Ok, so I have read the conjunctivitis threads but am I doing this right...

[tk1999]

Thanks ladies!!

[tk1999]

I am thinking maybe it is not conjunctivitis... DD has no gunk this morning - she had a gunky crusty bit where 'sleep' would normally be and her eyelashes had some gunk crust in it but no more gunk since she woke...

I have squirted it when we woke and again since then.

Would it go away this quickly? Could it just have been something in her eye?

It was a pink yesterday and swollen... today it is only slightly pink and still a tad swollen and my last question (well for this post anyway LOL) is do I have to take her to a doctor? or will BM be enough to clean it with?

[~Kim~]

she might have a bit of a blocked duct. This is what Nate has and it's especially bad when his nose is snotty.

[tk1999]

I have been massaging the area to the left of her nose and near the corner of her eye in case it was a blocked tear duct - her nose hasn't been overly snotty... she did have some dried mucus in there but it hasn't been runny or anything like that

The swelling seems mainly to be on the eyelid... her dad gets gunky eyes due to hayfever and I am now wondering if she will also get it... there was a bit of pollen around yesterday and we were outside at my friends house

Argh... I never realised that figuring out what is wrong could/would be so hard

[Saffi]

tk - we had the same thing with Immi and Dr thought was a blocked tear duct. With the recent dust storms there is a lot of stuff in the air. Just keep doing what you have been and if it doesn't clear soon go to the Dr for some drops.

[Snacks]

Could be a blocked duct or could be that she gave her eye a little scratch and it got a bit inflamed. When they rub their eyes so much it's easy for the eye to get a little scratch on it.
Glad it is looking better at any rate!

[tk1999]

Hi everyone - another eye question from me... the gunk went away for a few days and the eye was clear but she had a little bit of gunk when she woke up from a sleep. So I stopped squirting every few hours and only squirted if there was gunk that needed softening before we could wipe it away.

But this morning when she woke up the gunk was right across her eyelid - she was able to open the eye herself and then I squirted BM into her eye to soften up other parts and then wiped it clear...

Should I return to the every feed squirt or should I take her to a doctor for some drops?