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jo&sam · December 2011

When Elizabeth woke up for the early morning feeding her right eye was crusted with goop. At the next feeding 4 hours later it wasn't golly, but the eye is watering some. How long would you wait before you call the dr?

EmmaBrooke · December 2011

Sawyer had one goopy eye until he was almost 5 months old. It was from a clogged tear duct that eventually opened on its own, and his doctor wasn't concerned about it at all, and said they wouldn't even consider a procedure to clear the duct until he was as least a year old. It was always goopy and sometimes yellowish, and a lot of times in the morning it was completely crusted over (so gross). It started when he was a couple of weeks old, and it never seemed to bother him. It was annoying & we had to wipe it constantly to stop it from crusting, but apparently it's really common.

If you're concerned that it might be something different, I would call just to put your mind at ease since it's always better safe than sorry. In the meantime, massaging the inner corner of the eye with a warm, wet washcloth compress can help to open the duct, but it might just be something that will take time to open on its own. Here is some more info:

http://childrenshospital.org/views/june06/blocked_tear_ducts.html
http://www.justmommies.com/articles/blocked-tear-duct.shtml

katiedom · December 2011

I agree with Emma. Jack had the same thing for several weeks. The dr told me to massage his tear duct everyday and to wipe his eye with a warm, wet washcloth.

Lisa and Mickey · December 2011

Yup- I agree too!

MrsG.060708 · December 2011

Agree with the others! Tessa had it for about a month. I tried to massage it as often as I could remember and it eventually cleared up on its own.

heatherkj · December 2011

I had totally forgotten about this until you mentioned it, but Nora had this, too. Like the others said, it was a clogged tear duct. Hers did end up getting infected at one point--I think she was like 3 weeks old--and we had to use antibiotic ointment for a few days. But otherwise, the goop was completely normal and we were just told to keep wiping it away and massaging the duct. It did go away on its own.

jo&sam · December 2011

Thanks for all the replies! I wasn't too worried about it yet, but just wanted to check. I feel like I have a tendency to downplay things because I don't want to be "that' mom that calls the dr for everything!

Jennrs · December 2011

Are yo ustill producing any breastmilk? If so, try squeezing some breastmilk in her eye -- it works wonders for clogged tear ducts!

ColleenS629 · December 2011

Ryan has that with his right eye. Our pedi says the same as PPs.

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