Here's my first "How To" video. This is HOW TO safely give your toddler a saline nose rinse!

Fair Warning! This is NOT my most glamorous side. But I hope it helps some Mama's out there to give their littles better sleep by unclogging, and thinning out their mucous and soothing their nasal passages! 

SYRINGE: You can use a normal (like for medicine) syringe found in any drugstore and cut off 90% of the tip, and then filing down the edges,(just use a nail file) so that your syringe can have a short tip, and thus, not hurt your baby's nose!

 10 Tips (all are more thoroughly explained in the video starting at 3:35) 
1. DO NOT USE TAP WATER
2. Use Distilled Water
3. Add appropriate dose of Saline 
4. Syringe - buy a normal one, cut the tip off, file it down
5. Lukewarm Water Temp
6. Test on yourself before baby (use a different syringe for yourself)
8. Holding Baby/Positioning
9. Talk to your baby - Explain it!
10. Reward your baby! (With honey IF baby is over 12 months... to soothe cough...do NOT give Honey to babies under 12 months!)

Here is someone else doing a nasal rinse that is perhaps gentler/shows a way to hold a smaller baby. (...But I will say that I would have liked to see her lean that little baby more forward when doing it!) However... it shows a different and perhaps gentler bulb/syringe thing... (and a smaller baby) .... So watch this one too if that sounds appealing! 


I find it MUCH easier and more comfortable to do it for my child, when I thoroughly know how to do it for myself. The BEST video that explains the WHY, and the HOW to do an adult saline rinse is from the Mayo Clinic, explaining Benefits of Nasal Rinsing and How to do it properly. 

DISCLAIMER: AS ALWAYS.... Seek the advice of a medical professional. I don't claim to be any sort of expert! Just a Mama, sharing what works for me - and never pretending to "know it all", by any means. ​

I am SO excited to Launch this section of my website!
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Check back often for posts in this section, including posts on the following topics: 

HOW I SANG MY BABY OUT (HypnoBirthing Birth Story) 

Opera Mom's First Year: 

THE BEST BABY SLEEP ADVICE EVER:

BABY SIGN LANGUAGE:

When You're Pregnant & Performing: 

How to help Baby with Stuffy Nose!  (Neti Pot for Baby!) 

Suzuki Baby Violin & Piano 

Breastfeeding and Hydration--- For The Professional Singer

How to Sing from Your "Hoo-Ha" after your "Hoo-Ha" had a Baby

Traveling with Your Kids to Auditions & Performances

Musical Instruments for Baby

Baby Learns to Say 'Bye bye' to the Toothbrush (and everything else).