We had a bit of a scare last year when Baby CrazyEgg got the snuffles. She had had a cold and I thought she was on the mend, but then noticed irregularities in her breathing. I was settling her down to sleep, reading her a story, and noticed when she drifted off that she would take three breaths, pause, grunt...three breaths, pause, grunt. The skin at the base of her throat seemed to be sucked in a lot before the grunt, and at that time I did not know what that was called. When I nudged her awake her pattern of breathing became more normal, but it was apparent that her cold was not better, in fact it was now interfering with her breathing. A call to the emergency ...  Read the complete review

My 9 month old has just recently had his first ever cold, and it was awful! He could not sleep at all, he was waking up every half an hour, he just couldn't settle properly and it was killing me after 3 nights of no sleep! I picked this snuffle baby vapour rub up from Asda, for £2.50. I wanted something to help him breath easier, as he was really struggling with a blocked nose in the night, and the more worked up he got the worse it was. This vapour rub comes in a tiny little pot, which is 24g. I am glad it comes in such a small pot, as I hate keeping things like this which have been used such as adult vicks, once a cold has gone, as I worry about germs being ...  Read the complete review

Snuffle Babe is a vapour rub aimed at children aged 3 months and over to help relieve little blocked noses. All parents who have ever had a baby with a blocked nose understands how hard and distressing a blocked nose can be for a little one. It can stop them sleeping as they can't breathe properly and as babies need to breathe through their nose when they eat, it can stop them eating properly which makes a very upset baby, so Snuffle Babe is a handy product to have in for when your little one gets snuffly. There are plenty of baby and children vapour rubs on the market, Snuffle Babe being one of the first and most popular ones. It contains three ...  Read the complete review

I've always had summer babies, until December 2010 when I gave birth to my son. The difference in how you need to care for a winter baby is amazing, right down to fact that a baby born in the colder months will automatically suffer more colds and sniffles than a baby born in August. With all of my children I've always prided myself on knowing how to treat their various ailments, using the GP only when I feel something more serious is afoot. But when three week old David came down with a cold (thanks to his three year old sister sneezing all over him) I was quite unprepared when it came to dealing with it as at that very young age there are very few (read: none) over ..  Read the complete review

When my first child was born and developed the "sniffles", my midwife recommended a couple of products that would be safe to use, as obiously, you have to be very careful what you use on a newborn baby. One of the products was Snuffle Babe vapour rub, although she called it "Snufflebaby". Luckily, the chemist knew what it was, and gave me a small box, containing a little plastic jar. The product cost about £2, which I considered very reasonable. The product states that it is suitable for babies 3 months and up, though you can use it on babies younger than this if you place it on a handkerchief tied to or nearby the cot, out of baby's ...  Read the complete review