Breastmilk for Pinkeye

Hi, all! This last week has been tough for us; DH & I both fought off
a cold bug, but my DD did NOT. She came down with a cold, and had the
nighttime Croupy cough to go with it...we saw the Ped, and she said
it's going around, not to worry, and just to make sure she rested &
got plenty of fluids. Well, I've been taking Mother's Milk Tea &
eating more oatmeal lately to boost my supply, so the "get plenty of
fluids" part wasn't tough for DD - but trying to get a 2 yr old to
rest...Sadly, she felt crappy so she WANTED to rest!!

The Ped also noticed one eye was reddish...we knew it had been
tearing like crazy, but she was sneezing a lot and we thought it was
all related to the cold. Ped says DD has pinkeye, and goes to get me
meds for it. I asked her if I HAD to use the meds, as I'd rather try
Breastmilk - had she heard anything in regards to the efficacy of
said treatment? She hadn't, and was slightly suprised at my
suggestion. She gave me free samples of the eye med, just in case,
and told me good luck with whatever I wanted to do. I LOVE MY PED
OFFICE!!!

So - I wondered, has anyone else here tried the remedy? I have, and
I'm here to say IT WORKS!! All I did was (actually, I'm still doing
it - will for the greater part of this coming week, just to be sure)
express some breastmilk, then use an extra medicine dropper we had
around to put a few drops in her eye a few times a day. The eye
stopped tearing that night, and as of today isn't red/pink anymore -
I'm thrilled!!

:-)

Corinne
APMomma to Brighid, 06/23/01

--
"Since AP parents are accused of "spoiling" their children with
responsiveness, love, understanding, patience, positive interaction,
intimacy and closeness, respect, and value - I have decided that spoiling
ROCKS! Teaching my child that she ALWAYS deserves all of the above is the
right thing to do, and I plan to own my spoiling ways. Baby Spoilers Unite!"
--Jessica, iVillage AP board

If you're coordinated enough, you can actually squirt some milk in her eye
from the source, thereby eliminating the need to clean a dropper. I did that
a few times for DD's tiny eye infection and it was much easier. Plus, it's a
tighter stream so more ended up in her eye and less on the rest of her face.

--
Melissa (in Los Angeles)
Mum to Elizabeth 4/13/03

"Corinne" wrote in message
news:VgkZa.109814$Ho3.14371@sccrnsc03...
Hi, all! This last week has been tough for us; DH & I both fought off
a cold bug, but my DD did NOT. She came down with a cold, and had the
nighttime Croupy cough to go with it...we saw the Ped, and she said
it's going around, not to worry, and just to make sure she rested &
got plenty of fluids. Well, I've been taking Mother's Milk Tea &
eating more oatmeal lately to boost my supply, so the "get plenty of
fluids" part wasn't tough for DD - but trying to get a 2 yr old to
rest...Sadly, she felt crappy so she WANTED to rest!!

The Ped also noticed one eye was reddish...we knew it had been
tearing like crazy, but she was sneezing a lot and we thought it was
all related to the cold. Ped says DD has pinkeye, and goes to get me
meds for it. I asked her if I HAD to use the meds, as I'd rather try
Breastmilk - had she heard anything in regards to the efficacy of
said treatment? She hadn't, and was slightly suprised at my
suggestion. She gave me free samples of the eye med, just in case,
and told me good luck with whatever I wanted to do. I LOVE MY PED
OFFICE!!!

So - I wondered, has anyone else here tried the remedy? I have, and
I'm here to say IT WORKS!! All I did was (actually, I'm still doing
it - will for the greater part of this coming week, just to be sure)
express some breastmilk, then use an extra medicine dropper we had
around to put a few drops in her eye a few times a day. The eye
stopped tearing that night, and as of today isn't red/pink anymore -
I'm thrilled!!

:-)

Corinne
APMomma to Brighid, 06/23/01

--
"Since AP parents are accused of "spoiling" their children with
responsiveness, love, understanding, patience, positive interaction,
intimacy and closeness, respect, and value - I have decided that spoiling
ROCKS! Teaching my child that she ALWAYS deserves all of the above is the
right thing to do, and I plan to own my spoiling ways. Baby Spoilers
Unite!"
--Jessica, iVillage AP board

"Melissa" wrote in message
news:9BtZa.113787$uu5.16436@sccrnsc04...
If you're coordinated enough, you can actually squirt some milk in her eye
from the source, thereby eliminating the need to clean a dropper. I did
that
a few times for DD's tiny eye infection and it was much easier. Plus, it's
a
tighter stream so more ended up in her eye and less on the rest of her
face.

--
Melissa (in Los Angeles)
Mum to Elizabeth 4/13/03


"If You're Coordinated Enough" being the key phrase there - Nope, and Nope.
I don't "spray" anyway, I just drip. :-) But thanks!!

Corinne

--
"Since AP parents are accused of "spoiling" their children with
responsiveness, love, understanding, patience, positive interaction,
intimacy and closeness, respect, and value - I have decided that spoiling
ROCKS! Teaching my child that she ALWAYS deserves all of the above is the
right thing to do, and I plan to own my spoiling ways. Baby Spoilers Unite!"
--Jessica, iVillage AP board

Doesn't it burn? Has anyone tried putting it into there own eye to make
sure? I just remember getting it into a cut and it burned.
Kris
"Corinne" wrote in message
news:VgkZa.109814$Ho3.14371@sccrnsc03...
Hi, all! This last week has been tough for us; DH & I both fought off
a cold bug, but my DD did NOT. She came down with a cold, and had the
nighttime Croupy cough to go with it...we saw the Ped, and she said
it's going around, not to worry, and just to make sure she rested &
got plenty of fluids. Well, I've been taking Mother's Milk Tea &
eating more oatmeal lately to boost my supply, so the "get plenty of
fluids" part wasn't tough for DD - but trying to get a 2 yr old to
rest...Sadly, she felt crappy so she WANTED to rest!!

The Ped also noticed one eye was reddish...we knew it had been
tearing like crazy, but she was sneezing a lot and we thought it was
all related to the cold. Ped says DD has pinkeye, and goes to get me
meds for it. I asked her if I HAD to use the meds, as I'd rather try
Breastmilk - had she heard anything in regards to the efficacy of
said treatment? She hadn't, and was slightly suprised at my
suggestion. She gave me free samples of the eye med, just in case,
and told me good luck with whatever I wanted to do. I LOVE MY PED
OFFICE!!!

So - I wondered, has anyone else here tried the remedy? I have, and
I'm here to say IT WORKS!! All I did was (actually, I'm still doing
it - will for the greater part of this coming week, just to be sure)
express some breastmilk, then use an extra medicine dropper we had
around to put a few drops in her eye a few times a day. The eye
stopped tearing that night, and as of today isn't red/pink anymore -
I'm thrilled!!

:-)

Corinne
APMomma to Brighid, 06/23/01

--
"Since AP parents are accused of "spoiling" their children with
responsiveness, love, understanding, patience, positive interaction,
intimacy and closeness, respect, and value - I have decided that spoiling
ROCKS! Teaching my child that she ALWAYS deserves all of the above is the
right thing to do, and I plan to own my spoiling ways. Baby Spoilers
Unite!"
--Jessica, iVillage AP board

Nope, no burning here - is it possible you got something else in your cut,
along WITH the BM, that might've made it burn? I've put BM on my daughter's
cuts & scrapes since she started GETTING cuts & scrapes, and she's never
said Boo to it...and believe me, if it hurt/stung/burned, she'd've been off
like a shot!! :-)

Corinne