HI Mum2Boy,

Hope your DS is better. With the drops, I found it only useful if there is hard snot in DD's nose. I then use the drops to loosen it. If your DS has a cold, his nose is probably runny so I dont think you need to use it (unless there is some hard snot in there).

With the aspirator, make sure you push the top bit down every time you try a suck. I notice that the top bit always comes up a little every suck and so air is escaping from it.

Try also using the aspirator closer to the inner walls of the nose.

Once you get the hang of it, it is actually quite good.

DD has a cold too and its dreadful to hear them try to breath at night.

Best of luck.