My DD was always very prone to a blocked nose and we used the saline followed by the nasal aspirator - the Otrivin aspirator is much better than the Fess one, I found.
No, she didn't like it much, but it worked like a charm and she actually got used to it and would just pull a face when I did it. As she grew, her little face and nose grew too and she didn't get all blocked up anymore.
If it happens a lot, just hang on to the aspirator and buy regular contact lens saline rather than the special baby nasal saline drops, much much cheaper and exactly the same stuff even though you are buying heaps more. You should chuck out any you have left over after a month. It will be heaps you are throwing out...but still cheaper than buying the baby saline. My friend who is a GP gave me this tip.
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