[Warning: might be kinda gross] Would you use this thing? Ever seen anything like it?

We had a simple bulb syringe for our kids They turned out ok.
Except for the time we overdid it and sucked out speech and the recognition of squares and triangle shapes.

Like @worriedguy, I grew up on a bulb syringe for flushing and cleaning a nose. This looks like more stuff to wash.

@ worriedguy (Thanks for the laugh. I trust they got those triangles back)
Haven’t and wouldn’t (no babies around) but if you’ve had a baby with his nose so congested he can’t breathe, I can imagine trying it. Imagine thick yellow mucous totally clogging the nose.
This is just a fancier gadget than a bulb syringe.

1— why would anyone need the snot sucked out of them?

2— why is “its Sweedish” a selling point?

Why not, hell, if I can gavage a goose, that’s a piece of cake.

@poisonedantidote Babies often need to have mucus suctioned out of their itty bitty noses and throats when they are very small.

Having always been a bit impaired when it came to using a bulb syringe, I might have given this a try when my kids were babies. Anyone who has siphoned gasoline is pretty practiced at getting their mouth out of the way before anything comes down the tube! Like @poisonedantidote I gotta wonder why being Swedish is a selling point.

So glad I raised my kids before decongestants were a no-no!

@poisonedantidote “why would anyone need the snot sucked out of them?”

Because babies and most toddlers are incapable of blowing their noses. The blowing of one’s nose actually has to be learned. When a child gets sick and is backed up with mucus, they can’t get rid of it on their own and need to have it sucked out.

@worriedguy – Right, but with a bulb syringe, you don’t have to do the actual sucking.

Sure, I’d use it if the normal bulb I used on the kids wasn’t around. Sometimes you gotta use whatever you can to relieve the congestion.

Oops – I see that I misspelled “congestion” above.

Why would I think it gross? Would I use it? no.

Time to phone my mother to see if she ever had to suck my snot out of me.

I can think of a couple of uses for that thing other than its intended purpose :-p

Can today’s children no longer blow their nose?
And in babies I think it is adorable when they have snotty noses and crispy jumpers :-)

@rebbel You sound ready then!

@janbb We haven’t even started yet…, my girlfriend wants to see Dr. G. first ;-)

@rebbel Well, you let me know the minute… I am a Bubby in Paris, I could be a Bubby in Holland too.

@janbb You are disturbing us…, we’re almost finished…....., watching Dr. G…..~
And do I want to know what a bubby is?? :-)

A bubby is the Yiddish word for grandmother and an absolutely wonderful thing for a kid to have. They bake cookies, make chicken soup and teach kids about dirty words and flirting. Every child needs one!

Sorry to disturb you, my dears. Carry on watching – or whatever!

@janbb That’s a sweet thing to say and to offer!
Whenever you are in Dutchland you may be my bubby (having no grannies left it would be nice)!
Don’t worry about the disturbing…, Dr. G. does the same every episode; she looks the outside, makes a Y-incision, looks in the chest- and abdominal cavity, then opens the head, and in the end most of the death causes are cocaine or alcohol related….

I was thinking more of being your child’s Bubby. I’m a little young to be yours – or even mother for that matter. But the offer is there.

@janbb One is never too young to be a granny, or too old to be a child!
Stupid that with all the baby-making chat I didn’t make that connection…., silly rebbel.

The Dr. has finished, so here’s to practising :-)
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That little bulb thingy that you can buy at the pharmacy doesn’t work too well. You bet I’d use it, especially because it’s clear so you can see to clean it well.

Well, if it helps, why not? I can’t stop laughing at the name though…snotsucker lmao.

@Symbeline – Yeah, and the name and this part of the FAQ also cracks me up:
“Can I suck too hard?
No. NoseFrida is safe to use on newborns and preemies. There is no risk of sucking too hard.”
Oh, dear- and now I just looked further into their website and found this: http://www.fridababy.com/shop/windi-for-gas-relief/

Oh my…O_O