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Can u recommend the best nasal mucus sucker device?

15 replies

Taler · 01/03/2014 23:56

It's so horrible listening to the snuffles of my DD, feel so sorry for her poor thing :(

And lying on her back just makes it so much worse. Wish it was safe for her to be on her back!

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HerGraciousMajTheBeardedPotato · 02/03/2014 00:01

This one. You can get it in Boots, too, I think.

Have you tried making the air in her room a little more moist? Wet towel over the radiator?

Taler · 02/03/2014 00:05

Yes doing that every night. Have the head end of the Moses basket raised (for what good that seems to do?!). Thanks for the tip

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starfishmummy · 02/03/2014 00:06

Gently rub your fingers down the outside of her nose - this sometimes brings out any accumulations of snot!

Taler · 02/03/2014 00:08

Thanks for that tip, will defo give that a try

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FrumiousBandersnatch · 02/03/2014 22:31

Agree with BeardedPotato that that's the best one. Avoid the nuk bulb type, too difficult to control the sucking. I found mine in the baby aisle at sainsburys.

sonlypuppyfat · 02/03/2014 22:36

I hope you have a strong stomach but in desperation I have sucked my babies nose...

BornOfFrustration · 02/03/2014 22:52

Yes, that boots one, best £9 I spent when DD was a tiny.

RegainingUnconsciousness · 02/03/2014 22:54

That saline nose spray always shifted it better than the sucker thing (which also nearly made me hurl).

NitramAtTheKrap · 02/03/2014 22:58

Yeah, what puppyfat said. If you are after the best, you need to suck it out yourself with your mouth. Which makes sens, if a little

NutellaStraightFromTheJar · 02/03/2014 23:01

Boots one worked for us too. Until DS developed a severe aversion to it! I now have to guess which nostril is more bunged up because I get one good chance to clear it before he wrestles himself away screeching like a banshee.

GiniCooper · 02/03/2014 23:06

Honestly,

I bought three or four promising bulby sucky out things.
Best thing was my own mouth.
Gross, I know. You think you never will but you do.

It worked because I knew when the gunk was gone.

minipie · 03/03/2014 14:29

You want the Nosefrida

Tis fab.

Chocolatestain · 03/03/2014 22:01

I found the combination of saline spray followed by the mucous sucker thing recommended above really effective. Also a humidifier in the bedroom can help.

Oriunda · 04/03/2014 16:36

Not sure how old baby is but you tried Snufflebabe? Vicks for babies.

Skidoo · 04/03/2014 17:04

Totally agree with sonlypuppyfat - we had a device, but I hated putting it anywhere near my baby's delicate nose and my own mouth seemed the most sensitive and effective tool to use.

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