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How to Remove Stuff From Baby's Eyes?

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Alyvia has a hair or eyelash or something in her eye. It doesn't seem to be bothering her, but I really don't want it in there! Should I just leave it, or is there a safe way to get it out, like saline drops? Argh it's bugging me... Neutral


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replied November 11th, 2006
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Saline? I dont think salt water goes in the eyes! That would be painful!! Saline is for boogies!
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replied November 11th, 2006
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Aren't eye drops made from saline? Confused
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replied November 11th, 2006
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Oh..Hmmm, I think eye drops is made of just sterile water? I cant imagine there would be sodium chloride in eye drops.... I dunno.
But yea I guess you could use eye drops, I thought u meant the nose stuff for her eye lol!
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replied November 11th, 2006
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Lmao Wink

i don't see the hair anymore, I think she might have flushed it out already. But I think .I'll ask her pedi about using eyedrops on her if it happens again. I don't want to do something that might hurt her.
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replied November 11th, 2006
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I don't know about for babies but steve wears contact lenses and the eye wash solution he has is labelled as sterile saline.

Usually you can remove a hair or lash with the corner of a dampened tissue.
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replied November 11th, 2006
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Hey! Ya I notice like little hairs in landon's eyes too sometimes, but they dont seem to water or bug him I try to get them out but the little bugger closes his eyes so fast lol.
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Oni has had that. I don't worry about it though.

Unless her eye gets puffy and irritated, I wouldn't mess with it.

I mean, who really like to be poked in the eye!! Hahahahha, and I personlly *hate* eye drops. I can only imagine how bad .Nana would hate them!!

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replied November 11th, 2006
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Oh, the poor girl gets water in her eyes every time I bathe her. I try so hard to keep it out of her eyes when I rinse her hair (or head, I guess, lol) but some always manages to get in there.

I don't think she'd appreciate me prying her eyelids open and sticking tissue in her eyes though. Shocked
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