Bulb Syringe Baby Throat

Sterilize the bulb syringe after each use.

Bulb syringe baby throat.

If your baby starts sniffling again after a while it s okay to try again but don t use the bulb syringe more than three times every day. Have a bowl of tap water ready to clean the bulb between suctioning attempts. Suctioning with a bulb syringe. Your baby cannot blow his her nose so you need to use a bulb syringe to remove excess mucus.

Compress the bulb of the syringe to suck out the mucus. Insert it no more than of an inch into the nose hole. Wipe the syringe and repeat the process for the other nostril. A bulb syringe or suction bulb is a small rubber object with a long tip at the end of a bulb.

Insert the tip of the bulb syringe into the baby s nostril. Bulb syringes are helpful devices that allow you to remove mucus from your baby s nose. If your baby is still congested after five to ten minutes apply saline drops again and resuction. Remove the syringe and squeeze the bulb forcefully to expel the mucus into a tissue.

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. Once the mucus has loosened use the bulb syringe to suction the mucus from your baby s nose. Repeat the process in each nostril. 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.