[blparent] cleaning a baby's nose

[Erin Rumer]

You're absolutely right Bernadetta.  Just out of curiosity since your baby
is stuffy a lot of the time, has your pediatrician looked at your child's
adenoids?  I just ask because I have been going through months and months of
congestion to find out most recently that our son has enlarged adenoids and
will probably need them removed.  We go to the ear nose and throat doctor at
the end of June.  I'm nervous about surgery but thrilled about the idea of
our son finally being out of agony with a stuffy nose and sleeping without
breathing problems.

Erin

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Bernadetta Pracon
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 9:05 PM
To: blparent at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [blparent] cleaning a baby's nose

hi,
My baby is often very stuffy, but we don't use one of those to get the gunk
out of the nose. His pediatrician actually told me that using a syringe can
cause inflamation. He recommended spraying baby saline into his nose and
it's worked great for him. He just sneezes the buggers out eventually and
his nose is clear. Yes, you still have to be carefull not to hurt him with
the little dropper, but that only takes a second and I manage to hold him
still for that short amount of time. and also, if any of it ever misses the
nose and sprays anywhere else on his face, it doesn't bother him at all.
It's happened once to me and he barely even noticed. it's baby saline, so
it's slightly different than regular saline. slightly milder so it doesnt'
hurt them.
It's much quicker than using a syringe, and safer too, in my opinion.

HTH,
Bernadetta

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