What should I do if my one-year-old baby has nasal mucus?

Many parents complain that there is booger in their baby's nose but they can't pick it out, but they dare not use force because babies are not fully developed, and their dermis and fibrous tissue are very thin and sensitive. They are afraid of hurting or breaking the baby's nasal membrane. However, if they don't pick it out, the baby will have difficulty breathing and it will affect their health. This worries many young parents and they don't know what to do. So, what should you do if a one-year-old baby has booger and how do you pick it out? Please see the article below for details.

Boogers are formed by the coagulation of nasal secretions. Therefore, it will occur even if you are not sick, but when you are sick, there will be more nasal secretions and more nasal mucus will be formed. There are some hair follicles at the entrance of the nostrils, which usually secrete some secretions to lubricate and protect the inside of the nose. When the secretions dry, they become what we call nasal mucus. At this time, if you inhale unclean air, such as dust, the color of the nasal mucus will appear dark. One of the functions of the human nasal cavity is to secrete a large amount of mucus to moisten the dry air inhaled. This mucus is secreted by the mucous glands that line the nasal mucosa. When you have a cold, the mucous membrane becomes congested, so the secretion of the mucous glands also increases accordingly.

Use a small cotton swab to squeeze a little erythromycin ointment onto the tip of the cotton swab, then gently insert the cotton swab tip with erythromycin into the baby's nose, and apply the erythromycin evenly inside both nostrils of the baby. Erythromycin can dilute the mucus in the baby's nose. After the mucus is diluted, you can use a clean cotton swab to gently remove the mucus in the baby's nose. Put warm water in a spill-proof baby bottle. After the baby falls asleep at night, turn the bottle upside down and when the water stops dripping, gently pinch the nipple a few times and drip the water into the lower edge of the baby's nostrils.

After reading the tips introduced in the article above, it is actually very simple to help your baby pick his nose. Just apply some erythromycin in the baby's nostrils, wait for the booger to be diluted, then gently put the cotton swab into the baby's nose and take it out. An even simpler way is to squeeze a few drops of milk from the bottle into the baby's nose, and the booger will come out naturally.