MrsMot under a Pratchett-inspired name!
We found covering the spacer with tons of stickers helped, as did a newly bought special toy which also needed an inhaler... Mr Mouse still accompanies ds everywhere at the age of 11...!
Peak flow can be a good indicator. It depends on what your child's asthma is like. Ds has a best pf of 350, at worst he can't manage 50. In a lot of dcs that would mean 999 but as it's something that happens regularly we know what to do.
Sirzy we're utterly crap with the pollen, ds has been struggling for 10 days. A three day course of pred did nothing so the gp's put him on a much higher dose which has to be tapered. Four days in of 80mg a day plus amoxycillin 3x a day we're finally seeing an improvement. He's still 100 down his pf.
We see the consultant next month for a routine appt, it's been his worst Winter for years and now he has allergic asthma as well as his viral-triggered we really don't know what to do next. He certainly can't take any more meds, he's on adult doses as it is. 
Can I also ask for a surreptitious hand-hold... Ds had an MRI on Friday. He's been having severe headaches since Christmas and has some 'blurring' round his optic nerves. The opthalmology consultant said she just wanted to rule things out but tbh it's just another bloody thing for ds to endure. We should get results in the next couple of days.
I'm just so fed up of the poor thing suffering. He can't play his sport because he's wheezing so much, he's missed tons of school, he can't play his beloved saxophone because he just hasn't got the puff
He's starting puberty early, he missed out on a year's growth because of so many steroids when he was 3. They said he'd grow out of it probably by 9, instead he's actually getting worse.
He is the sweetest, kindest boy. I HATE asthma 
Apologies for the rant, I'm just so so so fed up