Need help.....

**axelandlexismum** · 20-06-2009 19:38

Hi my almost 1 year old was digonosed with asthma the other day, i was told to use the spacer and the baby mask... All good but does anyone have any tips on how to get him to sit still so i can get the mask on and so i know he has got all the pump stuff?????
He just screams and wiggles around and sometime sim not 100% sure he has fot all the stuff if that makes sense????

Hope i can get some helpfull hints thanks

**2girls&1angelboy** · 20-06-2009 21:12

my DD2 is on it as well, she started on the syrup but sometimes she needed the puffer we were just told to hold it on if bubby screams thats ok cause u have more chance of getting it where its needed, its not nice to c them upset,
sorry if that wasnt any help

**Kayangel** · 21-06-2009 10:37

Originally Posted by ilovemygirls

my DD2 is on it as well, she started on the syrup but sometimes she needed the puffer we were just told to hold it on if bubby screams thats ok cause u have more chance of getting it where its needed, its not nice to c them upset,
sorry if that wasnt any help

Actually if bubs cries the ventolin doesnt get released.

**2girls&1angelboy** · 21-06-2009 10:45

thats wat we have always been told, our family been told 4 many years as we all suffer from asthma.

**axelandlexismum** · 21-06-2009 21:31

Hey thank you ilovemygirls, i was told the same thing at the docs to that its ok if they scream coz they have to take deep breaths when they cry so they still get the ventalien.... Just so hard keeping the mask on his face!!!! Fingers crossed he will get used to it and just let me do it.....

Thanks again

**gabETandme** · 26-06-2009 21:20

I had the same problem with my little man when he was diagnosed at an early age of 9 months he is now almost for and much better at taking his Puffers.

The best way I found was wraping him up in a blanket or towel like a sausage in a blanket and sitting him on your lap with your arm around him keeping to stop him from moving. Using the othe hand to put the spacer on his face. Or getting someone else to do the spacer.

It worked a charm he is now usually much better and knows that when he takes his meds he will feel much better. They need spacers like Ansthetic masks that have strawberry and chocolate taste/smells.

**dani82** · 13-07-2009 23:11

[i have the same problem with my oneyear old as well shewont keep the mask on. some people have told me to make a game out of it or down they are asleep, i'm not sure what to do. maybe check with your dr.

**SimplyMum** · 15-07-2009 08:25

Perhaps try and do it while they are occupied. Get another person to read a book in really loud voice to try and grab their attention away from the mask. Or watch their fav show- wiggles, etc etc. At least until they learn that it's not that bad.

**kerfuffle** · 15-07-2009 09:05

We had/have the same trouble with our daughter, she first got asthma at 14 mths. At first, giving her the ventolin was always a 2-person job - one holding her and keeping her arms down and the other using the spacer. We still sometimes have to do this.
Giving it to her when she's asleep works really well (it took me about 10 months to work that out), as long as she's fully asleep.

We also give the ventolin to her dolls and teddies. well, we put the mask on them and pretend, then tell her 'oh what a good girl dolly is. she feels so much better now ... etc '. It turns it into a much longer process, but I think it helps.

But .. what really helped was a bit naughty - chocolate! I give her a tiny piece (like a corner of a square of a block), then when she has the choco in her mouth and it's started to melt, give the ventolin. I know choco isn't the greatest thing to give her, but I wanted something that would be small enough and would melt to lessen the choking hazard (and I get to eat the rest hee heee).

Another thing, you could try getting some chocolate essence (or whatever flavour he likes) and putting a couple of drops in the mask before giving the ventolin. I noticed they did this in the hospital with anesthetic so I asked the specialist and he said it would be ok to do this with ventolin as well.

Good luck!

**missie_mack** · 15-07-2009 09:16

DS was diagnosed at around 6 with infantile asthma that progressed into asthma as he got older. We found laying him down and counting to 10 helped (we pushed at 2 and 4 initially before he went up to 4 and 5 puffs) and sometimes we put his finger on the puffer so he thinks he is pushing. You can also buy fun puffers with lots of whirly gadgets in them if I remember rightly (they were my back up plan)

Personally I would avoid liquid ventolin as it can have some pretty nasty side effects....

I don't really understand kayangels statement

If you are the one who pushes the button how does crying stop the release of ventolin