Let's face it, having kids means at any given time one of them is bound to come down with a cold or, depending on their age, they may be teething, which is what my little one is going through. When she is teething, she gets the same symptoms of a cold - stuffy, running nose, crabby and just not feeling well.
Of course, the day that my daughter had her ballet recital, my little one woke up from her nap running a low grade fever and stuffy nose. (No one ever said getting sick or having a sick child was going to be at a convenient time.) These are all typical symptoms for her when she is teething, which she was due to cut her eye teeth soon.
As most parents know, having a child with a stuffy, runny nose, often means little to no sleep for both you and your child. They can't breath through their nose or they have drainage making them cough, which makes for an all around not so fun night and lots of coffee in the morning.
Enter Into The World of Nasal Aspirators
Now, a few weeks prior, I was approached by
NeilMed to try a kind of nasal aspirator for infants and young children that didn't require something being stuck up the nose and is safe to use. I remember when my two younger children were sick and had stuffy or runny noses, I would just use the blue nasal aspirator bulb that you get when your child is born or from the store. It seemed to work, but was nerve-wracking for me because I was always afraid I was going to poke them in the eye trying to use it, which often resulted in making them mad and crying.
So when my youngest started to get her first second of teeth in and had a cold, I decided to try
NeilMed's Naspira Nasal-Oral Aspirator. I trusted the NeilMed brand to work because I have used their
NetiPot when my sinuses start to act up.
The
Naspira Nasal-Oral Aspirator's design is unique in that most aspirators have the only option to squeeze some type of "bulb" to suction your baby's nose (similar to the traditional blue bulbs we grew up with). But with
Naspira, you have another option to use a hose attached to the bulb whereby you can create suction by sucking on the mouthpiece at the end of the tube, which, in turn, helps to get rid of a stuffy nose.
Honestly, at first, I was concerned that using the suction created by using the mouthpiece would cause the mucus to go into the mouth (gross, right). But it doesn't.
Naspira is designed with a filter in the line that stops any mucus from entering your mouth.
The Results Are In
After testing it out a few times and getting a feel on how to use it, I tried it on my daughter, who, at this point, wasn't happy with something around her nose, but within a few uses, and clearly getting some mucus out, she was able to breathe a little better. I was impressed by how well it worked and how you can clean it by putting it in boiling water or the microwave to sanitize it. I will definitely use it again (but hopefully not any time soon).
Bonus Time
Or, instead of going to one of the big retail stores such as Babies R Us, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, Target and others to buy the aspirator, you can enter in the giveaway below to win one of THREE NeilMed Nasal-Oral Aspirators for free.
I received this product for free from the sponsor of the Moms Meet program (greenmomsmeet.com), May Media Group LLC, who received it directly from the manufacturer. As a Moms Meet blogger, I agree to use this product and post my opinion on my blog. My opinion do not necessarily reflect the opinions of May Media Group LLC or the manufacturer of the product.
