Hi,
I've had a search through previous threads but nothing I've read is working so far.
DS is 19 months and has an inhaler occasionally as he gets very very wheezy and coughy with colds/viruses etc. He used to be really good at taking it but just suddenly went off it a few months ago and now we can't get him to take it at all.
We have to hold him down (which takes two of us meaning when one of us is alone with him it's almost impossible) and he screams and violently thrashes so much that apart from being really distressing he also makes himself cough even more and without fail he coughs so much he vomits. A lot. Every single time. Not to mention the fact that when they're crying they're not breathing deeply so it doesn't go in as well.
He doesn't really understand bribery yet and we let him play with the inhaler and spacer to get used to it. He'll even play putting it to his face and taking a deep breath but won't hold it properly over him mouth and nose and won't hold it on for more than 1 second. We've tried doing the whole "look, mummys doing it, now daddys doing it..." but that doesn't work either.
We've tried it when he's asleep but it just freaks him out and he wakes up. Plus we generally need to get it into him to stop the coughing enough for him to sleep.
Any other ideas at all?? Really don't want him to be scared of the inhaler any more!
Thanks :-)