UPDATE below: Adorable, but not very effective
Update:<br />Our baby girl is sick with a cold and this little gadget has been a lifesaver. While a manual nasal aspirator still offers better suction, our little girl tolerates this WAY better than the NoseFrida and actually smiles and laughs when we use it. The highest setting can get the most stubborn snot out but does take some poking around. No worries as the snot tip (wide, rounded tip) is soft and doesn’t bother her. The music and lights keep her engaged at not swinging her head from side to side.<br /><br />All great things as far as an update goes BUT… the instructions say to boil the parts to sanitize them, including the snot collection cup, but the plastic pieces did NOT survive boiling water. I’m hoping the seller can send out replacement parts. So DO NOT BOIL THE PLASTIC PARTS despite what the instructions say.<br /><br />Before our son learned how to blow his nose, we used the Nose Frida exclusively to remove snot and boogies. For our new baby, I thought I’d give this cute little device a try. First off, it’s adorable! The lights and music are great for distracting little ones who aren’t too keen on having the snot sucked out of the faces. There are several songs you can cycle through to find your little one’s favorite. You can also cycle through the suction strength to find one that’s effective for you. Unfortunately, even on the highest setting, the suction was still lacking, when compared to the manual Nose Frida. This can still work well for those who aren’t fans of the manual booger sucker, and definitely a better option than the ones the hospitals used, but it does fall short for us. I’ll keep it for the times when baby isn’t cooperative with the Nose Frida as the lights and music make it much more appealing than the blue tube.
Rating: 3 stars