holy breast milk, batman!

my poor baby is sick. he's snuffly and can't breathe easily when he's lying down and trying to sleep. i don't have any saline for him yet, but i remembered this morning that breast milk can be squirted in his nose to help break up the gunk!

breast milk is amazing stuff! it has antibacterial properties that make it possible to be stored without being chilled for a few hours, AND it's this antibacterial property that makes it good to squirt in baby noses.

well, i've had some crazy nose stuff going on myself. i guess i'd call it SEVERE over-dryness. it's been going on for months, progressively getting worse. i've tried saline drops and saline gel, but those almost seemed to make matters worse. i have a humidifier that i'm not using because it desperately needs thorough cleaning, and i haven't had many moments to myself to deal with it. my nostrils are so dry that i'm constantly picking what appears to be the skin off of the inside of my nose. OUCH! sometimes, nose hair is pulled out with it. my nose bleeds daily. i've been trying to avoid going to the doctor for it since i generally have a deep mistrust for doctors, and my regular doctor isn't excluded. my nose hurts to the touch on most days. i was having these nose issues this morning when i realized:

I CAN PUT BREAST MILK IN MY NOSE!!!

so, i split a cotton ball in half; hand-expressed some milk on each half until each was dripping; and shoved those suckers in my nostrils! i kept them in for probably about 20 minutes this morning. my nose hasn't felt this good in a LONG time! now, it's not perfect. i'm sure i'll need to repeat this treatment for a while, but this is an awesome start! further proof that breast milk ROCKS! and it rocks for more purposes than just feeding a baby!

i wonder what other amazing medical marvels breast milk can perform...