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Bless You My Child!

Bless You My Child! Since birth she has been a snuffly baby, I was sure she had my cold but the midwives insisted she wouldn't. It was horrible to know she was bunged up and I couldn't help - my fingers were too big to pick the boogers out of her tiny little nostrils! I hate having a stuffy nose myself, now I also hated her having one too!  It turned out in the end she either had a cold the whole time or ended up getting one. No temperature though so that was a relief.  We had different advice given to us to help clear her nose: 1. Tickle her nose with a tissue; 2. Use a bit of cotton wool inside her nose; 3. Hold her up to a light; 4. Put my mouth over her nose and suck the boggies out. Safe to say #4 was avoided at all costs! Plus, if I sucked too hard would her brain come out too!? The winning choice was #2 and #3 together! The sneezing commenced! But how on earth were those giant balls of goo coming out of her nose, they were the size of her he...