bronchiolitis and possible asthma in 9mth old

[*Beema*]

Growing out of it is entirely possible, sometimes those that have early onset, grow out of it as they grow bigger, and others have later onset and it hangs around longer, it is different for everyone and there are all sorts of different triggers, but once you learn what they are it can make a big difference, as well as knowing how to treat it

[KitFaerie]

I've had asthma since I was a baby, it was originally thought to be croup (or maybe it started out as croup?) I dont have any advice, I just wanted to say that if it is Asthma, you'll still be ok My sister and I are both asthmatics and with proper meds it all turns out ok. Knowledge is power, your doing the best thing for your baby by getting it sorted early, so well done

[*noni*e*]

saw the gp and am home with puffer spacer and mask, dr said his chest sounded wheezey so i need to give it to him every 4 hours for a couple of days and then reduce it to just before bed.. does anyone have any tips on getting a 9mth old to settle with it?

[*Beema*]

We tried lots of things to make DD feel comfortable with the puffer and spacer.

We let her play with it, so that it no longer became something scary, we let her put her face to the mask, when she was ready, and we also tried doing some puffs during her sleep.

Another one was putting it to yours or DH's faces (having to clean inbetween), showing it was ok.

Counting out aloud for each breath (they need to take in 6 breaths for all of the ventolin to be absorbed) and saying 3 more, 2 more etc as each dose was done. Congratulations for each one. And if a break is needed we give it.

It can be very distressing for them and sometimes if they are upset it can be better as they take in a deeper breath when they are crying

HTH's, it may be distressing but in time it does get easier :hug;

[*noni*e*]

bit of an update, hes doing ok with it.. still tries to get it off everytime but i can usually manage to give it to him just by myself which i didnt think would be possible.. it does seem to help him when hes coughing and we are going to check it out with our regular gp on wednesday.. i think every 4 hours is a bit much tho hes only having it morning and night which is when he seems to need it..