Natural Allergy Relief for 3 Yr Old

His body is still deciding if he's going to have allergies or not so allergy testing won't be too helpful even if you could find someone to do it at 3. Give him half a dose and see if that still works. I always go easy when treating the kids. I use less if at all possible.

Almost every allergy med dries the kids out and they start getting worse or starting other behaviors or illnesses as a result of being to dry.

If there are no other allergies symptoms such as sneezing, watery eyes or runny nose I would wonder if it is the plants and not something else that is just causeing an itch or maybe he has dry skin on his nose? Just a thought always good to look at all sources. Maybe try using lotion on his nose to see if that doesnt help over time.

If it is pollen allergies you could try giving him locally produced honey. I would definitely take him to an allergist. It would be helpful to know what you are dealing with.

I dont have any ideas for instant relief, but for a long term approach, try local honey. My daughters allergy doc had me buy local honey from the farmers market and sneak it into everything my daughter ate growing up. Allergy shots are tiny doses of the allergen that your body slowly gets used to over time so it stops seeing it as an alien invader and attacking it. That's what the allergy is - your body trying to fight off this invader. Local bees go gather local pollen and make honey out of it. Ingesting that honey is like getting an allergy shot - it helps your body learn to recognize it as friendly and no need to fight it.

For seasonal plant allergies, there's no instant fix except pharmaceuticals. Here are some ideas for natural relief:
netti pot
shower at night to rinse off pollen
start eating local (as local to you as possible) and RAW (make sure it's actually raw and unheated) honey in the fall to prepare the body for spring allergies
mix honey and turmeric together and take a few doses a day. Turmeric is an anti-inflammatory
NETTLES. Start taking some nettle tea daily in the winter. For faster relief, get some freeze dried nettles now, though taking pills that young is probably hard.
Good luck!

When my daughter was 4 she'd have coughing fits for a week about every six weeks for a year and a half. I thought she had asthma but the doc said she had allergies and it was from a runny nose. They gave her flonaise and I only had to give it to her twice and she never had the issue again. I wouldn't recommend those types of drugs but it helped her. Maybe you can try a natural nose spray too. "little noses" etc. Good luck!

Try a cold mist humidifier for his bedroom at night. You don't have to run it all day, just start it at least an hour before bedtime. It makes the air much pleasanter to breathe. Do be sure it's "cool mist" and not warm mist as the latter makes the air too hot and humid and doesn't help as much.

A good humidifier brand is Holmes.

go to coliryan.com and search for ultimate aloe or OPC3. Either one will help tremendously. OPC3 is probably the better choice for allergies. Just make sure it's the kids version. :)

You might want to get an air purifier for his room. That and check for dust under or around his bed. I know my daughter gets an itchy nose if there is dust around.

Did you change detergent brands. Perhaps him rubbing his face on his pillow case is causing it. Just a thought.

It seems that it may have to do with something in his room considering he's waking up to an itchy nose and not when he goes out to play.