My boobs were my tools of the trade for almost 20 months.

Once my youngest daughter weaned herself from the Magical Boob Juice, the fun really began!

(And by fun we all know I mean chaos!)

Pull up a chair, sit a while, read a few pages.

Keep and open mind and a joyful heart and you too can get pumped into the world of The Milk Maid.


1/9/08

Take this tiny flower pot, fill it with saline, and shove it up your nose!

You heard me right...

Take this tiny flower pot:

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Fill it with the saline solution from a premeasured packet. Now, shove the end of the pot in your nose, tilt your head forward (but not too forward) and let the water run through your sinuses. Um, definately breathe through your mouth here... drowning at the expense of health really negates its purpose.

What? You say I've lost my mind? You obviously haven't heard the rave reviews about the Neti Pot. Just look- they are out there, promise. Oprah did it... C'mon y'all!

I've tried it and I LOVE it. I can breathe without the whistle-nose effect. My ears don't feel stopped up. I haven't had the booger scaffolding I usually get in the winter. I do this every day now!

Jef tried it. He slept better that night than he has in a very long time-- because he could breathe. Plus, he didn't snore!

For around $15 you too can have your very own Neti Pot with a month's worth of saline mix. They are out there- grocery stores, drug stores, internet stores.

Anyone else tried this?

11 brilliant comments:

B said...

That's gross! I would choke on the water!

Marcy "meg" said...

I saw it on Oprah awhile back and wondered if it was all that it was cracked up to be! Now that it has your vote, I am sold :)

Michell said...

Nope I haven't tried that. Years ago though I had a nurse I worked with tell me about how before antibiotics if you had a sinus infection they used to flush your nasal passages with Saline. So since I had a sinus infection I tried it. The infection got worse. Glad this works for you but I may not try it.

Estella's Moms said...

I'm with B...it is gross. Pam has one though and she loves it.

kittenroar5 said...

Ooh... one of my friends had this... She called it the snot pot!!! I need to tell my mom about it...

RainbowMomma said...

Hmmmmm....not too sure about this. However, at this point, still pretty much miserable, I could probably be tlaked into just aboiut anything.

From Here To Maternity said...

I did, when I didn't know I was allergic to my cat and had a stuffy nose for a year. It works well, except for the couple of time it went down my throat...ewwww.

bleu said...

I tried it until I bought this
http://www.alerg.com/page/A/PROD/SST2000
which changed my life. Expensive? Yes, but it works sooo much better than the nettie pot and I have not had a bad sinus infection in the almost 2 years since I got it. I used to get them 4-6 times a year.

I am a proud child led weaning mama still bf'ing my 5 year old. Nice to see your site.

twondra said...

Never heard of it. It kind of freaks me out. But the milk maid is my hero, so you just sold me on it! :)

Michelle said...

Hey, I saw that on Oprah a while ago! If Nick would try it I would so get it for him. But I know him, he wont go near it.

Estella's Moms said...

Forgot to add....I purchased Pam's at a pottery store. I thought that it was a tiny genie lamp. I used it as a knick-knack until Pam found out the intended purpose. hehe!