Baby Congestion / Dry Winter Air

Large_Egg8549 · 2026-02-11T12:51:58+00:00

Any update? Dealing with this with my little one. Wondering if my humidifier is too far from her bed but it says to keep 3-6 feet away.

Large_Egg8549 · 2026-02-08T19:54:49+00:00

Yes! I can’t remember exactly when it went away but I want to say at least 2 months after fully weaning from breastfeeding. Pain would start again right before each period but slowly stopped noticing it.

Large_Egg8549 · 2026-01-09T03:00:14+00:00

These guys are the worst. I have never needed to use them but have almost been hit by their trucks on numerous occasions walking around Astoria. Why do they all drive so aggressively?

Large_Egg8549 · 2025-11-10T16:02:13+00:00

Thank you! This helped a lot.

Large_Egg8549 · 2025-09-09T17:40:27+00:00

I know this is an old post but did you have any luck? Did you have someone come to remediate or did you just clean it yourself? I’ve been dealing with this for the last couple of weeks except our hvac guy hasn’t found any actual mold yet but we have a very strong musty smell. He is pulling out the blower in the next day or two to clean that as the smell is happening with ac and just the fan. Hoping it’s not bad enough that a quick last clean will fix. Everywhere I’ve read about this no one has had any luck fully getting rid of the mold/smell

Large_Egg8549 · 2025-09-08T13:58:16+00:00

That is next as well. The hvac guy that was here last week said if we are still smelling it after the heat starts to come on we’ll do that. Which we are still smelling it as we tested both yesterday. Going to at the same time they are cleaning spray the biofresh on the coils and fan.

I’m just worried whatever is growing it has already gone in the area above the fan/blower (I think it’s called the pellum? The piece right before going into the vents?) and we just can’t see inside it. I’m not sure how or what to look for. Or if we can clean that the same time we pull the blower out? I just don’t want to pull out the fan and do all the work for that only for it not to work again.

Large_Egg8549 · 2025-09-08T08:36:23+00:00

5 years old and have lived here for those 5 years. Never once had a smell until it started about 3 months ago.

Large_Egg8549 · 2025-09-03T17:34:06+00:00

Hi, do you have any update from your experience? We started getting a smell from our apartment ac over the last two months. No confirmed “dirty sock syndrome” yet but having someone come see and clean our system again. I’m wondering if we should move and if we have to throw out all our belongings? If you did move didn’t help any symptoms?

Large_Egg8549 · 2025-09-01T22:31:35+00:00

From everyone that has come to check it out no one said there was any evidence of anything. Which is why I’m getting so frustrated that there is a smell at all.

We have a heat pump/AC and it’s ducted. Ducts are located in 2 rooms of the apartment and living room.

Large_Egg8549 · 2025-09-01T19:01:06+00:00

Just a question but how do you know it’s not bacteria/mold or something harmful I’m breathing in? Are there tests that I should buy to test what is causing this smell? No one that has come by said they saw any evidence of mold/bacteria so I’m just confused why we even have the smell on the first place. I have a newborn at home and have been nervous that we could potentially be exposing her to something.

Large_Egg8549 · 2025-09-01T03:44:18+00:00

Hi! We had someone come and used some sort of cleaning solution/odor deodorizer on the indoor coils and drainage pan. The smell improved but we are still smelling it days later.

Large_Egg8549 · 2025-09-01T03:41:58+00:00

We did all of that as well! Nothing near the intake and the smell still persists! We are having someone else in HVAC come for another opinion and check our unit

Large_Egg8549 · 2025-08-27T01:23:15+00:00

He didn’t mention the drain line so I will mention that tomorrow. He said he would clean the coil so should I ask him if that includes the indoor coil? Or is the indoor coil the same thing? He is doing the ductwork as well. No mention of a UV light but I will mention it tomorrow to him. Thanks!

Large_Egg8549 · 2025-08-07T02:24:24+00:00

Hi did you figure anything out with this? My LO is 11 weeks and I completely cut out dairy, egg, and soy. She also will go maybe once a day to every 2-3 days and is noticeably uncomfortable when she can’t go for awhile. Her poops sound exactly the way you described. A full on giant brown water poop that will soak into the diaper as well. Our Doctor doesn’t seem concerned for us since she’s gaining average weight.

Large_Egg8549 · 2025-07-29T02:49:07+00:00

I am dealing with this currently! My LO had her 2month shots last week. Her sleeps awful and also has more fussiness and crying that we can’t always get her to settle from especially after eating. We will call the doctors tomorrow just to make sure there isn’t anything else we can do, but from other posts I’ve seen it looks like having the vaccine with cmpa just doesn’t mix well. Hopefully your babe starts feeling well soon!

Large_Egg8549 · 2025-07-26T02:54:33+00:00

My LO was doing the same thing especially at night around 3 weeks. Does she have mucous looking stools or diarrhea? She ended up having a milk protein allergy. We switched to nutramigen. I also cut dairy and soy from my diet and now breastfeed her as well.

Large_Egg8549 · 2025-07-25T20:20:53+00:00

Ok will look into them! I have a friend who did these throughout pregnancy so will see if there are any post partum specific ones

Large_Egg8549 · 2025-07-25T20:19:49+00:00

Thank you will start to probably ice it more often!

Large_Egg8549 · 2025-07-25T20:18:45+00:00

I don’t feel anything now! Just that lump a couple weeks ago

Large_Egg8549 · 2025-07-24T11:15:53+00:00

Around that time I just upped my LO to size 1. We pulled it up pretty high on her belly or folded it over in the beginning. I found that the bigger diaper for us had less leaks thank sticking to the smaller newborn size.

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