Comments on: Helping Children Wash their Nose

By: Angelique

Angelique — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:32:15 +0000

P.S. I do use it every day when it’s allergy season. I also used it every day when I was pregnant (both times) and had that god-aweful pregnancy-induced chronic stuffy nose.

By: Angelique

Angelique — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:30:17 +0000

We totally use nasal irrigation at our house! Back in college I shadowed a doctor who gave all her allergy/sinus infection/common cold patients instructions on how to use a neti pot. I was curious, so I tried it and was hooked. I like the Sinucleanse bottle (same principle). It’s the only thing that cleans out all that gorp when you’re sick. I got my hubby (who swore he’d never put anything up his nose) to use it once during a particularly nasty cold, and he’s now a convert. I’ve never tried it on my three-year-old though. For my little guys, I use the SinuCleanse Kids Mist. I like it because it’s pure saline with no preservatives. And it’s a nice generous spray but still gentle. It can be a pain remembering to clean though. The fluid has to be discarded after a week (no preservatives) and the unit disinfected with vinegar. BUT, it’s worth it for the sheer amount of snot that can be sucked out of a baby’s nose after a liberal dose of saline from the Kid’s Mist and my trusty Nose Freida (I LOVE my snot sucker, thanks so much for the head’s up on that one!)

By: AJ

AJ — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:34:17 +0000

Upon reading this page, my aunt filed this unsettling report:

“Did you know that your grandfather washed his nose every morning? He didn’t use saline, just plain tap water and used his cupped hands to sniff up the water and then spit it out. More than likely, this made him feel better and kept his nasal passages moist. Dad used to get nose bleeds.”