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calpol is only used form 2 months following injectons the only thing you could do is take him into bathroom and run hot water for stem inhalation to help clear his chest but if your concerned i would phone your doctor or nhs direct on 0845224488 in england and 0845242424 in scotland or call an adviser on her
good luck

thats the only thing i can think of too. sit in the bathroom, with the steam. if it stops him from feeding properly then call the doc, they do prescribe nasal drops sometimes if its really bad and he cant eat.

hope he gets well soon. i dont know if you can buy nasal drops, its basically just water and he would inhale a small drop from a dropper, this is to make the mucus wet enough to work its way out and clear the nose. its not enough to go into the lungs, im not sure what age though. both me and my sister have used it, but that was ages ago.

You can get nasal drops from Asda Boots etc from birth,,,we used them on our LO and it really helped !!
Jo
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Hiya! when our little man had a cold our H.V suggested popping a towel or something under the matress of the mosses basket (making sure that it wasn't poking out of the sides or anything) and it just raised the matress at the top a little and gave it a little slope which meant he wasn't lying flat which seemed to help him a bit and we used some drops like joanna1969 suggested, but i no wot u mean its horrible when they are full of cold good luck hun xxx

thanks you lot ive raised him up which is helping and i took him to the docs as i was upset at seeing him ill,nasal drops they have given me and was told steam will help like you have suggested and i can put karvol ona tissue in the room but not directly near him,i have and this has helped beyond belief,ive been up now for 3 days and had only 2hrs sleep but as long as hes ok im not going to moan,i worry alot when they are this small,many thanks

Thats great, glad they gave you the nasal drops, he will soon be better and you will both get some better sleep, probably not more, but better lol. at least you will be able to go to sleep not so worried. x

thanks to you all baby is slowly recovering and even though im not sleeping well i feel alot better knowing hes more comfy,ive wittled myself sick i hate seeing my lil one ill.