Cold Among Infants
Common cold and infants – definitely not a good combination at all. Parents that have suffered the ordeal certainly understand the situation! Infants find it very difficult to sail through common cold. Since it is impossible for them to eat and breathe at the same time through mouth they cry non-stop to fight hunger and irritation.
It is important for parents to know how to sooth an infant suffering common cold. Keeping the infant’s head little raised, placing a humidifier in her room are some ways to help an Infant suffering cold.
It is always advisable to keep a close watch on infants suffering from cold. Although providing 100 percent protection to a baby from cold is a challenging task, taking preventive measures will certainly go a long way.
Reference: Colds
Reference: Health/Library
July 10th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
Excellent advice! You are so right, there is nothing worse than the common cold — especially a summer cold! Infants cannot speak or let us know what hurts, or where they are stuffy. So by taking some prevenative meansures as you suggested will go a long way in helping parents avoid the frustration.