I second the Fess. Used heaps. Spray, wait , spray, wait 2min , spray. Mucus will thin and drip out. With the nose bulb, remember to hold it at an angle to bub's nose or you risk damaging delicate nasal tissue. Squeeze bulb, hold at angle to nostril touching nostril, release and mucus will be sucked out. My DD would normally just sneeze it out after a few sprays.
Try lots of tummy time, mucus will literally drip out.
Apply some eukybear/vicks rub to bub's singlet/ clothes (direct on skin is ok in some bubs but at 6 months prob better to avoid skin contact as some bubs can have sensitive skin).
Have a long warm bath together with door closed (to trap steam in). If using a vaporiser, remember to clean daily as the access moisture will encourage mold/bugs to grow.
You can also use drixine nose drops (paediatric) , limit to 1 drop twice daily for only 5 days. it is a decongestant and will dry the nose enough to allow bub to sleep. I use it just at night so both bub (and I!) can get some sleep!
Soak a face washer in a bowl of warm water and hold over bub's nose (not too tight!) so she can breathe in the warm vapour. this will soothe the nostril as well as loosen mucus. Do this as often as possible (almost every half hour is ideal).
HTH. hope you both get some rest hun.
I usually put a couple of towels under the mattress to raise it up, put some vics on the chest, put a vapouriser on, run a hot shower before bath for the steam and finally I put some saline drops in DS's nose (he doesn't do the spray ). GL hun! Hope your DS feels better soon!
hope you both get some rest hun.
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). GL hun! Hope your DS feels better soon!
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