Talk to Cussons Mum & Me about your top tips for dealing with a snotty baby - you could win a £150 voucher plus a year's supply of Cussons Mum & Me products NOW CLOSED

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With cold season once again upon us, Cussons Mum & Me, a range of specially designed skincare and personal care products for Babies featuring a special Baby Bath to help Comfort Snuffles, would like to know about your top tips for relieving a baby with a blocked nose as well as your stories about blocked noses and babies.

Here's what Cussons Mum & Me have to say: "If your baby has a snuffle, it can sometimes be hard knowing what to do to help them. That's why we want to hear from you, the real experts. We listened to the voices of over 1000 mums to help design the Cussons Mum and Me range. The special Baby Bath to Comfort Snuffles with a gentle menthol fragrance, offers a different way to help comfort little noses, and soothe baby." All baby products are Paediatrician Approved and Hypoallergenic.

So, what are your top tips for helping a snotty baby? And please share your horror stories of baby blocked up noses on this thread.

Whatever your top tips are, Cussons Mum & Me would love to hear about it.

Everyone who posts on this thread will be entered into a prize draw where one winner will receive a £150 shopping voucher plus a year's supply of Cussons Mum & Me products.

Please note your comments may be included on Cusson's Mum & Me social media channels, and possibly elsewhere, so please only post if you're comfortable with this.

Thanks and good luck,
MNHQ

Saline drops are great for unclogging stuffed up nostrils. So cheap and easy to drop in too. I use them on myself when I have a cold.

Ds was a very snotty, coughing older baby (6m to 18m especially). We spent a lot of time playing in the bath together to maximise the time he'd spend in the steam. Being together in the water also meant it could be a lot deeper.

At night, I'd put a damp towel with karvol on it on the radiator to make the room more humid

I use a muslin to wipe baby's nose as it is less harsh on skin. Also I rub a little vaseline on the nose to keep it moisturised.

Lots of time in the bath to have steam time, and olbas oil. Olbas oil is magic :)

Dry baby wipes out (on a radiator for example) for wiping noses, much softer than tissue

Nice warm baths seem to help with blocked noses and make baby feel more comfortable.

Calpols plug in was also really good for unblocking noses, and help us all get a good nights sleep!

Best way to get the gunk out is a very wet facecloth - the water draws the gunk out in one go.

Warm baths. Vicks vaporub on the pillow. Calpol if they are miserable. Every time I didn't give Calpol thinking it was just a cold I would get what they had, feel terrible and take Paracetamol.

And vaseline for under their noses to stop a sore.

Just suck out the snot, unless you're squeamish.

At night, A vaporiser with a couple of drops of olbas oil in it and elevated head end of mattress helps loads.

Vaporub (magic cream as ds1 calls it) is the only nose unblocker we've ever used.

Also wiping noses with cloth and not tissues.

Vicks plug in do eucalyptus tablets which can be used for young babies and are not as strong smelling as the normal strength Vicks tablets.

Lots of cuddles also work wonders for snuffly babies although either use a muslin cloth or wear old clothes.

I put Olbas oil on a damp flannel and drape it on the radiator.

One desperate night I sucked the snot out of my son's nose. Pretty gross. I have since stocked up on saline drops to avoid a repeat performance.
I've spent a few nights awake with sleeping baby upright on me when things are really bad with coughs or colds

Vaseline under the nose, DD likes putting on even when she's not got a cold! Damp cloths for endless nose wiping...

When one of my daughters was a really tiny baby and had an awful cold we were advised to put salt water drops up her nose to make her sneeze and clear her passages to give her a bit of time to drink her bottle, it worked quite well. Also to help them breathe easier I always give them a bath in a warm steamy bathroom , I have also put a bowl of boiling hot water underneath the cot with some olbas oil in and made a tent with towels to help them breathe. Sleeping upright is the best bet for them if there breathing is wheezy. Which means they sleep cuddled up to you with their head on your shoulder, not much sleep for you but baby is happier.

Saline drops worked well for snotty baby DD. when she got really bunged up I used to put a few drops of Olbas Oil in a bowl of hot water and leave it in her room overnight.

Note to Cussons while I have your attention :o I used to buy a lot of the Mum & Me range. I even gave some to my SIL as a treat. It took her mentioning that her boys were suddenly getting very dry skin for me to make the link between my DD's eczema, my DS's dry skin and your products. SIL and I stopped using them and the dry skin disappeared very quickly for all 4 children. My DD still has scars on her legs from the eczema though :( I also used to buy the Mum & Me 2-in-1 shampoo and conditioner for me, which was ace, but I haven't been able to find it anywhere for ages. Bring it back!

I asked 8month old DS as he currently has a cold. He recommends relapsing to a newborn-esque night feeding schedule of around every two hours to keep his energy up.

Bowl of water in babies bedroom to put moisture into the air, Calpol plug in, aspirator before bed, steamy bathroom and long bath.

Arf at toadsrevisited. That's what dd recommends too! Also I use muslins as handkerchiefs as softer on the nose and snuffle babe is good too. Dd currently has a cold/cough and I could really do with someone inventing a cure, bless her she's really suffering.

I use saline drops and rub snuffle rub on my baby's chest and neck. I also put a couple of drops of olbas oil in a bowl of hot water near the window or a few drops of karvol on a tissue by her cot. We do also alternate calpol and Calprofen. We buy lots of mini packs of tissues and take them out everywhere.

Vaporub on the soles of their feet, plenty of paracetamol/ibuprofen, a soft cloth for wiping snotty faces and keep your little finger nail just long enough to retrieve big nostril-blocking bogies.

I found baby olbas oil a life saver and also like many other mum's Vaseline around their nose and mouth to stop it getting dry and sore.