BM and eye infection

[Nadine216]

Agree with Rosehip, bm work wonders. Clean out the eye (I'll say twice a day) with a cotton square and luke warm boiled water from the inside corner of the eye to the outside. Use one square per wipe. If the gunk is alot, you'll have loads of "dirty" squares, but don't use one twice!! Then gently drop in some ebm. It's hard but try getting it IN the eye, instead of just on the lid, kwim??

Goodluck

[Ozziehoffy]

Yep, it sure does work! Oskar had gunky eyes a few times early on and even had a bit not so long ago. Mind you getting him to lay still these days is a lot harder..lol. I actually used to just squirt it straight into his eye from my boob. I would feed him first cos then the milk came out easier. I used to do it every feed so he was getting heaps and it used to clear within a couple of days. You can actually also use normal cows milk as it carries similar antibodies, although I'd try to BM first

[Marlene]

I used BM in my sons eye when he had gunky eyes at 6 weeks old, works wonders, cleared up in about a week. I cleaned the gunk off the eye with saline solution first.

[aussienic]

I used to express into a cotton ball and wipe the eye that way.. Alwats worked within a day or so..