https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:45:05 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-gift-of-a-snot-sucker#post-627706 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:34:37 +0000 autumnlove 627706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay for the snot sucker! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-gift-of-a-snot-sucker#post-627703 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:34:06 +0000 MaisyMay 627703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelgirl1: Just when she's snuffly, be it a cold or just some congestions.<br /> .@LemonLong: @Cherrybee: @NerdBee: Instead of saline, we put her in the steamy bathroom for about 10-15 minutes. It helps if you LO doesn't like saline. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-gift-of-a-snot-sucker#post-626642 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:32:54 +0000 Cherrybee 626642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: Exactly!! His thought was that we'd be going everywhere in the car so we'd only need a car seat - but I reminded him that we can't drive the car around the supermarket and I wont be carrying the baby in one hand an a basket in the other!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-gift-of-a-snot-sucker#post-626637 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:30:46 +0000 lemondrop 626637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So sweet of him!</p> <p>Glad you guys got the travel system, I was going to say if he doesn't think it's necessary, guess who gets to carry the baby all the time? It would get old fast, babies get heavy very quickly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-gift-of-a-snot-sucker#post-626636 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:30:41 +0000 Cherrybee 626636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: Ahhhhh, yes..... they're wonderful!!! I would have loved one with those, with the pram style carrycot set up!! But I couldn't justify to myself, never mind DH, spending a grand on a travel system! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-gift-of-a-snot-sucker#post-626614 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:21:26 +0000 illumina 626614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: Thanks for the tip! There's one in Cambridge, I'd forgotten about it. We saw the iCandy in John Lewis and that's currently my favourite, but DH is making me look at cheaper alternatives :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-gift-of-a-snot-sucker#post-626605 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:15:55 +0000 Cherrybee 626605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: We didn't even look at Mamas and Papas - DH knew I'd fall in love with all the pretty, expensive things and he'd have to remortgage the house to get me out of the shop!! </p> <p>We went to Babies R Us because they have a really good sale on at the moment - you might want to take a look because I think the sale is still on! We got the Graco Sterling system for £99, down from £250. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-gift-of-a-snot-sucker#post-626597 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:09:46 +0000 illumina 626597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hahaha! What travel system did you get? We're going to Mamas &amp; Papas in Essex tomorrow to see what they have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-gift-of-a-snot-sucker#post-626573 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 09:56:44 +0000 Cherrybee 626573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh no, I need to put saline spray on the list too then!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-gift-of-a-snot-sucker#post-626566 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 09:52:52 +0000 NerdBee 626566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelgirl1: we use ours regularly to remove boogers. It does an amazing job. You do need to spray some saline up the nose order though. The baby hydrasense saline is great. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-gift-of-a-snot-sucker#post-626562 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 09:49:13 +0000 loveisstrange 626562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love our NoseFrida so much!! We're on our second one because we dog-sat for a friend and their dog ate ours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-gift-of-a-snot-sucker#post-626553 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 09:44:42 +0000 LemonLong 626553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The nose frida is amazing, at first we didn't get why there were so many rave reviews, then we figured out you needed to use saline spray or drops in the nose first and then the amount of boogers removed was truly awe inspiring! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-gift-of-a-snot-sucker#post-626539 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 09:37:06 +0000 travelgirl1 626539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ha ha. We just ordered a nose frieda yesterday - I think it's one of those things you want to hand and not to hunt down and buy when you actually need it. But DH is seriously grossed out by the thought of it. @MaisyMay: do you just use it when she has a cold, or more regularly than that? I'm kind of intrigued for ours to arrive! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-gift-of-a-snot-sucker#post-626498 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 09:17:03 +0000 MaisyMay 626498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I first explained the nosefrida to DH, we were both grossed out. Now we think it's amazing. I'm glad your DH is getting in to the research and surprised you with the sucker! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-gift-of-a-snot-sucker#post-626488 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 09:09:21 +0000 Cherrybee 626488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hubby bought me a nosefrida!! This sounds like a ridiculous thing to be excited about but it has made me so happy!! Let me explain....</p> <p>A few weeks ago, I wrote a list of all the things we needed to buy for our baby, due in July. DH went through the list like a hot knife through butter, telling me that most of things I had listed were non-essential (including a pushchair!) and everything else we could buy second hand. I was completely deflated. Looking back, I think that perhaps he was just panicked about the length of the list and the seemingly mounting expense because, over the last few weeks, he has asked me for an item off the list every few nights and has researched them one by one..... bless....</p> <p>When we got to nosefrida on the list, he misheard me and thought I said nose feeder. "Nose feeder, what the heck is a nose feeder?" he asked. Completely mishearing him, I started trying to describe a nosefrida: "It's a tube thing that you put up the baby's nose and...." What?? Why would you feed the baby up their nose??". I'm laughing as I type this - and I laughed so hard that night I had to move onto the next item on the list!! </p> <p>Anyway, when I got in from work last night there were a series of packages waiting for me. There was a nosefrida plus a box of filters and a regular bulb aspirator as well, so we could try both!! He'd looked it up and ordered them for me!! </p> <p>I was so touched!! :-)</p> <p>ps - we bought a travel system a few weeks ago. He thought about it and agreed we needed one after all! </p>