newly diagnosed viral wheeze

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i am having lots of trouble getting my 3 yr old to use spacer , anyone have any tricks apart from when sleeping . does it get easier

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hang in there. after a few weeks of pinning my son down using every spare inch of my anatomy it did finally click. He is now 17months old and willing takes his inhaler/s[acer. We did leave it lying around for him to play with so it became a familiar object and not just around when he was poorly. I did let him chew it. throw it and generally get very cross with it. We now use it with great excitement!! We count to ten out loud for each puff and on reaching ten he gets a big cheer and round of applause!! He does very much like to be the centre of attention!! It does take sometime to get through ten puffs when he is particularly unwell but worthwhile. Hopefully with abit of persistance you will soon have a chap who is more than willing too.chell.xx

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We did exactly the same. Oscar (2 years old) has no problem with inhalers. Good luck

Victoria

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We did exactly the same. Oscar (2 years old) has no problem with inhalers. Good luck

Victoria

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with the children in work, we 'introduced' them to the spacer, to get them familiar with it.

also, you can put kids stickers on the side of it - not all over it obviously so that you cannot see side it! but a few so that it appears more child friendly.

another thing to try is to slowly put it closer to your child and have them to hold it with you and clap hands once you have counted to 10 together - achievement.

sticker charts work well too, everytime they take their inhaler they get new sticker

good luck

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'newly diagnosed viral wheeze'

Hi, I have just been given a childs spacer with pictures of a teddy with asthma and I was also shown a babies spacer. They are very child friendly and my daughter takes her inhalers for Viral Asthma quite happily. Good luck I know what you are going through. Lx

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We use Chocolate buttons, our daughter is 3 and she gets a button for every puff of the blue! it really works. maybe not good for the long run but worth a try to start them off..

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We had lots of trouble when my two year old got his first inhaler last year, he used to fight so we pinned him down and forced him to stay still etc. One day I asked him ""do you want to do this the baby way or the big boy way"" he went for the big boy way so he sat up and let me put the spacer on his face and we counted to ten with each puff. Now we still have times when he doesn't want to take it but I make sure he knows how many puffs he's getting, we count together and he has a drink at the end, apparently it makes your mouth very dry. He also has the responsibility to get the inhaler out of it's box and this encourages him to take it. It's amazing what a bit of responsibility can do!