https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 19 May 2026 18:48:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-780641 Tue, 14 May 2013 12:18:01 +0000 Mrs. Stroller 780641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hated it! Used it maybe once, but it didn't do much for us so it's gathering dust in the closet now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-780630 Tue, 14 May 2013 12:15:15 +0000 ladyfingers 780630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have the Baby Comfy Nose, it's similar to the NoseFrida but you don't use special filters, just toilet paper, and it's shaped differently. LO has been majorly stuffed up for the past week with RSV and it has been a lifesaver. I like that I can see what's coming out and I can more easily clean it than the bulb syringe, plus I don't like having to stick the bulb in LO's nose -- you can irritate their cavities that way. </p> <p>I did get sick as well, but I'm willing to bet it was from cuddling and kissing my sick kid more than it was sucking out his snot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-779844 Tue, 14 May 2013 08:17:08 +0000 kml636 779844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe I don't get it, but the nose frieda doesn't do much for my LO </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-778457 Mon, 13 May 2013 14:39:13 +0000 Mrsbells 778457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MarieJ: the nosefrida is awesome you have to move it around when its inside your baby's nose while you suck </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-778412 Mon, 13 May 2013 14:24:31 +0000 littlebug 778412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeha, if I actually think about it, it's gross, but for the most part, I'm so worried about getting it over with because he's freaking out, that i dont have time to think about it. I just suck (and yes, I get winded myself) and then it's overwith. No matter how hard I suck, the snot/boogies never get more than 1/3 of the way up the tube. There is, like, ZERO chance that I would ever get any of it in my mouth, even without the filter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-778383 Mon, 13 May 2013 14:19:31 +0000 lemondrop 778383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not a fan, I am more efficient with the bulb syringe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-778360 Mon, 13 May 2013 14:15:30 +0000 wheres_c 778360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MarieJ: I got sick Ayer using the snotsucker! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-778187 Mon, 13 May 2013 13:26:43 +0000 dookie32 778187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's always worked really well for me- I don't even use the saline. My son absolutely hated the bulb so anything was better than that. I thought it sounded disgusting at first too but it's amazing the sort of things that you will do when you are desperate to help your LO breathe. Never say never! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-778114 Mon, 13 May 2013 13:12:34 +0000 PrincessBaby 778114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>H has boogers the size of her daddy's! They're the same- I swear I didn't know boogers were genetic but they are HUGE and white and when she's crying sometimes it will like perculate and go in and out. The nose frida is the only thing that allows me to attack those monster boogers FAST!!! The bulb took more tries for me, plus the mold thing disgusts me.</p> <p>H's big sticky boogers never make it all the way up to the filter. Maybe they're too heavy?? IdK...I've never changed the filter bc nothing ever gets all the way up there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-778105 Mon, 13 May 2013 13:09:39 +0000 LazyLightning 778105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I showed it to my husband and he doesn't want us to use it (though I did buy it). He thinks we will suck too hard and damage her sinuses - he only wants to use the bulb. Not sure what'll happen yet - she's not quite here yet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-778102 Mon, 13 May 2013 13:08:29 +0000 SugarplumsMom 778102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MarieJ: Try putting it on an angle. So instead of inserting the tip straight into the nostril, angle it to the side a bit. It takes a little practice but for us, that thing + saline worked wonders! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-778099 Mon, 13 May 2013 13:08:19 +0000 dagret 778099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am only grossed our by the nose frida when I think about what i'm doing. I like to think about something else and find it helps a lot. And I've gotten every cold L gets anyway, whether I've used the nosefrida or not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-778061 Mon, 13 May 2013 12:57:52 +0000 T.H.O.U. 778061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the NF and some other version that is similar but a different brand. We just like the bulbs best. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-778057 Mon, 13 May 2013 12:57:17 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 778057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: point taken that here can be some viruses hat do this, but most illnesses have a longer incubation period. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-778049 Mon, 13 May 2013 12:55:40 +0000 cascademom 778049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Modern Daisy: I'm usually grossed out by a lot of stuff, but after having LO, cleaning his dirty butt so many times, using a Windi on his butt, and other gross things, the Nosefrieda is the least gross thing I've come across since becoming a mom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-778041 Mon, 13 May 2013 12:54:18 +0000 MsLipGloss 778041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tidybee: I agree! I didn't like the NF the first couple of times I tried to use it, but once I really started to suck, the difference was tremendous! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-778040 Mon, 13 May 2013 12:54:03 +0000 cascademom 778040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love our nosefrieda. I really should have used it yesterday when LO was sniffling. I clean ours out thoroughly after each use. I find using the rubbing alcohol helps a lot to keep it clean. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-778033 Mon, 13 May 2013 12:52:21 +0000 Modern Daisy 778033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sigh.. this is on my registry because every parent I know raves about it, but I am considering taking it off (again) because I get grossed out really easily adn this jus tseems disgusting to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-778022 Mon, 13 May 2013 12:50:00 +0000 banana 778022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG I LOOOVE the nose frida. Just this morning, I got this HUGE boogie out of my son's nose that had been stuck in there for a few days. He kept picking at it and it wouldn't come out so I squirted saline solution up his nose and nose frida'd it out. I used to use the bulb syringe but after reading about mold problems, I cut one open in half and actually found mold!! I was so grossed out. So nose frida all the way for us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-778005 Mon, 13 May 2013 12:46:57 +0000 Maysprout 778005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I keep almost getting it and then chickening out. I've read lots of reviews and pretty much it seems 100% positive but I think I'd feel like you, which is why I keep chickening out. LO hates the bulb syringe I can't imagine how she'd handle something that takes a bit more time. @Mrs. Jacks: Sorry to be a geek but cold viruses can have very short incubation periods, a lot of times symptoms take less than 24 hours to appear after exposure. <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Incubation+periods+of+experimental+rhinovirus+infection+and+illness" rel="nofollow">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Incubation+periods+of+experimental+rhinovirus+infection+and+illness</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-777796 Mon, 13 May 2013 11:54:12 +0000 chopsuey 777796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I spray saline mist in my lo's nostrils first. Wait a few seconds, then suck. I loooooooove my nose frida and have never gotten sick from using it.<br /> I don't even bother with the filter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-777677 Mon, 13 May 2013 11:15:01 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 777677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MarieJ: Colds take more than half a day to incubate, so likely you got the cold before hand. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-777669 Mon, 13 May 2013 11:13:03 +0000 Beebug 777669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have never seen one, and don't own one, so I definitely don't love it :p </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-777663 Mon, 13 May 2013 11:11:38 +0000 irene 777663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I loved the nose frida but I realized everytime I used it (when LO has a cold) I get sick afterwards. So I went back to using the bulb only... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-776749 Sun, 12 May 2013 19:41:19 +0000 immabeetoo 776749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We love ours! sometimes it helps to sort of swivel it at the edge, and I use saline drops first. I am also SO grossed out by the mildew and mold that can grow inside aspirators! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-776604 Sun, 12 May 2013 18:11:31 +0000 rrachael 776604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: it has a filter .. basically like a little sponge that protects anything from getting to you. Plus I've never experienced the gunk getting veeven a third of the way up the tube towards my mouth! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-776592 Sun, 12 May 2013 18:02:13 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 776592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I felt like I was going to pass out using it for real congestion. For little stuff, it's great. I use my bulb more often, but I wish the bulb was clear! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-776582 Sun, 12 May 2013 17:56:12 +0000 pl0508 776582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love it ! For us I think it works as well as the bulb but FASTER. that's the pro for me. My LO hates the aspirator and the faster the better ! I get the most when I use saline. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-776553 Sun, 12 May 2013 17:42:09 +0000 MarieJ 776553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: it's such a gross concept, but has rave reviews. I was kind of grossed out yesterday while using it, and like I said earlier, I really think I caught DD's cold from it :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nosefrida-am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-love-it#post-776546 Sun, 12 May 2013 17:37:45 +0000 Foodnerd81 776546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So... this nose frieda-- you stick it in LO's nose, and literally put the other end in your mouth and suck the snot out? What keeps the snot from getting in your mouth? </p> <p>I've seen the rave reviews everywhere, so I cam convinced I need one, but it sounds SO disgusting. Like, seriously gross. You can imagine DH's reaction when I described it to him.. </p>