Nasal Cleanse

I'm digressing a little from my standard blog about all things related to Aedan. I'm also putting you on notice that there will probably start to be more blogs diverging from just "mom" stuff frankly because I'm struggling with juggling all of the hats that I seem to be wearing. I love all of them, the big floppy ones, little fancy ones and even my new black engineer hat. You know I'm not talking about real hats, right? I mean except for the last one. Anyway...stay tuned for some other rambling sorts of posts.

Back to the reason for this post. I never ever thought I'd try it. I thought it would be really gross but I went to Walgreens and bought myself a neti pot. It's the strangest little thing. I have all kinds of allergy crap and basically can't even breathe or smell anything 90% of the time. What's pretty bad for Aedan is that I can't smell when he's got a really dirty diaper. I guess that could be a good thing but not when the little boy is sitting in it.

I'm on an antibiotic as we speak because of a sinus infection that I usually get around this time. My sister suggested I try the neti pot. Apparently her friend swears by it. Then I found out a few of my friends used it - who knew? So, I looked into it a little further, watched these weird videos on YouTube. People make videos about just anything... even pouring water up their nose to wash the snot out. Weird.

The neti pot. It's a little plastic tea pot looking thing that you fill with warm water and salt solution. You tip your head and put the spout in your nostril and pour away. I was expecting globs of gook to pour out. It didn't. The water you pour in comes out the other side. Very strange. Sometimes it goes down your throat but that's when you know you're not tipped enough. When you're done you blow your nose. I didn't expect a miracle but holy crap I could breathe! It was almost like that fresh clean feeling when you brush your teeth in the morning. The neti pot is like a toothbrush for your nose! It's strangely magical. I'm doing it twice a day now and will see how I feel at the end of the week. The neti pot is my new favorite thing. Never thought I'd say that about something that cleans the snot out of your head. But then again, I'm a pretty simple girl.