Baby Vicks On Newborn Feet

I have been reading all sorts of articles all night and have been asking lots of other moms on fb and my own friends.

Baby vicks on newborn feet.

It could be the vicks clearing their nose it could be that i m massaging their feet and hitting some sort of pressure points that s activating their immune systems i ve read this is the reason it works it could all be some crazy coincidence. Even if you place your baby in a. The most recurring remedy i keep hearing is to rub the baby vick s on the bottom of his feet and cover with socks. Smooth a small amount of vicks baby rub onto your baby s feet before he or she goes to sleep.

You could try special nonmedicated rub for babies 3 months and older. But rubin said some parents may still choose to use it for a sick child usually by rubbing the salve on the feet. The active ingredients can help suppress a cough and clear a person s airways. Vicks vaporub is a medicated ointment containing camphor eucalyptus oil and menthol.

Can be used as needed on babies 3 months and older. Vicks babyrub is a non medicated formula that contains fragrances of eucalyptus rosemary and lavender. Here are the steps. Vicks vaporub may help ease cold symptoms like nose and sinus congestion when used on the chest and throat.

I did try it on lo s feet it worked a bit but we also did the garlic oil on feet too and that worked as well. If your baby is under the age of 2 you should never apply vicks to their chest nose feet or elsewhere. The blend is dubbed. Put your baby in his or.

Though vicks states on its. Yes only use the baby rub the regular contains camphor menthol where as the baby version only contains aloe extract eucalyptus oil lavender oil and rosemary oil. We use baby vicks on the kids and like you said apply it to the bottoms of their feet before bed under socks. We recommend vicks vaporub be used according to package instructions which is to rub a thick layer on the throat and chest for cough suppression in adults and children 2 years and over.

It will likely not work to help ease cold symptoms when used on the feet. Combined with your loving touch it is perfect to calm soothe and relax your baby. Take a pair of old baby socks and cover the feet to keep the rub intact.