How do you clear a baby or toddler's blocked nose?

[jumblyMummy]

I'm interested to know what natural ways people have found to clear a baby's blocked nose. We've recently had a lot of success with Sterimar salt water nasal spray which is 100% natural and I wish I'd known about it when my daughter was a lot younger.

I'm expecting my second baby this spring so I'm planning on using Sterimar baby this time around.

What natural remedies have worked for you?

[New Age London]

You close its mouth with your fingers, smiling, and say ¨Good girl¨ or ¨Good boy¨. An open mouth leads to a closed nose in sensitive individuals, so the best thing to do is to encourage the youngster from birth to keep his or her mouth closed. You can consult with a Buteyko practitioner if you want to know more. I hope this helps

[Maya]

With my boy, I used to use the albos oil on a tissue, but now he just presses acupressure points himself.

[Finalshine]

Id get them to blow their own nose, if its quite blocked then a oil diffuser with some eucalyptus or pine oil in the room would work well too

[lewey]

Not quite sure where my wife got in from (possible overseas), but we have a little siphoning contraption that has always worked really well in clearing our little one's nose anytime she has a cold, runny nose, and similar.

It has a 'trap' at one end that is placed just slightly into the nose, a plastic pipe about a foot long, and a mouth piece on the other end that you suck on. You just literally suck out the blockage. Sounds not so pleasant, but you are not sucking anything into your mouth - the trap and pipe prevent that, and it couldn't be more natural - you are not applying anything.