Six month old baby snoring

Most six-month-old babies are still breastfed, but some have already added various complementary foods. In addition, when their mothers have time to go to work, some are fed with milk powder and complementary foods, but special attention is also paid to the child's physical development to avoid the occurrence of diseases. Some parents have found that their six-month-old baby has snoring throats. What’s going on? In addition to giving your child more water and observing the condition, it is best to seek medical attention immediately.

1. Drinking water - keep your throat moist

When the baby has phlegm in his throat, mothers should make sure that the child drinks more water. On the one hand, drinking water can moisturize the throat and relieve throat discomfort. On the other hand, water can dilute the phlegm and help the child cough up the phlegm more easily. In addition, the body's metabolism is also inseparable from water. If children drink more warm boiled water, it can enhance the body's metabolism and be more conducive to the recovery of the disease.

For children who cough, the insensible water loss through the respiratory tract will be very high, and the airway will be relatively dehydrated, which can aggravate respiratory inflammation and the viscosity of secretions, making them difficult to cough out. Let the child drink more water, especially cold boiled water at about 23°C, which has a good moisturizing and physical therapeutic effect on the throat. Drinking more cold boiled water can dilute the viscous secretions, making them easier to cough out, which is beneficial for relieving cough and expectoration, and eliminating local inflammation. At the same time, cold boiled water can improve blood circulation, so that waste or toxins produced by the body's metabolism can be quickly excreted from the urine, thereby reducing its irritation to the respiratory tract.

2. Patting the back: an emergency measure when you can’t cough up phlegm

After each feeding or when the baby has heavy phlegm when breathing, pat the baby's back appropriately to help the baby expectorate. The correct way to pat the back is to bend your fingers together to make your palm hollow, then let the baby lie on his side or the parent can hold the baby, and use the hollow palm to pat the baby's back from top to bottom and from outside to inside. When patting, control the strength and feel a slight vibration. Repeat this patting for about three minutes.

When the child is coughing, let the child lie on his side or hold him in the position where he lies on his side. The parent slightly bends the five fingers of one hand, makes a fist, and gently pats the child's chest, sides and back. Pat your left side and lie on your left side, alternating between the two sides. The force of the slapping should not be too great, and it should be done from top to bottom and from outside to inside, in sequence. Pat each side for at least 3-5 minutes, 2-3 times a day. The back-patting method can not only loosen the phlegm in the child's lungs and bronchi, drain it into the trachea and discharge it, but also promote blood circulation in the heart and lungs, which is beneficial to the absorption of bronchial inflammation and enables early recovery from the disease.

3. Steam therapy - a good physical therapy

When your baby has phlegm in his throat, you can use hot steam inhalation to thin the thick phlegm and help it be discharged. The specific method is: pour hot water into a cup, let the child keep inhaling with his mouth and nose facing the cup mouth, when the water gets cold, change it to boiling water, and continue for about 15-20 minutes, then it will be easier to cough up the phlegm. Of course, be careful not to burn your child. Parents can also place a humidifier in their child’s room to moisten the air and help eliminate phlegm.

Pour boiling water into a large pot or teacup, hold the child, and let his mouth and nose face the rising steam and inhale and exhale. This can thin the phlegm and facilitate coughing up, and can also reduce congestion and edema of the trachea and bronchial mucosa and reduce coughing. But be careful to avoid burns and accidents.