tradwifetoday@tradwifetoday
Oh boy. Most people don't truly know what this is.
It's a cope device made for American parents too squeamish and germophobic to snot-suck their own babies, Nordic-style, and don't know how it was accomplished in the pre-plastic era.
And before everyone loses their minds, this has a purpose. If a breastfeeding mom snot-sucks her own infant, she gets a large dose of the germs that are making it hard for baby to breathe and can make the antibodies in the breastmilk. And no, you don't have to ingest the product, it can be promptly disposed of in the sink or wastebasket.
File it under: "Things we think are gross and impossible until the infant is struggling."
And yes, I know a lot of Scandinavians don't do this anymore or they also use a plastic gadget. My mother got one for my baby sister back in the 90s and my grandmother laughed at it.