If it's made in Sweden, it has to be good, right? The Nosefrida...oh, where to begin? I decided to give this unique nasal aspirator a try after reading all the great reviews on various websites and blogs. Everyone was raving about how effective it was. At $17, I think it's a pretty expensive booger extractor, but, hey, everyone else seems to love it! Once it arrived, I wasn't sure I could go through with it. You see, the way the Nosefrida works is you place the cylinder just outside of
baby's nostril. Then you put that flexible tube IN YOUR MOUTH. Yes, you read that correctly. You put it in your mouth and SUCK the snot! There is a filter between the cylinder and the tube so you can be sure nothing green reaches your lips. Ewww! This was a huge leap for me considering I gag and heave over just about anything. I guess when it's your baby, you just find the courage somewhere. I waited until he had a stuffy nose, whipped out the Nosefrida, put the cylinder in place, the tube in my mouth and sucked with all my might. Then I did it again.
I sucked until I almost passed out, but I couldn't get anything out of that little stuffy nose of his. Plus, he kept trying to put the cylinder in his mouth. This thing doesn't work. I even tried Saline to loosen up the stuff first. Sucked 'til I was blue in the face and the mucus hadn't budged. So, I pulled out my trusty bulb aspirator and out it all came. Baby could breathe clear again. My advice, when it comes to nasal aspirators - save yourself the $17 and take the hospital aspirator home with you. The one they use when baby is first born - that is the best aspirator you'll ever find. They're going to charge you for it anyway (probably more than $17, though!) so you might as well keep it. No other aspirators work as well as the one the pediatrician uses on your baby in his or her first minutes of life.
baby's nostril. Then you put that flexible tube IN YOUR MOUTH. Yes, you read that correctly. You put it in your mouth and SUCK the snot! There is a filter between the cylinder and the tube so you can be sure nothing green reaches your lips. Ewww! This was a huge leap for me considering I gag and heave over just about anything. I guess when it's your baby, you just find the courage somewhere. I waited until he had a stuffy nose, whipped out the Nosefrida, put the cylinder in place, the tube in my mouth and sucked with all my might. Then I did it again.
I sucked until I almost passed out, but I couldn't get anything out of that little stuffy nose of his. Plus, he kept trying to put the cylinder in his mouth. This thing doesn't work. I even tried Saline to loosen up the stuff first. Sucked 'til I was blue in the face and the mucus hadn't budged. So, I pulled out my trusty bulb aspirator and out it all came. Baby could breathe clear again. My advice, when it comes to nasal aspirators - save yourself the $17 and take the hospital aspirator home with you. The one they use when baby is first born - that is the best aspirator you'll ever find. They're going to charge you for it anyway (probably more than $17, though!) so you might as well keep it. No other aspirators work as well as the one the pediatrician uses on your baby in his or her first minutes of life.
1 comment:
I actually love the Nosefrida. My hubby hates it because he hates snot, makes him gag too :)
My only complaint with it is that the taste I get from the tubes.
We've sucked some major snot out of our daughter's nose, and thankfully, it's never even gotten close to the filter.
We use the bulb aspirator when she has snot from crying though.
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