My baby cried with tears for the first time, but I'm afraid that the tears are from an infection.

My baby woke up with some snot around his nose and on his cheeks from rubbing it with his hands. He also had tears from one eye, which has never happened before (he's five months). The tears were watery and I didn't notice any pus or redness at the time. He isn't running a temperature. Does it sound like it could be infected? Or are these just his first tears?
a BabyCenter member
Asked 1/16/10
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Mom Answers (2)
sounds like just tears, wouldn't woory about it unless there was something else with it
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First tears. The snot was from the crying. Just like when an adult cries and their nose gets runny. The difference it the we can blow/wipe it away and a baby just kind of rubs it around.
Answered 1/19/10
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