inhalers - advice please
My 10 month old son was given an inhaler today by our GP, for a wheezy chest that has been a problem for 3 weeks now. It has a spacer device with it, so you squirt the inhaler into a tube which is attached to a mask that you put over babies mouth and nose for a few seconds. The problem is, everytime I try lo screams the house down and wriggles and fights. Got to do it 4 times a day, so not looking forward to fighting wiht him every time, and worried that he is not actually getting any of the inhaler. Just wondering if anyone else has any experience of this and can offer any advice.
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[Modified by: R@chie-w on November 10, 2008 09:29 PM]
I have a 10 month old son and he was prescribed an inhaler a few months back for when he had a cold. On advice we now use it for every one. Hes just got over an horrendous cold.
We show him what to do, so we put the mask over our faces and breath in and out and laugh and joke whilst doing it. You could maybe demonstrate on a teddy bear to show him that it doesnt hurt. Now, when my son sees the inhaler he starts to breath rapidly in and out- really cute! He does still struggle a little bit when taking it, but to ensure he gets it properly i hold his head and arms so he cant move (sounds v cruel!).
My doc said that its probably best that he cries because you know that they are taking breaths. Theres a little bit in the inhaler that moves back and foward when they have taken a breath so this should give you some indication.
Hope this helps and soz for the ramble! Good luck
Thanks again.