We did the same and she didn’t seem to mind the sucker too much
I used the frida too! I didn’t have saline at the time but I dropped in a bit of my breast milk into my daughters nostril and it helped a lot
Surprisingly yummy time helped too! Because of gravity, the snot was reaching the tip of the nostril and I was able to pull it out haha
Nroome portable nebuliser was awesome when my bub got sick. Just uses the saline. It helped clearing the congestion in his nose but also the congestion in his chest. Could hear the difference in the cough once it had broken it down.
We used the snot sucker by Frida brand and saline spray (Fess) had to use it a couple times a night to help him sleep better and especially early in the morning.