He has had a runny nose for about 4-5 days now, a sore and hoarse throat for about 3 days, and started getting a little cough yesterday. He also stopped taking his feeds like he was yesterday. He was taking 4oz every 4 hours, now he is only taking 2oz every 3-4 hours.
I called his pediatrician yesterday and she told me to give him saline nasal drops and then suck it out with his booger sucker. However, nothing is coming out. It's all down in his throat and chest. I can tell he is having trouble breathing through it, and she said that is probably why he is not taking his feeds (because he is sucking alot of air in and not the formula).
After trying the saline nasal drops he isn't getting any better. He is still only taking 2oz every 3-4 hours (although with his last feed I got him to take almost 1oz of water about 15 minutes afterwards).
She told us she doesn't want us giving him any infant tylenol or anything as he is still so young. So does anyone know anything I can do to help him? He sounds so bad.
