I can't find the nasal aspirator, what can I use to clean my baby's nose out?
2007-01-17 01:39:01 · 6 answers · asked by Got Curves? 6 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
It's gross, but if you're desperate you can suck it out!
I had to do it once when my baby was horribly blocked up in the middle of the night and we couldn't find the aspirator. If you do it carefully you can avoid actually sucking down the snot and just get it moving so you can wipe it off...
2007-01-17 01:55:42 · answer #1 · answered by Skidoo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Take a clean washcloth and run very warm water on it. By the time you get to the nose it will be cool....let the baby breath in the warmth off the water...it will break up some of the congestion inside.....wipe away any congestion ....and take a semi wet q tip and carefully clean out his nose....Make sure the qtip is not full of water....you want it slightly wet so it wont cause pain or rub the nose raw. It worked for my babies...i never really had to use the ball sucker thing!
2007-01-17 09:50:17 · answer #2 · answered by bunnicula 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Saline drops help loosen it so it will come out.....or you can put them in the bathroom while you run hot water in the shower and all the steam will also loosen it.
2007-01-17 09:57:24 · answer #3 · answered by mom2ace 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't use nothing else go buy one from walgreens ect. q-tips can harm your babys naustralls and flar them up to a point they can't breath. JUst go buy one.
2007-01-17 09:50:53 · answer #4 · answered by Dreamy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you can use a q-tip but be very careful and don't stick it too far up the nose.
2007-01-17 09:41:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Do you have a medicine dropper that you could "sacrifice" to this unsterile procedure? LOL!
Good luck!
2007-01-17 09:49:59 · answer #6 · answered by momma2mingbu 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋