Women's Health

Maternity

Post-Natal Care

Stuffy Nose

Sometimes newborns develop a stuffy nose, and you will hear noisy breathing. If this happens, use a bulb syringe to clear your baby's nasal pasages and make him/her more comfortable.

To use a bulb syringe:

Squeeze the air out of the bulb;
Put the tip of the bulb just inside one nostril;
Let the bulb suck the mucous out of the nose. Release the bulb slowly and remove the bulb from the nose;
Squeeze the mucous out of the bulb onto a tissue;
Repeat these steps on the other nostril;
After suctioning, be sure to wash the bulb in warm, soapy water, and hang upside down to dry. Replace the bulb syringe if your baby has been sick.