He does better with transitions and new things when we tell him what's going to happen, and explain as we go. So I talk him through using the spacer/inhaler and I count out loud, and then praise him lavishly afterward and give him a bit of chocolate. I think it DOES make him feel jittery, and I think it makes his hands tremble after he uses it, which is a very odd feeling. However, I'm already noticing a difference in his breathing (I hadn't realized how constricted he sounded basically all the time), and in his coughing (his coughs sound more open now, like he's able to get a full lung of air and then expel whatever's in those lungs, and he doesn't gasp or wheeze after, and he's coughing less, and there's no recovery time after, etc). I'm hoping we don't have to use it much longer, but it's not the end of the world if we do.
I'm so incredibly glad we have a pediatrician who listens to us, asks pertinent questions, and doesn't shrug off our concerns or decide that he's "too young" for asthma... especially as he most likely has cough variant asthma which isn't as common as regular asthma and isn't detected as much as it should be.
When I was... 6? 7? I was diagnosed with allergies and prescribed a nasal spray that was an aerosol. It was SO COLD and uncomfortable and gave me headaches (from the cold) that I did everything in my power not to use it. My parents eventually just gave up. They tried threats, pinning me down, etc. Bribery? No. That probably would have worked.
I've stopped pulling the plug when Niko's in the bath, because he's entering the stage where kids get afraid of being sucked down the drain. I get him out, then come back later and pull it. So far, no problems.I mean, that's a problem that's so common... why court it? It's a developmental thing, not kids being "difficult" or "unreasonable" or whatever. There's no 'getting over it," just growing up.
When Niko objects to something, there's usually a reason. Sometimes it's that he's a toddler and he's feeling out of control and wants to take control, but sometimes it's something else. He's a really easy going guy, but he's stubborn when pushed, so getting to the root of the problem is usually a lot faster (and more satisfying) than pushing the issue. Dude can hold a grudge.
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He does better with transitions and new things when we tell him what's going to happen, and explain as we go. So I talk him through using the spacer/inhaler and I count out loud, and then praise him lavishly afterward and give him a bit of chocolate. I think it DOES make him feel jittery, and I think it makes his hands tremble after he uses it, which is a very odd feeling. However, I'm already noticing a difference in his breathing (I hadn't realized how constricted he sounded basically all the time), and in his coughing (his coughs sound more open now, like he's able to get a full lung of air and then expel whatever's in those lungs, and he doesn't gasp or wheeze after, and he's coughing less, and there's no recovery time after, etc). I'm hoping we don't have to use it much longer, but it's not the end of the world if we do.
I'm so incredibly glad we have a pediatrician who listens to us, asks pertinent questions, and doesn't shrug off our concerns or decide that he's "too young" for asthma... especially as he most likely has cough variant asthma which isn't as common as regular asthma and isn't detected as much as it should be.
When I was... 6? 7? I was diagnosed with allergies and prescribed a nasal spray that was an aerosol. It was SO COLD and uncomfortable and gave me headaches (from the cold) that I did everything in my power not to use it. My parents eventually just gave up. They tried threats, pinning me down, etc. Bribery? No. That probably would have worked.
I've stopped pulling the plug when Niko's in the bath, because he's entering the stage where kids get afraid of being sucked down the drain. I get him out, then come back later and pull it. So far, no problems.I mean, that's a problem that's so common... why court it? It's a developmental thing, not kids being "difficult" or "unreasonable" or whatever. There's no 'getting over it," just growing up.
When Niko objects to something, there's usually a reason. Sometimes it's that he's a toddler and he's feeling out of control and wants to take control, but sometimes it's something else. He's a really easy going guy, but he's stubborn when pushed, so getting to the root of the problem is usually a lot faster (and more satisfying) than pushing the issue. Dude can hold a grudge.