snot sucking thing - help anyone?

[julwil]

urghhh, DD has hideous cold and can't feed properly as nose is so full of snot.

I know you can get a pump thing that you can suck out the snot, but I don't know the official name of such a thing or where to buy one. I asked at my local Boots but got a very blank look.

Also if I get one, any tips on using!!?

Thanks in advance

Is it called a nose syringe (sp)?

i think its called a nose aspirator.

Yup - nose/nasal aspirator.

I think I've seen them in our large Tescos.

Also called mucous extractor AFAIK. I think JoJo Maman Bebe have one. But please use with extreme care!

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NUk do them , some more independant chemists do them. here decongester.

Really great , if only baba would have kept her head straight !!!!

bought one in Tescos last week (not a big tescos). Easy to use but apparently bloody useless!!! Dd is 7 weeks old and full of cold but it only sucks snot out if it really close to the end of the nostril - doesn't seem to get it otherwise and she is struggling.