How Do You Suction A Babys Nose Mucus?
Even when your baby is tiny, he has a number of ways to try to escape the bulb suction. Babies will turn their heads, bat at your hands, and as they get older, wiggle, hit and kick to get away. This gives ways to suction your baby’s nose mucus whether you’re doing it alone or with a partner. It is best to suction a baby’s nose when they’re either on your lap with their feet toward your stomach, or laying at diaper-changing height. It is easiest to see what you’re doing when you’re standing and the baby is laying around your waist level. Put a tissue near the baby, and hold the bulb syringe in one hand. Drop a saline drop into each nostril to loosen the nose mucus. Start out with the baby under control. If you have a partner, have your partner stand at the baby’s head and place their arms alongside the baby, with their hands holding the baby’s arms and the baby’s head being held gently but firmly between their forearms. If you are by yourself, hold the bulb in the hand closest to the ba
