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Strange ticking sound coming from baby's nose - sinuses?

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ilovetosleep · 06/11/2014 22:27

Bear with me, this sounds a bit weird!

I am up All. Night. Long. With DS2, 7mo, who wakes every hour and needs a bf to sleep. He has had reflux so I hold him upright afterwards. When he is at a certain angle, or horizontal, I can her a faint ticking/clicking/ popping sound coming from inside his nose. It is quite rhythmical, sometimes it could be a heartbeat but more often it's just random. Quite fast. Could sound like a very distant dripping tap.

It's been there as long as I can remember. Could it be 'the thing' that is preventing him sleeping properly?! Also shld mention that he snores and is always mildly congested. (Stuffy but dry).

Thanks!

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anonymous89 · 07/11/2014 08:26

She sounds like a blocked nose. Use olbas oil or baby snuffle (vapour rub) for babas. This should do the trick,my youngest was the same. I also used carpal nasal spray

anonymous89 · 07/11/2014 08:26

Or should I say calpol nasal spray LOL!

ilovetosleep · 07/11/2014 09:08

Thanks for the reply, although I'm not convinced it is just a blocked nose. It sounds much further away than that and isn't in time with breathing in and out. There are many more 'ticks' than breaths.

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ilovetosleep · 07/11/2014 09:08

And it sounds so internal than you can only hear ut if you come very very close...

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306235388 · 07/11/2014 12:16

Could it be a floppy larynx?

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