If your baby is still congested 5 to 10 minutes after you suction you can reapply saline drops and suction again.
Bulb syringe baby throat.
If your baby is still congested after five to ten minutes apply saline drops again and resuction.
Have a bowl of tap water ready to clean the bulb between suctioning attempts.
Compress the bulb of the syringe to suck out the mucus.
Suctioning with a bulb syringe.
Once the mucus has loosened use the bulb syringe to suction the mucus from your baby s nose.
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.
Your baby cannot blow his her nose so you need to use a bulb syringe to remove excess mucus.
Sterilize the bulb syringe after each use.
Remove the syringe and squeeze the bulb forcefully to expel the mucus into a tissue.
Don t suction your baby s nose more than two or three times a day though or you ll irritate its.
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.
Repeat the process in each nostril.
Regardless of what type you use be sure to press it snugly against the nostril to create a seal.
Insert it no more than of an inch into the nose hole.
Bulb syringes are helpful devices that allow you to remove mucus from your baby s nose.
Wipe the syringe and repeat the process for the other nostril.