Ds thing or just a cold or what". You never know if it's Ds related, but in my experience most of our precious babies are congested. I can't tell you how many nights Noah spent with the vaporizer going and how many nights we sat up with him not knowing how to get his nose unclogged or how to make him comfortable. And that nasal aspirator thing was a STAPLE in our house, if it was misplaced we'd panic. It seemed like it always got worse at night when it was time for him to sleep and that lying flat was awful for him. I've posted this before, but after months and months of this, and antibiotics after antibiotics, we finally took him to an ENT doctor who put him on Zyrtec, an allergy medication that was given 1/2 teaspoon at bedtime and within 2 weeks everything was cleared up and he never had this problem again. It was like a miracle drug. He stayed on it for probably 6 months and we finally stopped it and he was fine. We had to put him on it about a year later because he seemed to be having a runny nose in the spring with all the allergens and again, it all cleared up. It's completely harmless, nonaddicting and very safe, but I'm not sure how young they can be to be on it. Noah was around 12 months when we started this. It might be worth a try. We gave up on all the infant nasal drops and infant cold medication because nothing seemed to work.
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Vonda, mommy to Peyton, Sophie, Noah(Ds) and Halle
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02-21-2006 11:33 AM
But too we just put a really nice humidifier in the bedroom...it is amazing....he is doing great with that...
