Blocked Nose
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Topic: Blocked Nose
Posted By: Guests
Subject: Blocked Nose
Date Posted: 25 July 2006 at 3:40pm
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Is there anyway to unblock babys nose? Hers is really blocked and she snorts when crying im presuming because of it.
Just before when she was feeding she was stopping and starting and crying coz she couldnt hardly breathe through her nose... |
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 25 July 2006 at 3:44pm
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I was the ultimate snot picker. Poor kid.
Ummmmm... no help at all! |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 25 July 2006 at 3:49pm
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I think you can buy a thing from the chemist that is like what they use at hospital when the baby is first born to take out the muccus from their mouth and nose. Not good at explaining. I do know that in KMart you can get them. Its all in one and its got a long tube attached to a pump type thing and you push the pump bit (with the end of the tube in baby's nose) and it should expel what ever is stuck. Sorry if you don't get what I mean. When your MW comes next ask her if she has one to use. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 25 July 2006 at 3:55pm
| lol nikki i just turned into a snot picker and now shes happy and can breathe lol |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 25 July 2006 at 4:02pm
| hehehehe It's scary how obsessive you can get about it. I'd use tweezers if it wasn't easily available. Damn small noses and adult sized fingers!! |
Posted By: tarn4
Date Posted: 25 July 2006 at 4:32pm
My doctor told me to make up saline drops using cooled boiled water(1cup) and 1/4 teaspoon of salt and add 1 or 2 drops to each nostril.He said it is normal for them to snort and cry and when they are doing that you kind of milk their nose.This worked for us when our little man had the flu recently
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Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 25 July 2006 at 4:45pm
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When i used saline drops, they just ran down into mikeys throat and he drank them!! we stopped doing that, maybe it only works for some babies.
i know it sounds gross and i've never had the guts to try but i've heard that u can actually suck the snot out of the baby's nose (blech) Also, at night, it helped mikey sleep if we put some thick books under the legs of his cot at the head end. it just raised his head a bit which helped him to breath. but i was told definitely no pillows!!! good luck, hope her nose clears up soon, poor wee thing. ------------- |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 25 July 2006 at 5:24pm
ohhh suxing out the snot i do no ladys who do that
if bubs gets real suffly try sline 1 drob per nostrel good luck  ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 25 July 2006 at 5:34pm
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i have heard of sucking out the snot - think plunket reccommended it. i was a snot picker myself, with the baby cotton buds or tweezers (very very carefully i assure you) ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe -  my big 4 year old 
and Jordis - 1 year old 
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 25 July 2006 at 7:41pm
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I was a snot picker too... ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 25 July 2006 at 8:01pm
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hehe this is actually turned into a funny thread lol
Where can i get some saline stuff from? She looked so relieved when she could breathe again lol |
Posted By: Kim
Date Posted: 25 July 2006 at 8:23pm
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I was told you can also try a bobby pin hair clip - you know those thin hair clips. ------------- Zac Mark - 30.11.05 Samara Ailsa - 13.08.07 |
Posted By: kasbee
Date Posted: 25 July 2006 at 9:40pm
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I was a snot picker aswell, never tried the whole sucking it out thing not my cup of tea.
You can make the saline mixture yourself, tarn4 put up a mixture 1 cup cooled boiled water and 1/4 tsp salt. ------------- Kelly, mother to 4 wonderful children. http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 25 July 2006 at 10:53pm
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i just put a drop of cooled boiled water in each nostril to loosen the blockage....always did the trick.
and at night id rub vapour rub on a flannel or towel and put it under her sheet ...not on her cos when there little theyre skin is too sensitive. you can also buy vapourisers but if u dont have one a couple of teaspoons of vapour rub in a cup of boiling water put near but not tooo near babies cot can help them at night
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Posted By: Anna
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 7:59am
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You can buy saline drops from the pharmacy, we only used them once cause Quinn cried til he blacked out.
And the snot-sucking thing? We have one but never really it, I found it useless if babies nose was actually blocked rather than just snotty cause all it seemed to do was suction his nostril shut. I was a snot picker too... ------------- Anna http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Anna
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 8:03am
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By snot-sucking I meant the plastic thing you buy, not actually sucking the snot out, that kinda repulses me!
Another fantastic thing for blocked baby noses is Karvol capsules fromthe supermarket, smells like vicks and i used to put a drop on a hanky near his cot. Probably can't use these for wee babes tho. ------------- Anna http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 8:39am
| Vicks has a baby balsam which is really nice - might only be for bubs over 3months old thouhg. Mum was telling me about new vaporisers she saw advertised in a woman's magazine - kinda like those plug in air fresheners that you get the refills for - same thing but a vaporiser. not sure what they are like. She's going to send one over (I'm sure Gisborne has them if Palmy does but she seesm to think I am in the middle of nowhere and can't buy anything - and as it's free for me if she saends it, I hestitate about telling her the truith) |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 9:20am
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I am a snot picker too...and proud of it.
But recently Zaara has a blocked nose and there is nothing I can pick on...so off to the docs and they gave me saline....one to two drops and it worked like a charm. However Ella is still so tiny... so not sure....may be ask your midwife for advice. Another question, when do you introduce a pillow to a baby? And cutie pie Ella...I hope you feel better soon!!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Carmel
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 10:30am
| I went and brought a nasal aspirator from Baby Factory for piper and find that works well was only about $5 |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 10:45am
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Pillow, usually when they ask for one about 18 months 2 years. Andrew got his when he went into the big bed at 20 months. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 11:35am
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hmm....thats good. Cause at the moment Zaara does not use one yet.... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 11:39am
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We were using a damp q-tip (cotton bud thing), but that only worked for the ones that were really close to the edge of her nostril. I did discover last night that the bobby pin / hair clip thing works quite well though, I just used a small one ! Got everything out, didn't realise that one little baby could have so many boogers LOL ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater 
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 1:57pm
| haha Jax i know i was shocked at the size of them!! lol |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 26 July 2006 at 3:51pm
A good idea is turnin on the shower HOT and filling the room with steam and taking bubby in there for a while to get the snot running if nose is blocked... we also used/use KARVOL, just drops on his bed around the general head area (not too close when this young) but the fumes help keep nose clear. Alo might try dabbing some onto your clothes so when bubs is in your arms nose stays clear?? Hope this helps  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: BabyCam
Date Posted: 27 July 2006 at 8:31am
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We use the saline drops, they work really well for Cameron. If his nose is blocked I usually do it before a feed. He has tried to drink it though, and gets frustrated when I dont put them in his mouth.
$5 from the chemist. |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 28 July 2006 at 11:27pm
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I'm a picker Jack hates it and now cries and turns his head every time i touch his nose what a meanie i am.
I also have this thing that u squeeze to make suction and it sucks them out he laughs every time i use it |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 4:52pm
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*sigh* now caitlyn is a picker herself...but at least she can blow her nose so it gets easier ....
Picking things out of our kids noses-the things we mummys do lol |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 6:33pm
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Kobe has just become a picker, gross.
Hehe, the other day I caught myself doing the lick and wipe on his face and was horified, Im turning into my mother! |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 7:18pm
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Caitlin had a lot of mucus (and a lot of boogers!). MW gave us saline drops for her nose and she has been sneezing most of them out ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 29 July 2006 at 10:06pm
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hehehehe Hannah picks her nose now and then chases me round the house with it on her finger going "Eeeeeeeeeeew". It is so gross. But then she eats it after that which is so much worse.
Mind you, had a gross snot encounter the other day. Happened to look down at my black pants when I'd been at uni for a couple of hours and saw a giant big snot trail down one side on my pants!!!! Yuck! Had to pretend we have a snail infestation the rest of the day 
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