Mimo it truely does suck when they are sick! We've tried all the above. We usually before her bath spray saline up her nose & then while she's in a bath we have the vapouriser going in her room, as we are getting her ready for bed we use vicks on her feet. We prop her up for a while & try sucking out as much as we can before bed, but even then it only lasts a little while. On Friday night she slept in my arms in our bed because nothing we did would help her & she was distressed....so thats where she slept & then last night she slept the whole night through... good luck!