Product Review: NoseFrida Snotsucker

Basically as soon as I finished writing last week's post, little miss came down with my cold. And then a few days after that, little man caught it as well. It was a pretty miserable week+ and I have a new-found appreciation for my ability to take cold medicine when sick. I spent a lot of time feeling useless as we comforted them as best we could. Since they're not quite six months old, we don't have a lot of cold-fighting tools at our disposal. One thing that has been recommended to us repeatedly, though, is the NoseFrida Snotsucker. I first heard of this disgusting tool when my sister had her first baby three years ago. It is exactly what it says: you use it to suck the snot out of your baby's nose. The fan-base is sizable, with almost 6,000 five star reviews on Amazon (https://amzn.com/B00171WXII). 

I've used the Snotsucker several times now and my husband used it once. He says he's afraid he'll suck out their brains. I think he just finds it super gross, which, it is. The first couple times I tried to use it, I was not impressed. I think this was when the twins were congested, but not necessarily snotty. When we got to the mucus running down their face phase of the colds, the Snotsucker worked like a charm. I especially liked to use it before feeding time so they could breathe through their noses better when sucking on their bottles. Little miss got used to the sensation, but little man never warmed to the idea and still cries when he sees the contraption coming.

The best aspect, in my mind, is that this replaced our nasal aspirators from the hospital. I've heard that even when cared for appropriately, these bulbs can grow harmful mold inside them. I like that the Snotsucker is completely clear, so if it ever did start to grow something, I would immediately see it and be able to take action. Also, I could never seem to get the bulbs to work like how the nurses showed me.

My one complaint about the Snotsucker would be the filters. They are seemingly cheap foam that you're supposed to change after each use. I never saw the snot get anywhere close to the filters, so I did not change them as often as the manufacturer suggested. With two sick babies getting suctioned a few times each every day for several days in a row, we would've burned through them very quickly. A pack of 20 is less than $4 on Amazon right now, so it wouldn't have been expensive per se, but it would've been annoying (plus I didn't have the foresight to order more filters before the colds hit). I believe I bought my Snotsucker at Target and it came with some spare filters in the box, so we just used those.

In summary, the NoseFrida Snotsucker is a great product. It does what it says it will, but is still super disgusting.