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As I was squirting homemade saline solution up my 6-month old sons nose this evening, this occurred to me:  I would have never (and I mean never) squirted water/baking soda solution up my daughter's nose to clear out her sinuses when she was an infant. But things change with the second child.

S came down with a little cold last night. He kept me up every hour because he could not breathe and suck on his pacifier at the same time. This evening I decided to take matters into my own hands. Because I was completely out of Little Noses Saline Drops, which I used with my first child, I decided I could make my own drops. I remembered from a family conversation last year about nasal lavage...yeah, that's my family...that you can mix half teaspoon of baking soda into one cup of lukewarm water to create saline solution. I created the solution and during S's bathtime I used a medicine dropper to squeeze the solution into his nose. I have to admit, it worked pretty well. He did breathe much easier. We'll see how long the home remedy works this evening. And hopefully I can get more than one-hour increments of sleep this evening.