Blow baby
It is not pleasant for you or baby, but you will certainly blow during the first months or first year, even a little longer …
The equipment needed to trim baby
- Cotton;
- Saline pods for single use or sprays of seawater;
- Possibly a fly-baby (not essential).
When nose baby? Two cases to distinguish
1 – clean the nostrils, is to loosen the mucus that unsightly dry (the “boogers”);
2 – clean the nasal cavity where cold.
1 – Fly Baby: How do you clean the baby’s nostrils
- Take a small piece of cotton and wiggle it into a wick. Moisten it with saline. Place the wick in one nostril and turn it very gently. Then repeat with another piece of cotton for the other nostril;
- Another solution: use a fly-baby. This device, in the form of a pear or a small tube, sold in supermarkets and pharmacies, can pick up anything that is in baby’s nostrils. The Fly Baby is not always recommended by pediatricians.
Warning: Babies generally do not like to dig the nose. He may cry and struggle. You will have to hold her head to be able to effectively snuff, and thus ensure that this moment does not last too long.
2 – Fly Baby: How do you clean baby’s nasal
If proven cold baby, it is more effective when the fly. For communication with the nose throat and ears … and if improperly cleaned nose, a cold can develop into ear or even bronchiolitis.
Turn the baby’s head so that he plays against the changing table. Hold her head firmly and lock her mouth so that it remains closed. Inject into the nostril which is above the normal saline pod: Baby is forced to blow to get rid of cash … and mucus. Having closed mouth, and he evacuated the saline and mucus from the nose.
Wipe his nose and repeat with the other nostril, after having turned the head of the other side.
Baby hates this manipulation that usually turns into a trial of strength. Be forewarned and convinced that you do this for his own good!
Tips and Tricks
- We show you how to blow baby maternity;
- If baby is very cold (or has bronchiolitis), we can prescribe physical therapy for him identify the respiratory airways and nose. This may be the opportunity, as the pediatrician, ask what you watch how well your baby’s nose with saline;
- Snuff bottle for her baby before this manipulation could induce vomiting, and secondly, baby will have a better appetite once led his nose.
Blow baby hygiene aside …
- Wash your hands before snuffing baby;
- The tips of the sprays of seawater must be cleaned after each use with soap and water, and essential if you clean the nose of several children;
- Single-dose vials of saline did not retain more than 24 hours once opened.