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Six weeks is another quite critical time in life with a baby. In South Africa it is presently the time when immunisation commences and when snuffles, blocked noses and colds first appear. Baby is due for another growth spurt, which you should approach as for the three-week spurt. You might be feeling quite tired after six weeks of the hardest work a woman will ever do, and at the same time might feel that time with Baby is running out as your maternity leave progresses.

Excess mucus underlies most of the minor and many of the more serious common childhood complaints, and babies and small children are more prone to this.