Snot Be Gone!
Like most expectant parents, I bought a baby personal care kit while I was pregnant. It contained the adorable little nail clippers, a teeny comb and brush set, a thermometer and a completely useless piece of plastic that is supposed to be a snot sucker. (You might know it as a nasal aspirator. That’s far too formal sounding for our house.) Our son got his first mild cold at approximately 7 months old. I dug out the snot sucker with thoughts of magically clearing his sinuses, allowing him to breathe easy and us all to get some sleep. Hrmph. Not so much. No matter how I positioned it, it did nothing except make him increasingly mad. I resorted to saline and tissues and simply waited a week for sleep.
If only I’d had the Nosefrida Nasal Aspirator.
Recently brought to North America from Sweden by mom of two Kaisa Levine, this ingenious little snot sucker really lives up to it’s name. It was invented in Sweden by ENT’s and pediatricians, and has been used there and throughout Europe for years. When Kaisa’s young son got sick while visiting Sweden, she was instantly converted and was inspired to start Nosefrida USA to supply the rest of us.
Nosefrida looks a little scary at first but it’s extremely easy to use. It’s intended for children from newborn to approximately 3 years old (or whenever they become proficient nose blowers). You just place the end of the tube at the child’s nostril and the red part at the other end in your own mouth. Suck gently to begin with, increasing suction as necessary until you see those pesky boogers in the large tube. Sounds gross, right? The hygiene filter protects you from getting anything near your mouth, and is changed after each use. The large tube is easily washed with soap and water. Once you try it, you’ll see that it’s not gross at all. It’s extremely satisfying to be able to help your child breathe easy. Though my son still doesn’t enjoy having his snot sucked out (who would, really?), the Nosefrida is so efficient that he has a lot less time to get mad at me. We love that there are no worries about safety because the tube never goes inside the nose like other aspirators, so there’s no risk of damaging the nasal membranes and making the nose more swollen.
Nosefrida is a TOP Highly Recommended product and would make an awesome baby gift.
Nosefrida Nasal Aspirator? $15.00
Twenty spare filters? $2.50
A child who can breathe? Priceless
TOP readers receive a free package of hygeine filters with your Nosefrida purchase! Just enter “TOP free filters” in the comment box at checkout.
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