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SInus Flushes for a 4yr old
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fourkidsmom
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I know this sounds gross, but it worked for my then 4 yr old. We would play a game when he was in the shower doing the nasal flushes, we would play snotty snotty come out and play and he would just laugh. GROSS I know but as a mom I was happy to see the stuff come out of his nose. You can try.
Angie
Angie
fourkidsmom
New member
I know this sounds gross, but it worked for my then 4 yr old. We would play a game when he was in the shower doing the nasal flushes, we would play snotty snotty come out and play and he would just laugh. GROSS I know but as a mom I was happy to see the stuff come out of his nose. You can try.
Angie
Angie
fourkidsmom
New member
I know this sounds gross, but it worked for my then 4 yr old. We would play a game when he was in the shower doing the nasal flushes, we would play snotty snotty come out and play and he would just laugh. GROSS I know but as a mom I was happy to see the stuff come out of his nose. You can try.
Angie
Angie
fourkidsmom
New member
I know this sounds gross, but it worked for my then 4 yr old. We would play a game when he was in the shower doing the nasal flushes, we would play snotty snotty come out and play and he would just laugh. GROSS I know but as a mom I was happy to see the stuff come out of his nose. You can try.
Angie
Angie
fourkidsmom
New member
I know this sounds gross, but it worked for my then 4 yr old. We would play a game when he was in the shower doing the nasal flushes, we would play snotty snotty come out and play and he would just laugh. GROSS I know but as a mom I was happy to see the stuff come out of his nose. You can try.
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<br />Angie
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<br />Angie
Hi Jennifer -
First of all, thanks for helping this family...we moms need all the help we can get! I'm sure she appreciates it!
Emily is 4 and has been doing "Nose Rinses" for about 4 months now. We do them at least 4 -5 times a week, more if needed. We use the Niel-Med bottle kit.
It was tough for her to do the first few times, but she got the hang of it. We make sure the water is luke warm (We boil disstilled water and let it cool to almost room temp. before using it). We also let Emily help squeeze the bottle so she knows when the "whoosh" is coming. Those two things helped her get over her initial disomfort, I think.
It also helped when her big sister (no cf) started to do sinus rinses, too. It became part of the nightly routine - right before teeth brushing, for both of them. Actually, big sister was a little jealous of all the attention Em was getting and asked for a bottle. It worked out great, since she was getting a cold at that time. I ended up getting one for myself, too, eventually.
Emily is a kid who LOVES the gross out factor, so when we started keeping track of the size of the boogers that got washed out, she loved it. For a while, the girls were crowning themselves Booger Queen for the night!
I think it's important to remember that all new skills take time to develop. Just keep trying it. He'll get the hang of it eventually.
We do have a video of Emily doing her nose rinse that we could e-mail to them if it would be helpful for him to see a kid his age doing it! Let me know. (We took the video to show her ENT who was VERY impressed!)
First of all, thanks for helping this family...we moms need all the help we can get! I'm sure she appreciates it!
Emily is 4 and has been doing "Nose Rinses" for about 4 months now. We do them at least 4 -5 times a week, more if needed. We use the Niel-Med bottle kit.
It was tough for her to do the first few times, but she got the hang of it. We make sure the water is luke warm (We boil disstilled water and let it cool to almost room temp. before using it). We also let Emily help squeeze the bottle so she knows when the "whoosh" is coming. Those two things helped her get over her initial disomfort, I think.
It also helped when her big sister (no cf) started to do sinus rinses, too. It became part of the nightly routine - right before teeth brushing, for both of them. Actually, big sister was a little jealous of all the attention Em was getting and asked for a bottle. It worked out great, since she was getting a cold at that time. I ended up getting one for myself, too, eventually.
Emily is a kid who LOVES the gross out factor, so when we started keeping track of the size of the boogers that got washed out, she loved it. For a while, the girls were crowning themselves Booger Queen for the night!
I think it's important to remember that all new skills take time to develop. Just keep trying it. He'll get the hang of it eventually.
We do have a video of Emily doing her nose rinse that we could e-mail to them if it would be helpful for him to see a kid his age doing it! Let me know. (We took the video to show her ENT who was VERY impressed!)
Hi Jennifer -
First of all, thanks for helping this family...we moms need all the help we can get! I'm sure she appreciates it!
Emily is 4 and has been doing "Nose Rinses" for about 4 months now. We do them at least 4 -5 times a week, more if needed. We use the Niel-Med bottle kit.
It was tough for her to do the first few times, but she got the hang of it. We make sure the water is luke warm (We boil disstilled water and let it cool to almost room temp. before using it). We also let Emily help squeeze the bottle so she knows when the "whoosh" is coming. Those two things helped her get over her initial disomfort, I think.
It also helped when her big sister (no cf) started to do sinus rinses, too. It became part of the nightly routine - right before teeth brushing, for both of them. Actually, big sister was a little jealous of all the attention Em was getting and asked for a bottle. It worked out great, since she was getting a cold at that time. I ended up getting one for myself, too, eventually.
Emily is a kid who LOVES the gross out factor, so when we started keeping track of the size of the boogers that got washed out, she loved it. For a while, the girls were crowning themselves Booger Queen for the night!
I think it's important to remember that all new skills take time to develop. Just keep trying it. He'll get the hang of it eventually.
We do have a video of Emily doing her nose rinse that we could e-mail to them if it would be helpful for him to see a kid his age doing it! Let me know. (We took the video to show her ENT who was VERY impressed!)
First of all, thanks for helping this family...we moms need all the help we can get! I'm sure she appreciates it!
Emily is 4 and has been doing "Nose Rinses" for about 4 months now. We do them at least 4 -5 times a week, more if needed. We use the Niel-Med bottle kit.
It was tough for her to do the first few times, but she got the hang of it. We make sure the water is luke warm (We boil disstilled water and let it cool to almost room temp. before using it). We also let Emily help squeeze the bottle so she knows when the "whoosh" is coming. Those two things helped her get over her initial disomfort, I think.
It also helped when her big sister (no cf) started to do sinus rinses, too. It became part of the nightly routine - right before teeth brushing, for both of them. Actually, big sister was a little jealous of all the attention Em was getting and asked for a bottle. It worked out great, since she was getting a cold at that time. I ended up getting one for myself, too, eventually.
Emily is a kid who LOVES the gross out factor, so when we started keeping track of the size of the boogers that got washed out, she loved it. For a while, the girls were crowning themselves Booger Queen for the night!
I think it's important to remember that all new skills take time to develop. Just keep trying it. He'll get the hang of it eventually.
We do have a video of Emily doing her nose rinse that we could e-mail to them if it would be helpful for him to see a kid his age doing it! Let me know. (We took the video to show her ENT who was VERY impressed!)
Hi Jennifer -
First of all, thanks for helping this family...we moms need all the help we can get! I'm sure she appreciates it!
Emily is 4 and has been doing "Nose Rinses" for about 4 months now. We do them at least 4 -5 times a week, more if needed. We use the Niel-Med bottle kit.
It was tough for her to do the first few times, but she got the hang of it. We make sure the water is luke warm (We boil disstilled water and let it cool to almost room temp. before using it). We also let Emily help squeeze the bottle so she knows when the "whoosh" is coming. Those two things helped her get over her initial disomfort, I think.
It also helped when her big sister (no cf) started to do sinus rinses, too. It became part of the nightly routine - right before teeth brushing, for both of them. Actually, big sister was a little jealous of all the attention Em was getting and asked for a bottle. It worked out great, since she was getting a cold at that time. I ended up getting one for myself, too, eventually.
Emily is a kid who LOVES the gross out factor, so when we started keeping track of the size of the boogers that got washed out, she loved it. For a while, the girls were crowning themselves Booger Queen for the night!
I think it's important to remember that all new skills take time to develop. Just keep trying it. He'll get the hang of it eventually.
We do have a video of Emily doing her nose rinse that we could e-mail to them if it would be helpful for him to see a kid his age doing it! Let me know. (We took the video to show her ENT who was VERY impressed!)
First of all, thanks for helping this family...we moms need all the help we can get! I'm sure she appreciates it!
Emily is 4 and has been doing "Nose Rinses" for about 4 months now. We do them at least 4 -5 times a week, more if needed. We use the Niel-Med bottle kit.
It was tough for her to do the first few times, but she got the hang of it. We make sure the water is luke warm (We boil disstilled water and let it cool to almost room temp. before using it). We also let Emily help squeeze the bottle so she knows when the "whoosh" is coming. Those two things helped her get over her initial disomfort, I think.
It also helped when her big sister (no cf) started to do sinus rinses, too. It became part of the nightly routine - right before teeth brushing, for both of them. Actually, big sister was a little jealous of all the attention Em was getting and asked for a bottle. It worked out great, since she was getting a cold at that time. I ended up getting one for myself, too, eventually.
Emily is a kid who LOVES the gross out factor, so when we started keeping track of the size of the boogers that got washed out, she loved it. For a while, the girls were crowning themselves Booger Queen for the night!
I think it's important to remember that all new skills take time to develop. Just keep trying it. He'll get the hang of it eventually.
We do have a video of Emily doing her nose rinse that we could e-mail to them if it would be helpful for him to see a kid his age doing it! Let me know. (We took the video to show her ENT who was VERY impressed!)
Hi Jennifer -
First of all, thanks for helping this family...we moms need all the help we can get! I'm sure she appreciates it!
Emily is 4 and has been doing "Nose Rinses" for about 4 months now. We do them at least 4 -5 times a week, more if needed. We use the Niel-Med bottle kit.
It was tough for her to do the first few times, but she got the hang of it. We make sure the water is luke warm (We boil disstilled water and let it cool to almost room temp. before using it). We also let Emily help squeeze the bottle so she knows when the "whoosh" is coming. Those two things helped her get over her initial disomfort, I think.
It also helped when her big sister (no cf) started to do sinus rinses, too. It became part of the nightly routine - right before teeth brushing, for both of them. Actually, big sister was a little jealous of all the attention Em was getting and asked for a bottle. It worked out great, since she was getting a cold at that time. I ended up getting one for myself, too, eventually.
Emily is a kid who LOVES the gross out factor, so when we started keeping track of the size of the boogers that got washed out, she loved it. For a while, the girls were crowning themselves Booger Queen for the night!
I think it's important to remember that all new skills take time to develop. Just keep trying it. He'll get the hang of it eventually.
We do have a video of Emily doing her nose rinse that we could e-mail to them if it would be helpful for him to see a kid his age doing it! Let me know. (We took the video to show her ENT who was VERY impressed!)
First of all, thanks for helping this family...we moms need all the help we can get! I'm sure she appreciates it!
Emily is 4 and has been doing "Nose Rinses" for about 4 months now. We do them at least 4 -5 times a week, more if needed. We use the Niel-Med bottle kit.
It was tough for her to do the first few times, but she got the hang of it. We make sure the water is luke warm (We boil disstilled water and let it cool to almost room temp. before using it). We also let Emily help squeeze the bottle so she knows when the "whoosh" is coming. Those two things helped her get over her initial disomfort, I think.
It also helped when her big sister (no cf) started to do sinus rinses, too. It became part of the nightly routine - right before teeth brushing, for both of them. Actually, big sister was a little jealous of all the attention Em was getting and asked for a bottle. It worked out great, since she was getting a cold at that time. I ended up getting one for myself, too, eventually.
Emily is a kid who LOVES the gross out factor, so when we started keeping track of the size of the boogers that got washed out, she loved it. For a while, the girls were crowning themselves Booger Queen for the night!
I think it's important to remember that all new skills take time to develop. Just keep trying it. He'll get the hang of it eventually.
We do have a video of Emily doing her nose rinse that we could e-mail to them if it would be helpful for him to see a kid his age doing it! Let me know. (We took the video to show her ENT who was VERY impressed!)
Hi Jennifer -
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<br />First of all, thanks for helping this family...we moms need all the help we can get! I'm sure she appreciates it!
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<br />Emily is 4 and has been doing "Nose Rinses" for about 4 months now. We do them at least 4 -5 times a week, more if needed. We use the Niel-Med bottle kit.
<br />
<br />It was tough for her to do the first few times, but she got the hang of it. We make sure the water is luke warm (We boil disstilled water and let it cool to almost room temp. before using it). We also let Emily help squeeze the bottle so she knows when the "whoosh" is coming. Those two things helped her get over her initial disomfort, I think.
<br />
<br />It also helped when her big sister (no cf) started to do sinus rinses, too. It became part of the nightly routine - right before teeth brushing, for both of them. Actually, big sister was a little jealous of all the attention Em was getting and asked for a bottle. It worked out great, since she was getting a cold at that time. I ended up getting one for myself, too, eventually.
<br />
<br />Emily is a kid who LOVES the gross out factor, so when we started keeping track of the size of the boogers that got washed out, she loved it. For a while, the girls were crowning themselves Booger Queen for the night!
<br />
<br />I think it's important to remember that all new skills take time to develop. Just keep trying it. He'll get the hang of it eventually.
<br />
<br />We do have a video of Emily doing her nose rinse that we could e-mail to them if it would be helpful for him to see a kid his age doing it! Let me know. (We took the video to show her ENT who was VERY impressed!)
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<br />First of all, thanks for helping this family...we moms need all the help we can get! I'm sure she appreciates it!
<br />
<br />Emily is 4 and has been doing "Nose Rinses" for about 4 months now. We do them at least 4 -5 times a week, more if needed. We use the Niel-Med bottle kit.
<br />
<br />It was tough for her to do the first few times, but she got the hang of it. We make sure the water is luke warm (We boil disstilled water and let it cool to almost room temp. before using it). We also let Emily help squeeze the bottle so she knows when the "whoosh" is coming. Those two things helped her get over her initial disomfort, I think.
<br />
<br />It also helped when her big sister (no cf) started to do sinus rinses, too. It became part of the nightly routine - right before teeth brushing, for both of them. Actually, big sister was a little jealous of all the attention Em was getting and asked for a bottle. It worked out great, since she was getting a cold at that time. I ended up getting one for myself, too, eventually.
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<br />Emily is a kid who LOVES the gross out factor, so when we started keeping track of the size of the boogers that got washed out, she loved it. For a while, the girls were crowning themselves Booger Queen for the night!
<br />
<br />I think it's important to remember that all new skills take time to develop. Just keep trying it. He'll get the hang of it eventually.
<br />
<br />We do have a video of Emily doing her nose rinse that we could e-mail to them if it would be helpful for him to see a kid his age doing it! Let me know. (We took the video to show her ENT who was VERY impressed!)
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ds started when he was 4. I had purchased a sinus rinse kit with bottle for myself, but noticed he was really stuffed up. So I went thru the instructions with him. I started off squeezing the bottle while saying breathe thru your mouth and it was soooo disgusting. Could hardly believe the amount of stuff that came out. And he pretty much grossed me out, which he enjoyed thoroughly. You see the irony of DS' cf is that the one and only thing that grosses me out and makes me gag is mucus.
So watching Mommy squirm and make dry heave sounds is apparently very entertaining.
DS also showed his 70 year old grandfather who has chronic sinus issues, has had multiple surgeries -- how to do the rinses.
So watching Mommy squirm and make dry heave sounds is apparently very entertaining.
DS also showed his 70 year old grandfather who has chronic sinus issues, has had multiple surgeries -- how to do the rinses.
ds started when he was 4. I had purchased a sinus rinse kit with bottle for myself, but noticed he was really stuffed up. So I went thru the instructions with him. I started off squeezing the bottle while saying breathe thru your mouth and it was soooo disgusting. Could hardly believe the amount of stuff that came out. And he pretty much grossed me out, which he enjoyed thoroughly. You see the irony of DS' cf is that the one and only thing that grosses me out and makes me gag is mucus.
So watching Mommy squirm and make dry heave sounds is apparently very entertaining.
DS also showed his 70 year old grandfather who has chronic sinus issues, has had multiple surgeries -- how to do the rinses.
So watching Mommy squirm and make dry heave sounds is apparently very entertaining.
DS also showed his 70 year old grandfather who has chronic sinus issues, has had multiple surgeries -- how to do the rinses.
ds started when he was 4. I had purchased a sinus rinse kit with bottle for myself, but noticed he was really stuffed up. So I went thru the instructions with him. I started off squeezing the bottle while saying breathe thru your mouth and it was soooo disgusting. Could hardly believe the amount of stuff that came out. And he pretty much grossed me out, which he enjoyed thoroughly. You see the irony of DS' cf is that the one and only thing that grosses me out and makes me gag is mucus.
So watching Mommy squirm and make dry heave sounds is apparently very entertaining.
DS also showed his 70 year old grandfather who has chronic sinus issues, has had multiple surgeries -- how to do the rinses.
So watching Mommy squirm and make dry heave sounds is apparently very entertaining.
DS also showed his 70 year old grandfather who has chronic sinus issues, has had multiple surgeries -- how to do the rinses.
ds started when he was 4. I had purchased a sinus rinse kit with bottle for myself, but noticed he was really stuffed up. So I went thru the instructions with him. I started off squeezing the bottle while saying breathe thru your mouth and it was soooo disgusting. Could hardly believe the amount of stuff that came out. And he pretty much grossed me out, which he enjoyed thoroughly. You see the irony of DS' cf is that the one and only thing that grosses me out and makes me gag is mucus.
So watching Mommy squirm and make dry heave sounds is apparently very entertaining.
DS also showed his 70 year old grandfather who has chronic sinus issues, has had multiple surgeries -- how to do the rinses.
So watching Mommy squirm and make dry heave sounds is apparently very entertaining.
DS also showed his 70 year old grandfather who has chronic sinus issues, has had multiple surgeries -- how to do the rinses.
ds started when he was 4. I had purchased a sinus rinse kit with bottle for myself, but noticed he was really stuffed up. So I went thru the instructions with him. I started off squeezing the bottle while saying breathe thru your mouth and it was soooo disgusting. Could hardly believe the amount of stuff that came out. And he pretty much grossed me out, which he enjoyed thoroughly. You see the irony of DS' cf is that the one and only thing that grosses me out and makes me gag is mucus.
<br />
<br />So watching Mommy squirm and make dry heave sounds is apparently very entertaining.
<br />
<br />DS also showed his 70 year old grandfather who has chronic sinus issues, has had multiple surgeries -- how to do the rinses.
<br />
<br />So watching Mommy squirm and make dry heave sounds is apparently very entertaining.
<br />
<br />DS also showed his 70 year old grandfather who has chronic sinus issues, has had multiple surgeries -- how to do the rinses.