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.

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Thanks and good luck,
MNHQ

Having a shower with the windows closed so the steam helped the congestion. Wiping his nose with water so it didn't get sore. Snuffle babe on his chest and back and also a few menthol crystals in hot water under his cot.

We also put a pillow under his mattress to raise him up a bit so he wasn't so flat which helped with draining the mucus away to aid his sleep.

Muslin cloths! Take one everywhere. Never be stuck without a tissue again :D They are a lifesaver for a snotty baby.

being from the country - I was always told to rub some butter into the bridge of the babys nose. It loosened the catarrh and it always seemed to work with my children

Didn't do this when they were tiny, but from about 5 months when desperate for sleep at night, I'd bring their pushchair into our bedroom, and have them sleep a bit upright in that. I have fond memories of lying in bed with my arm out pushing the pushchair back and forth.

Aside from the tips already mentioned - snufflebabe, Vaseline on nose, steam, etc, the best thing you can do is wear snot coloured clothes for the duration. That way when you have to dash to tesco for Calpol and emergency chocolate (for you!), people won't think you've been attacked by Slimer from Ghostbusters :)

Saline nasal spray. Do it in a steamy bathroom for better results. We also wipe noses with muslins instead if tissues. Doesn't seem to chafe as much.
Lots if cuddles :-)

Don't waste money on the snot-sucking devices - my 2 would never let me near them with it! Both DS's are snotty at the moment, they've gone to bed early with vapour rub on their chests and olbas oil on a tissue near their beds.

vaporub (the baby version for really young kids, Vicks for older kids) and spending time in a warm steamy bathroom with the shower running

I steamed my little one like vegetables (as my sister used to say). Turned on shower to hottest setting, and hot bath tap on full, shut the door and uncorked the olbas oil, and settled myself onto the toilet seat.

One recent particularly horrendous cold led to my son (who is 2 and therefore still breathes through his nose most of the time) waking roughly every 3 seconds all through the long, long night - fall asleep, try to breath through nose, awake gasping for breath and crying... Repeat ad infinitum. Peppa pig featured heavily that night...

We found the vapour rub on the soles amazing as well as plenty of warm baths. Xx

I use a plug in vapouriser with eucalyptus oil in the bedroom.

bring baby into bathroom each time you have a shower or bath and the steam will help clear the snottiness

A nice warm bath and some vapour rub, and lots of cuddles!

Vicks on the soles of feet inside baby grow worked wonders for my little one, asdid raising the head of her cot so she wasn't laying flat.

My baby up to now finds it hilarious when I use the tip of a cotton wool bud (or my finger) in his nose. However, he hasn't has a bad cold yet so might not of this were the case. Interesting to read all the tips here!

Wiping his nose with only the softest of tissues, a dry baby wipe (johnsons extra protect seems the best) or a muslin square.

Kalpol on a tissue next to the bed.

Warm bath before bed.

A bit of vapo rub on his chest.

Aloe vera Vaseline under his nose.

Plenty of cuddles.

My baby girl is just getting over her first cold , bless her!
I now have a small cold kit including saline spray, balsam tissues, baby Olbas oil and Vaporub and I basically went into a routine of a nice deep clean with the saline first thing in the morning and last thing at night, a few whiffs of olbas oil during the day and a generous rub of Vaporub on the chest and back in the evening. I also used bathtime (thanks to all the steam) to give her nose a good clearout (it's quite gross but necessary).
Finally I'd say a nice daily walk is really helpful, I think that fresh air is essential in the recovery as well as plenty of cuddles and fluids (breastmilk and/or water).

Have to agree with Olbas oil and warm steamy baths to help clear the airways

A warm bath to help loosen the mucus in the nasal passages and this also helps your baby to relax as well. In fact it's great for all ages.

Vicks on their backs at night and plenty of warm squash always helps.

Bamboo cloths for wiping noses - like a flannel but softer, reusable & can pick them up cheaply too

Put a couple of books under the legs of the cot to tilt the body downwards, that way the snot runs into their belly.
Wipe noses with muslin cloths and then rub on Vaseline to stop them getting sore.
Put a few drops of karvol on a muslin cloth and tie it to the cot, helps clear the nasal passages

Nasal aspirators - revolting but effective. Also saline drops really help my daughter

Saline spray squirted up their noses before food and sleep. Snot sucker on little babies afterwards.