I've got two sick kiddies right now and thought I'd pass on a tip that has been a huge help to us. If you have small children and don't yet know about this amazing little contraption, you really should. Yes, the idea of sucking their snot out with your mouth is QUITE disgusting at first, but you'll never go back once you see how much relief it brings them...especially when they are continually waking up crying all night because they're too congested to sleep.

It's only about $15, but I'd pay $100 for this little thing if I had to. Your little ones will squirm a bit at first when you use it (and so will you!), but my 3-year-old actually asks for it now because he knows how much it helps.

The SnotSucker...has over 800 reviews on Amazon

OK, I had to send that to all my friends with babies. isgust;

My favorite review:
Customer Review 1,172 of 1,196 people found the following review helpful IT SUCKS BOOGIES & catches them in a tube to eat later, December 2, 2010 By Moobs Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Nosefrida The Snotsucker Nasal Aspirator (Baby Product) my wife has tiny nostrils. i can't fit any of my fingers in her nose...it's amazing she can breathe through her nose at all. consequently, our son is also lacking in the nostril-diameter department. he gets boogies...he can't breathe very well...he gets upset. it's been like that since he was born, whenever that was...recently. i forget, but i digress. we came home from the hospital with a pretty decent nose-sucking bulb...it did a reasonably OK job of sucking out boogers...and was reasonably firm and springy. but then our dog ate it. so, i tried to find a replacement. not all bulbs are created equal, i soon found out. some were too hard to squeeze and didn't spring back quickly enough. others were too soft to suck anything out and just sat there, mocking me. i tried at least four different replacement bulbs, none of which were as good as the one from the hospital. we even tried a fancy battery powered nose vacuum that made a whirring sound but produced nary a single lump of green gold. while ordering the various, useless bulbs i also ordered this thing - the nosefrida - on a whim thinking i was probably wasting $13. BOY WAS I WRONG. this thing works. it sucks boogers out of noses. it even stores them in a little tube to eat later. or, you can just wash them out in the sink. anyway...it works better than any of the other things we tried...and we tried pretty much everything. there's a technique to it: - suck in quick short bursts with your mouth muscles first...to loosen things up - then, suck in long hoover-style bursts to get those boogies out - if the boogies get stuck near the surface, try pulling the end of the thing out a little mid-suck a few times - use a tissue or q-tip to get any nose goblins that are loitering anywhere accessible - repeat if i was a professional booger sucker...and it was my job to suck the snot out of noses 8 hours a day, i would insist on using this thing. but i would want a longer tube, and a holster. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? Report abuse | Permalink

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Little Penquin: A winner is someone who doesn't knock me off my surfboard; Tank's definitely not a winner.

Little Penquin: He's a dirty trash can full of poop.

--Surf's Up

gives new meaning to the term "booger vault".

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Yo no estoy casado.

Pero mi esposa esta casada.

Kenny G could blow out his nose and suck the boogies in with his own mouth.

Couldn't you just use an aspirator bulb? 

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Peddle over, paddle out, paddle in, peddle home!

what's the nutritional value in that?

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Yo no estoy casado.

Pero mi esposa esta casada.

We've got small, medium, and large aspirator bulbs and even the big one gets clogged and stops sucking when the snot is thick (yah I know this is gross). It basically comes down to sucking "horsepower" and the ability to keep up a steady suction. The bulbs vs. the snot sucker is like those little hand-held mini vacuums vs. a commercial sweeper truck!

Did your wife have a breast pump?

Those things usually have "infant" "toddler" and "Hoover" settings and could run all night.

At least check the suction pressure first (compared to your own lungs).

A pool vacuum tester (borrowed from pool store) might be adequate for comparing.

I'm definitely gonna try that next time my sinuses are clogged. Could help during allergy season too.

Bump... Can you buy 'em locally?

Kids just came down w/ something miserable.

Not sure I want to borrow yours.