Re: Introducing nebulizer/Debbie

[Guest guest]

Your description is exactly how we did it with Patti, 2 wcf.

Dawn mom of 4, 7 and under, the youngest wcf

[Guest guest]

I learned the hard way regarding treatments. From the time Tyler was 4

months old he screamed bloody murder when we did treatments.....I figured out

around 10 months old to try them while he was sleeping and has worked perfectly

since. He is 5 and a half years old and because it takes half hour to 45

minutes

(depending on if he is on TOBI or not) I still do them while he is sleeping

in the mornings. I can't see waking him up at 6:15am when I can let him sleep

till 7:00am and get that extra sleep. In the evenings he is awake while doing

them, and half of the time he still gives me a hard time about it.

A helpful hint: In the mornings while I am getting ready for work, I make

sure he is sleeping so that his face is turned sideways, and I prop the neb cup

up using stuffed animals. Every 5 minutes or so I go back in and check on it

to make sure he has not rolled over. I am lucky because Tyler sleeps like a

rock and doesn't move much.

Dawn

mom to Tyler 5 2 CF

[Guest guest]

My 17 yr old still does morning nebulizers while sleeping! He gets up

for his antibiotic capsule, then goes back to bed propped up with a foam

wedge and pillows behind him and pillows on each side to keep him

upright while he sleeps through his nebulizing.

M