I think this subject can be very much on-topic! When faced with a newborn with a blocked nose, I have had great success with filling a 1cc syringe with breastmilk, getting baby to suck on mother's finger and squirting it down each of baby's nostrils as he sucks. No needle obviously!! And no need for suction at all. Denise *************************************** Denise Fisher http://www.health-e-learning.com **************************************** *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html