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Blocked tear duct

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amother1223

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 11:01 am

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?

greenfire

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 11:06 am

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

amother

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 11:22 am

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.

abaker

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 11:41 am

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

amother

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 11:45 am

breast milk prevents infection when squirted into an eye? plz explain

MaBelleVie

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 12:17 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.

smss

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 12:33 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.

rising hero

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 5:45 pm

Massage it with your pinky eventually it'll clear up.

syrima

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 7:34 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!

IMHopinion

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 8:14 pm

Massage, massage, massage!

amother

Wed, Dec 17 2014, 8:26 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.

abaker

Thu, Jan 22 2015, 9:01 am

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!

musicmom

Thu, Jan 22 2015, 9:07 am

warm washcloth compress

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