@irispixies: My pedi just fussed at me last week for giving Benadryl to my 3 month old. She was so stuffy, she could barely breathe and couldn't get good sleep. I started by giving her 1/4 tsp., then increased it to 2 ml on the next dose because 1/4 tsp wasn't effective.My 2nd to youngest is 6, and 6 years ago, they said that Benadryl is the safest thing for infants. But information is always changing.After talking to my pedi, this is what I started doing. Boogie Mist or simply saline mist - so easy to get in her nose. It's on the baby aisle. I'm sure you have a bulb syringe / nasal aspirator. Use that to suck out the snot after a few seconds or a minute of the saline working in the nose to loosen things. Hold one nostril closed, like you would when you blow your own nose. My baby is so squirmy and she hates this process, but afterward she's much happier. And I ordered an aspirator on Amazon that is even more effective.
www.amazon.com/Nosef rida-The-Snotsucker- Nasal-Aspirator/dp/B 00171WXII/ref=s also gave her a bath in Johnson's Vapor Bath. Then put BABY vapor rub on her chest and on her feet with socks at night. But another poster said vapor rub on the chest isn't safe until 2 years.In addition to all this, you could get a wedge for her crib, so she can sleep with her head elevated. Mine is still young enough that I can put her in the bouncer seat and she won't roll out.Good luck to you, and I pray your baby starts to feel better soon. 4951