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Snickerdoodle 
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Posted: 24 March 2008 at 10:23am |
If I look up Hannah's nose I can see a bunch of bogeys.
She "whistles" when she breathes and is also making snorting noises.
She keeps waking herself up because she can't breathe properly. I've got her in her pram with the back up a little bit to help the airways...
But is there anything you can do to help flush out the boogers?
I had her in the bathroom with me while I had my shower thinking the steam might help clear things out, but it hasn't worked.
Poor chicken 
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cuppatea
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Posted: 24 March 2008 at 10:26am |
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You can get some stuff called "fess little noses" its a saline solution that you squirt up their nose and is ok to use from birth. We have had to use it on Spencer a few times. It also comes with a thing for sucking out the bogeys (can't remember the proper name for it).
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Posted: 24 March 2008 at 10:28am |
Thanks cuppatea 
Can I get this from the pharmacy? or health store?
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Posted: 24 March 2008 at 10:29am |
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Isnt it frustrating that you cant reach them???? I also put some dilute Eucalyptus oil on a flannel and tucked it under Tom's bottom sheet and raised the top end of his cot to help him sleep too. And he seemed to go better on his side (but he's a little older)
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Posted: 24 March 2008 at 10:30am |
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Just the pharmacy. There is another brand as well that is ok so if you can't see it just ask the pharmacist. The other thing that might be ok (not sure of the age limit) is baby balsam, which is vicks for babies.
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Posted: 24 March 2008 at 10:32am |
traditionally, you can suck them out yourself....but I would be so impressed if you did 
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Posted: 24 March 2008 at 10:46am |
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i used to just gently push down on the outside of the nostril and work them out that way.. toby was a very snotty little baby.
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Posted: 24 March 2008 at 11:08am |
Daniel is a snotty baby too. I am amazed at the size of the boogers that I get out. I tried the thing that is supposed to suck them out but it doesn't work for me. I use a cotton bud and get them out that way.
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Posted: 24 March 2008 at 11:38am |
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I'm like you Verena, a cotton bud does it for us!
Like a few other people have suggested, try saline or my midwife said try a squirt of breastmilk. Now, don't ask how the hell you get it up there! LOL
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Posted: 24 March 2008 at 11:53am |
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My DF sucks them out after we squirt some saline solution up there. Sounds gross but not really when it is your own flesh and blood. The aspirators just didnt work as good especially if your baby is squirmy.
ETA: He dosnt actually eat it! He spits it out on to a tissue!
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Posted: 24 March 2008 at 12:12pm |
When Chloe was too blocked up to drink  we took her to the Dr and they gave us a little bottle of saline solution (which you can probably just get from the pharmacy) and we just used a little syringe to put some up her nose. She squirmed but didn't cry, and then sneezed it out. Seemed to work pretty well for us...
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Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years).
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Posted: 24 March 2008 at 2:07pm |
Thanks everyone
The pharmacy was closed so I sucked them out
Creme eggs are fantastic for making you feel better 
She's now sleeping without the whistling
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Posted: 24 March 2008 at 5:17pm |
Glad to hear it!!
How was the creme egg??
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Posted: 24 March 2008 at 5:20pm |
Awesome
so I had another one...
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Posted: 24 March 2008 at 5:33pm |
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Hey why not!! LOL Good for you!!
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Posted: 24 March 2008 at 7:27pm |
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You may be able to check with PlunketLine because I think you can use boiled cooled water. Correct me if I am wrong but I think saline is just slightly salted water.
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Posted: 24 March 2008 at 9:27pm |
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linzy is right... you could make your own saline solution if you want! Just don't use very much salt at all because little ones are really susceptible to salt poisoning!! But you need something to get drops up their nose... have u got a dropper?
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Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years).
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Posted: 24 March 2008 at 9:46pm |
yea, saline is what most doctors recommend, me being the hypercondriac (sp) that i am, took Eden to the doc last week to see what he thought about her snotty nose and he said just to use saline and put 1-2 drops up each nostril and just let it work, he said not to use aspirators unless u really have to, he also said to massage her nose just below the eye (where the sinuses are) when i feed her and this can help to dissipate it.
good luck and heres hoping you dont have to suck it out again!
but then again, what excuse would u use for another creme egg??
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