When my son got a 'sticky eye' not long after birth i had a health care assistant who was helping me breastfeed. she gave me the best piece of advice for sticky eye!!!
She advised me to express off a little milk and then dowse a bit of cotton wool in your breast milk, use this to clean out your babies eye. Remember to use a seperate piece of cooton wool every time u wipe the eye. All the goodness of your your milk fights any infection in the eye.
I was a little shocked when she advised me this, but it really does work his eye had cleaned up from the afternoon to the evening...its magic!!
Good luck x x x
Conjunctivitis (or Pinkeye)
Conjunctivitis is a pretty common childhood illness as it’s highly infectious and easily spread between children playing in close proximity to each other. It can be caused by a virus (likely if your baby is also exhibiting cold symptoms) bacteria or the type of allergens that trigger allergic reactions such as hayfever.
The symptoms include red, itchy eyes; they may also appear swollen. If the cause of the condition is bacterial, you may notice a sticky yellowish-green disc . . .
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I did this to but as eye drops! Squeezed 2 drops into eye straight from the breast and it was all better by morning - Amazing!
When my son got a 'sticky eye' not long after birth i had a health care assistant who was helping me breastfeed. she gave me the best piece of advice for sticky eye!!!
She advised me to express off a little milk and then dowse a bit of cotton wool in your breast milk, use this to clean out your babies eye. Remember to use a seperate piece of cooton wool every time u wipe the eye. All the goodness of your your milk fights any infection in the eye.
I was a little shocked when she advised me this, but it really does work his eye had cleaned up from the afternoon to the evening...its magic!!
Good luck x x x
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