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amother1223
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Wed, Dec 17 2014, 2:01 pm
baby is 6 weeks old and has had a clogged tear duct since we got home from the hospital. how long is normal to have this? any advice other then massaging?
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greenfire
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Wed, Dec 17 2014, 2:06 pm
wash with warm water & clean cotton balls before massaging - helps to clear the blockage
there's is not much else you can do but repeat couple of times a day
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amother
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Wed, Dec 17 2014, 2:22 pm
My daughter had it. Massage it, you can clean it out with chamomile tea. I put breastmilk in every few days to prevent infection.
It straightened itself out one day when she was about 6-7 months old. Don't do anything drastic before a year old at least. We brought her to a lot of Drs (crazy first time parents, I know, live and learn) and they all told us to calm down until she was a year old. We did not calm down.
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abaker
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Wed, Dec 17 2014, 2:41 pm
Breast milk squirted in eye several times a day..massage (see youtube video) and just wait it out. Our baby had this until 8 months old. We noticed "hey it cleared up" while on vacation...guess the ocean air cleared it up
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amother
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Wed, Dec 17 2014, 2:45 pm
breast milk prevents infection when squirted into an eye? plz explain
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MaBelleVie
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Wed, Dec 17 2014, 3:17 pm
Breast milk has antibacterial properties. But you don't have to bother with that if there is no indication of infection. The most important is to consistently massage.
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smss
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Wed, Dec 17 2014, 3:33 pm
my baby had that until 1 month and then my midwife told me the breastmilk trick. within a few days it was gone. didn't even do massage.
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rising hero
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Wed, Dec 17 2014, 8:45 pm
Massage it with your pinky eventually it'll clear up.
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syrima
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Wed, Dec 17 2014, 10:34 pm
I didn't do the massage so much but it cleared up by nine months. Wish I had a quarter for every time someone asked me if she had pinkeye!
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IMHopinion
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Wed, Dec 17 2014, 11:14 pm
Massage, massage, massage!
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amother
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Wed, Dec 17 2014, 11:26 pm
We were told that ds had this, but after a long time of massaging and breast milk it never cleared up, it only got worse. We Went back to dr and they said it was an infection not a clogged duct. Gave him drops and it cleared in a day.
Poor baby had an infection for like 3 months and we didnt know...
If you think it looks worse or the discharge is yellowish green, may get your baby checked again.
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abaker
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Thu, Jan 22 2015, 12:01 pm
syrima wrote: | Wish I had a quarter for every time someone asked me if she had pinkeye! |
me too! even complete strangers would come up to me and comment!
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