Snot Removal 101

This guide to removing the snot from your baby's nose will help you through what can feel like one of the trickiest jobs of parenthood -- in four simple steps.
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Step 1

Choose the right tool.
Try a rubber suction-bulb syringe with a long, pointed tip, or use a more powerful battery-operated aspirator. Or check out the NoseFrida, a product with which you literally suck out the snot through a tube. (There's a valve so you don't get mucus in your mouth.)

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gomommygo wrote:

I hate the long pointy aspirator! The clear tipped one here works SO much better! http://www.gomommygo.com/babys_Nasal_Congestion.html

3/25/2012 02:21:13 AM Report Abuse
staceylogden1 wrote:

The battery operated aspirators are a must if your baby has a lot of congestion and colds like ours. It was a lifesaver!

3/24/2012 03:19:53 PM Report Abuse
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