Question for Moms

carryl

Isabella has a lot of eye gunk today. She woke up that way and I cleaned it off with a wet facecloth, but it has continued all day. Around her eyes are a little red but maybe from me wiping them. Should I be worried? She goes in for 4 month appointment Wednesday.

mrs.magoo

It sounds like it could be a blocked tear duck...Austin had one early on and I just had to massage it all the time and it cleared up - but I would still call the pedi to make sure - is there and on call nurse you could call today?

EastCoastFamily

sounds like pink eye.  i would call the ped.

aparadis1013

EastCoastFamily:

sounds like pink eye.  i would call the ped.

I agree

carryl

Thanks for the advice, I called the ped and they said to bring her in first thing in the am and if she gets fever or eye swell shut to take her to ER. They told me to clean them with cotton balls and water and try hot compresses tonight.

WideSmileMama

One virus that Caroline got (from Jakob) this past winter caused her to have some goop in her eyes....it was weird!  I brought her to the pedi and he said that it wasn't anything to be concerned about and that it would go away with the virus.  She also had a little cough and runny nose at the same time.

I was concerned about conjunctivitis, though, because little ones seem to get that so easily!  I might call your pedi and have them take a look if you are at all concerned.....just in case!

nrkloveswrk

mrs.magoo:

It sounds like it could be a blocked tear duck...Austin had one early on and I just had to massage it all the time and it cleared up - but I would still call the pedi to make sure - is there and on call nurse you could call today?

I agree with Lisa...Mason had that when he was a neworn.  If the eye itself isn't red I wouldn't worry about pink eye.  Definitely follow your pedi's advice though.  We just used a warm cloth to wipe his eye and it went away after a day or two...Good luck!

harvest-wed

Poor Isabella, hope everything is OK tomorrow!!

PenguinGirl06

Ben had a blocked tear duct from birth until the day his first tooth popped in. ?I think it bothered me more than him. ?I hope that's all it is and that Isabella doesn't have pink eye or something! ?Please let us know how the doc goes..

sassylassy

Connor also had a blocked tear duct and we were told to massage it a few times a day and it went away.  Sometimes it came back but we would just do the same and I havent seen it in a couple of months!

GL