I'm just having a moan really, but any suggestions very gratefully received!
DS is 3 and has only mild and intermittent asthma, but the last few nights have been awful. We co-sleep, so I know exactly how much he is tossing and turning in the night! He coughs, wheezes, clutches his throat in his sleep and rolls around in the bed (kicking me quite a lot in the process).
He has a blue Ventolin inhaler and a brown preventer inhaler. He is supposed to use both each morning and night but is completely refusing to use them at all. I didn't worry too much when he wasn't doing much wheezing, but now I am starting to be a bit concerned.
I know (from these boards) that uncontrolled asthma puts him at greater risk of having a serious allergic reaction if he comes into contact with foods he is allergic to. I've made a star chart to try and encourage him to use his inhalers, and he loves the chart but is still refusing to use the inhalers. He says they feel 'furry' (whatever that means) and that he doesn't need them.
Does anybody else's child feel like this about their inhalers?
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DS is refusing to use his inhalers
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greenbananas · 16/04/2012 11:23
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