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 help clear a stuffy nose quickly and then use of an aspirator to move some of the mucus.
At night it's good to have a cold air vaporisor to give a comfortable night's sleep for baby (and you!)

Snuffle babe worked really well for us and Karvol on a tissue near to them sleeping also seemed to help.

Vapour rub under the pillow.

Vaseline - it has a multitude of uses so it is always in my cupboard

I always elevate the mattress (using a folded towel underneath it) so my DD was raised up and that helped the sinuses clear a bit. A bit of vapour rub on chest and back helps too.

Snufflebabe on the chest seems to really help us and sitting in a hot steamy bathroom. A Vicks plug in is supposed to be fantastic, but we haven't tried one yet

Light food, avoiding dairy, wipe nose with wet muslin/tissue and saline drops for the night

Cuddles!!!

I always used gentle wipes instead of tissue for nose wiping, much easier to deal with anything dry and never caused the sore red nose you get with anything dry. If you save the dried wipes you can get at the end of a packet they can be wrung out in warm water and are just the job

Massage - As a foster carer I have had my fair share of snotty babies and found that massaging really helps. ASK your midwife or nurse to show you how though as you need to do this right. It is not difficult but I would always recommend being shown by a professional before doing this. It does however work so well :)

Saline drops and paracetamol/ibuprofen liquid :)

Tissues

Raise one end of the cot, put some heavy books or something under the feet. :)

When my son was snotty as a very young baby, I bought him a Calpol Vapour Plug and nightlight which helped ease his congestion and allowed him to sleep.

A lavender plug in helps when sleeping

Vaseline is absolutely fantastic for soothing and protecting the skin around the nose, in fact I must get the jar out of the cupboard as I'm coming down with a cold myself today argghhh!

We always give our son a bottle in the bathroom with the shower going when he has a snotty nose. The steam always seems to help him.

Saline drops are great and olbas oil in warm water near a radiator (out of reach) really helps too.

Saline drops, vicks/snufflebabe, soft tissues and lots of cuddles!!

a nice warm bath usually softens all the gunk and it all slides out (yuck lol)

I've always found that Olbas Oil is the best decongestant for night time. A few drops on a tissue helps clear noses and helps breathing.

When my DS was a baby I found the plastic Snot Suckers (not sure what their correct name is), brilliant for extracting bogies, and also doubled up as a distraction during nappy changes by using it to blow puffs of air on to his skin.

run the shower or bath with hot water for a few minutes then give baby a cuddle in the bathroom for 10 minutes, the steam will help unclog the sinuses

A snotty nose is always better after a nice hot steamy shower (obviously not too hot) with some lavender wash. We then pop some snufflebalm on her chest so it will unblock a bit, a dose of calpol and plenty of cuddles.

When is there not a horror story when my daughter has a stuffy nose, she sneezes on everything and leaves a nice snotty trail wherever she has been, bless her.

I find that if I use babywipes too often on DS's nose the skin around it becomes quite dry & patchy, though I find normal tissues too harsh too so we often just use a wet cloth / flannel / muslin.

Lots of milk & cuddles help too!