Baby Blogging: Review- Snufflebabe For Baby Colds!

So the saddest experiences with Annabelle so far have included watching her have blood takens and her first cold. While the blood tests were neccessary (she has low cortisol levels that need sorting out :( ) watching her suffer with a cold was just awful and felt unfair for someone so young.

I know it's just a cold and everyone gets them but it was horrible. In fact we read that babies often get 7 or 8 colds before they are one, but it's still awful. Watching Annabelle struggle to breathe and not being able to explain that it'll pass was difficult. Trying to lay her down to sleep was almost impossible. Comforting her was a struggle. The snot.....OMG all the snot was awful. All in all it was not a pleasant experience.

It also didn't help that Laura and I were also full of the cold so were not functioning on 100%. Add in a night of sleeping sitting up to support Annabelle and I'm sure we weren't even making sense a lot of the time.

For those of you who sent us helpful tips on Instagram - thank you!

Our poorly baby

After the first two nights of very little sleep we went on a mission to find any remedy that would help Annabelle and Snufflebabe vapour rub was top of that list, due to all the recommendations (thank you anyone who messaged).

What we found was that alongside the vapour rub the saline drops really helped. The full Snufflebabe range actually includes the following:

We will also be trying the vapour oil as listening to Annabelle trying to breathe at night was hard. We frequently jumped up to roll her on her side to stop her coughing and had her crib tilted slightly to help but a degongestant vapour would have been really useful. 

It turns out that Snufflebabe are actually the UK's number one baby nasal decongestant range and the vapour rub is award winning. If you want to check out the range click here, it also includes how and when to use it. We found this useful as we didn't realise that babies under 3 months couldn't use certain things. Thankfully Annabelle had just turned 3 months. 

What we have learnt from this whole cold experience is just how stressful it is, for everyone. I was practically force feeding Annabelle to keep her fluids up and 'flush' the cold. Laura was ever present with the thermometer, soothing hugs and a tissue. In fact we were both ready to catch snot whenever, wherever. We just wanted Annabelle's nose clear so she could breathe easier. Also pro-Mum tip - cotton buds! Who knew a cotton bud up the nostril, quick twist and there you have a massive boogey! TMI I know but super useful. 

All the snuggles!

What we can share based on our experience is stock up. I know that sounds obvious but we often run out of things and forget to restock. In this case we didn't know what we should have, so had nothing....a rookie error. For whatever reasons colds always seem to start late in the day and get worse into the evening. This happened with Annabelle's cold. It started with a few sneezes late afternoon and by 8pm she was so blocked up. It came on way quicker than any of our colds. It was too late for us to head out so we tried to comfort her as best as possible. By the next morning we were all way sicker. In hindsight if we had some of the decongestants that night would have been way better. 

Sleep was actually the best way for Annabelle to power through so we tried to keep her asleep as long as possible. The saline drops were really useful for that! Oh and warm baths with plenty of steam. 

We aren't looking forward to her next cold but I think we are more prepared. Fingers crossed it won't be as bad.....for anyone!

We are so glad to have our happy, healthy, cold-free baby girl back!

Here's to a healthier, cold-free winter!

Disclaimer: We were provided with Snufflebabe samples but were not paid to review the products. All views are our own.