What to do if your baby has a cough and runny nose

Babies have weak constitutions and poor resistance to diseases. When babies have a cough and runny nose, you can apply hot compresses to their foreheads and noses to relieve the symptoms. You can also give them a steam bath to relieve the cough and runny nose. You can also give them more boiled water, salt-steamed orange juice, and Sichuan Fritillary Stewed Pears to relieve and treat the symptoms.

Many babies will have symptoms of coughing and runny nose. At this time, parents are very anxious and wish they could take the place of their weak babies to bear the pain of the disease. When babies cough and have runny noses, parents don’t need to worry too much. We have many ways to relieve and treat them. Now, let’s take a closer look!
1. Apply hot compress: When the baby has a cough and runny nose, you can apply hot compress to relieve it. When the baby has a cough and runny nose, parents can soak a towel in hot water, wring it dry, and apply hot compress on the baby's forehead or nose. If the baby does not cooperate, you can wait until the baby falls asleep. This can effectively relieve the symptoms of the baby's cough and runny nose.
2. Steam bath: When babies have a cough and runny nose, they can take a steam bath to relieve the symptoms. Parents should first go to the bathroom and turn on the hot water so that the whole room is filled with steam. Then carry the baby to the bathroom and let the baby stay there for about 10 minutes. You can also give the baby a hot bath. This can effectively relieve the symptoms of a baby's cough and runny nose.
3. Drink more boiled water: When babies have a cough and runny nose, you can give them more boiled water to relieve the symptoms. Drinking more boiled water can increase the baby's urine. This will also expel the virus from the body during urination, thereby alleviating the baby's cough and runny nose.
4. Diet therapy: When babies have a runny nose due to coughing, you can also use diet therapy to relieve it. For example, steam oranges with salt and feed the water after steaming to the baby. You can also stew snow pears with Sichuan Fritillaria and give the stewed soup to the baby. You can feed the baby a small amount of food multiple times, which can also help treat cough and runny nose.
When babies have a cough and runny nose, the four methods described above can be used to effectively relieve and treat them. If the situation is serious, you must see a doctor in time and let the doctor prescribe some medicine according to the specific situation of the baby to prevent it from causing more harm to the baby's body.