Homemade Saline Solution For Babies Nose

4 cups of distilled or boiled for at least 20 minutes water 2 teaspoons tsp of noniodized salt an airtight storage container with a lid such as a bottle a mixing utensil.

Homemade saline solution for babies nose.

Add 250 ml or 1 cup of distilled water into a container that has been thoroughly cleaned. Mix the water and salt. You can easily make one to wash your nose and sinuses at home. To make homemade saline water all you need to do is prepare a mixture of one cup warm water and a half teaspoon of table salt.

Lay across a bed with your head hanging over upside down and sniff a few drops up each nostril. If the water is too warm it can cause more irritation. To make the solution. Fill a clean sanitized bulb syringe with a small amount of warm saline solution.

Of canning or pickling salt into the water. Boil 2 cups of water covered for 15 minutes. With the help of a dropper put a few drops of the saline solution in the baby s nostrils one drop for each nostril is enough in most cases. Allow to cool to room temperature.

Add one to two drops of saline solution to each of your infant s nostrils. Homemade saline solution requires the following. Add 1 teaspoon of salt. It is better to boil the water first if you are using tap water so that it is sterilized and then put it aside until it becomes lukewarm.

Add 1 pinch of baking soda optional. Sea salt or table salt are both acceptable for a saline solution but use a non iodized salt pickling or kosher if you have an iodine allergy. This natural remedy can be used with a bulb syringe a neti pot a plastic squirt bottle or your cupped hands. Infants and small children aren t able to blow their noses effectively.

Refrigerate in airtight container for up to 24 hours. Preferably a cup of bottled water teaspoon of fresh salt without iodine a pinch of baking soda a dropper or spray bottle. Add 2 5 grams or half tsp. Squeeze some of the mixture through a dropper.

To make a saline solution for babies you will need the following. Do this as many times within a 2 hour period and blow your nose occasionally until each ear nostril is cleared. To administer the solution nasally you ll also need a small spray bottle.