hi. firstly my name is Chelsea. I'm 24 and have 3 lovely kids. Stevie is 5 she's my eldest. then theirs Darcy my 2 year old girl and then my 13 week old son Finn. a bit about my history with asthma is that my younger brother and dad have it and I did as a child but not bad and it went untreated for many years I admit as I didn't take it seriously as I grew up. my mum an aunt both have eczema as do I and I was told by my gp that id you have either asthma or eczema your likely to have the other too if its in your family.
the reason I have joined is that my daughter Darcy who turned 2 in march has been coughing persistently since December that I recall when I moved into our new house. her room now has carpet wheras I had laminate in my other house, I swapped house with a lady who had 2 cats and a dog. I cleaned the carpets professionally and I hoover daily, so I'm baffled as to why she's coughing so much at night and in the day sometimes too, Darcy also has really bad eczema as well and has prescription stuff for it and I too have it.
i took my daughter Darcy to our gp about the cough and was given anti histamines to see if it helped as she was waking so many times in the night from coughing. they didn't help much an today she gave us a inhaler and said she thinks its asthma.
I've gave it her today before bed as she coughs the most at night with the spacer and i followed the instructions. she's coughed abit still but not as much.
what else can i do to help her? would wooden floor be better? hypo allergenic mattress and bedding? i really want to help her as she gags sometime she coughs that much, she's only 2 though so cant tell me how she feels.
any help is much appreciated xx