I found myself looking at this strange contraption in my local chemist, it had a small nozzle attached to a squeezey rubber bulb, and was called the NUK Nasal Decongester. At the time I thought it was yet another consumer gimmick.....until my baby daughter had trouble breathing through a snotty ... Read review
Helps to hygienically clear mucus from around baby's nose. For external use only with a ... more
wide nozzle to prevent it being accidentally inserted into the nostril. The smooth plastic nozzle avoids causing soreness around the nose and it can be used from bi...
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When babies catch cold they can't blow their nose! This is where the NUK Nasal Decongester ... more
is useful for hygienically removing mucus. The NUK Nasal Decongester is for external use only with a wide nozzle to prevent it being accidentally inserted into t...
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Advantages: Baby can breathe more easily Disadvantages: Pulling out long boogies!
...bulb, and was called the NUK Nasal Decongester. At the time I thought it was yet another consumer gimmick.....until my baby daughter had trouble breathing through a snotty nose at 2 months old. Obviously being at an age where I couldn't teach her to blow, I thought I'd give it a go.
It's really useful once you get the hang of it. Obviously baby is going to wriggle around as soon as you gently hold it's head still and place something ... ...to be to be kind) but believe me it's worth persevering.
The decongester has a wide nozzle which you gently hold to one nostril (it's wide enough so you can't accidentally insert it into the baby's nostril) and it's made of smooth plastic to prevent causing soreness, so it's really difficult to cause any harm to your little one.
Directions:
Squeeze rubber bulb (away from baby) and then gently hold nozzle to one ... more
I found myself looking at this strange contraption in my local chemist, it had a small nozzle attached to a squeezey rubber bulb, and was called the NUK Nasal Decongester. At the time I thought it was yet another consumer gimmick.....until my baby daughter had trouble breathing through a snotty nose at 2 months old. Obviously being at an age where I couldn't teach her to blow, I thought I'd give it a go.
It's really useful once you get the hang of it. Obviously baby is going to wriggle around as soon as you gently hold it's head still and place something around it's nostril. (This sounds cruel, but you have to be to be kind) but believe me it's worth persevering.
The decongester has a wide nozzle which you gently hold to one nostril (it's wide enough so you can't accidentally insert it into the baby's nostril) and it's made of smooth plastic to prevent causing soreness, so it's really difficult to cause any harm to your little one.
Directions: Squeeze rubber bulb (away from baby) and then gently hold nozzle to one nostril (do not insert the nozzle into baby's nostril). Gently hold baby's other nostril with your fingertip. Gently reduce pressure on the rubber bulb thus extracting the 'mucus' (snot to you or I) into the nozzle. It's also handy to have a hanky to hand at this stage!
After use clean rubber bulb and nozzle thoroughly in warm water, this can be sterilised.
This can be used from birth, and costs approx. £3.39 from your nearest chemist.
Quick and easy to use. Does seem to reduce severity of cold like symptoms and shortens timescale of suffering.
Expensive. Tastes revolting. Difficult to tell whether this product really does combat infection, as avoidance of coughs and colds could be put down to a sensible diet or healthy lifestyle instead. (*)
