Snotty baby sleep solution?

[SausageSmuggler]

DD (2 weeks) has caught her very generous brothers cold and is rather snotty, especially during the night. At the moment the only way she can sleep without it affecting her is on mine or DH's chest or in her bouncer. We've been doing the chest thing but it's quite uncomfortable and I worry about her safety as she's on her tummy essentially. Would it be really awful to let her sleep in her bouncer until she's better? She feeds a few times in the night so she wouldn't be in there for the entire time.

Meant to put also that I tried elevating the head of her crib but it didn't help at all.

It will be fine. My friends DS had bad reflux and their paediatrician suggested putting him in a bouncy chair to sleep!

My DS went through a really snotty stage (at nightime only) when he was 2 months old. We tried everything - elevated bed, nasal drops, nasal spray, snot sucker thing, baby menthol drops for his sheets, bowl of hot water next to his cot for steam, plug in vapourisers, snuffle baby chest rub..... nothing really worked so I quite often kicked DH out of bed, put his bouncer next to my pillow and let him sleep sitting up! It won't be forever and as long as she gets some time to stretch out during the day I personally don't see the harm :)

You could try a wedge (which is often used for reflux) which props them up at a much steeper incline than just propping the cot up. I think its something like 35 degrees. Probably similar to a bouncer but their spines are supported better.

Having said that, her cold may be over before you know it and you'll never need to use it again!