asthma in babies anyone have any advice?

[princesssteph]

hiya my 6 month old daughter has been diagnosed with asthma from birth she has had difficulties and although unusual to say at such a young age they have said she has asthma, she has an inhaler to take 4 times a day but just wanted some advice on what to do when she has an attack shes having them roughly 4-10 times a night and wondered if there was any aides i could buy to help her with sleeping ive got her a anti allergy mattress but unsure of bedding etc?
if anyone could advise would be much appreciated

steph x

Has she seen a consultant ? All under ones with asthma symptoms are supposed to see one, so if not, demand that you do. DS had a lot of tests to rule other things out, but they still won't say its asthma.
Our consultant gave us loads of information on minimising the effects.
He said that the bedroom should be not too cold, vacuum daily, damp dust, and wash all bedding at 60' to kill dust mites.
We prop Ds's bed up so that his head is raised which helps, although now he's on a pillow thats all. If he has a cold we do use Medised at night as it helps dry things up and stop the coughing (is this what you mean by an attack ?), and we use a Karvol diffuser which seems to help a bit.

My ds is 2 and had cronic asthma for over a year now. We've had 5 stays in hospital over the last year so been a bit stressful. Several things we've been told is wash all bedding ever 2-3 days (normal cotton bedding is fine), keep his room warm (but not hot), If the radiator in his room is on then hang a damp towel over it to moisten the air.