Bulb Syringe Baby Throat

Your baby cannot blow his her nose so you need to use a bulb syringe to remove excess mucus.

Bulb syringe baby throat.

Regardless of what type you use be sure to press it snugly against the nostril to create a seal. Repeat the process in each nostril. Suctioning with a bulb syringe. Some bulb syringes have a shorter wider nozzle.

Insert it no more than of an inch into the nose hole. Insert the tip of the bulb syringe into the baby s nostril. Compress the bulb of the syringe to suck out the mucus. Have a bowl of tap water ready to clean the bulb between suctioning attempts.

Remove the syringe and squeeze the bulb forcefully to expel the mucus into a tissue. If your baby is still congested after five to ten minutes apply saline drops again and resuction. Once the mucus has loosened use the bulb syringe to suction the mucus from your baby s nose. Sterilize the bulb syringe after each use.

The lining in your baby s nostrils is delicate and you could irritate it and cause bigger problems that you ll need a doctor s treatment for. Before you use the bulb syringe loosen the mucus in your baby s nose with a nose dropper filled with a saline solution. A bulb syringe or suction bulb is a small rubber object with a long tip at the end of a bulb. If your baby is still congested 5 to 10 minutes after you suction you can reapply saline drops and suction again.

Don t suction your baby s nose more than two or three times a day though or you ll irritate its.