I took dt1 to see a Doctor and he said it doesn't sound like reflex shock syndrome, so now I just have to find a way of coping with the breath holding

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I am relieved that the Doctor thinks that it is just breath holding, but still find it upsetting when he does it.
If any ones child did or does this, what techniques do you or did you use?

I used to baby sit for my niece who would hold her breath till she passed out.It was so frightening to watch. We kept a mist sprayer of water in the fridge and gave her a squirt when we could see one brewing, it shocked her into taking a breath. I don't know if this is the right thing to do but it worked.

can they not give you a baby monitor
we had one with ds2
as he had apnoea attacks

Overrun, my dd who is now 3 holds her breath until she collapses if she :
a) Gets a fright - as in slips on a slippery surface unexpectedly (not if she just trips up)
b) If she is playing with 'her' toy and other children/her dad take it from her and she keeps trying to get it back and can't so she is being teased.

She gets so worked up that she holds her breath, her lips turn blue,she goes completely faint and passes out and will wet herself because she is unconscious and looses control. She started doing it when she was about 15months old and was getting worse. I did research on the internet and worked out that if they hold there breath they faint because enough oxygen does not reach their brain hence they collapse and being horizontal forces oxygenated blood to their brain and they recover.
Everytime I see that she is approaching a fainting fit now I just lift her up so that her legs are slightly higher than her head, like you carry a sleeping child but with their knees higher than their head IFKWIM and since doing that she has never passed out. She gets upset, she holds her breath, I pick her up and try as she might she cannot pass out and she recovers.
I don't know if that will help you but it has certainly worked for me.
HTH

Thanks for your replies, Debbiedee, that sounds like it might work. DT1 is the same, if he gets a shock, or is repeatedly teased etc he will eventually collapse and will pass out. I think to do that is not so common, usually they start breathing before this point. I think I will try the legs in the air approach.
I do find it scarey even though I know he will start to breath again once he passes out.