Yeah I did the same with breastmilk or just went it needed cleaning. My son is 3 months and still has a gunky eye but we have found out he has a blocked tear duct. The eye specialist said 99% of the time they open up by themselves.
Ahh eva suffered on and off from gunky eyes for months (blocked tear duct).
I used to collect breast milk in a cup and then use a cotton ball to wipe it over her eye... then I realised a few weeks later, why do that when I can just squirt it straight in? LOL
I would do it every 3-4 hours, depending on how the eye was looking. Sometimes this was enough to manage it, and the gunk would clear up, but on some occasions I did have to go to the Drs for a script of antibiotic eye drops.
You can also make your own saline solution using sterilised warmish boiled water, and salt added to wipe over the eye (starting at the inner corner, then to the outside).
Goodluck, hope it clears soon!
I have been squirting it in, makes it looks worse for a while but im hoping it clears it up. My girls never had it this long and certainly not from birth!
My ds still has a gunky eye and he's 6 months old i constantly clean it and squirt bm on it but still has not cleared up hopefully it will clear by itself soon.
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