mucus in infants nose
Why wont my 2 month old go to sleep for more than 10 minutes at a time?
I have a 2 month old baby and usually he’s a very good sleeper once we get him comfortable enough to fall asleep. But in the last 2 days he hasn’t been able to sleep for more than 10 minutes at a time before waking up and falling back asleep for another 10 minutes. It’s starting to really worry me. He’s been sick with a cold for about 17 days, has mucus in his chest, snot in his nose which we’ve been sucking out with an aspirator, and we use a cool mist humidifier in his room. I’m out of options… I am considering taking him to the ER just to make sure he doesn’t have some kind of virus or infection from the cold… even though he hasn’t run a fever. How long can babies go without proper sleep? I thought infants needed almost 16 hours of sleep a day and he’s maybe getting 2-3 at the most. He hasn’t been sound asleep, like heavy sleep, in almost 3 days… any advice would be great!
it’s probably just a side effect of being sick. before bed time give him a nice, warm bath and try to suck most of the mucus out. you may consider giving him a little tylenol to relax him. also try some baby vix on his chest and dress him in warm clothing.
you will probably notice that once the illness is gone, he will go back to sleeping normally.
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