How do I strap my baby down if she is fighting away from the nebulizer mask or Nebuhaler?
It is a battle to persuade any breathless infant or child to take medication. When it is your own baby, it is even more difficult, but we hope you will not have to resort to strapping her down. Sometimes it is sufficient simply to hold the nebulizer mask a little distance away from the baby’s face. If you hold it just below the level of her mouth then much of the mist will drift upwards towards her face, and be sucked in as she breathes. The small amounts which are breathed in by this method will be enough to give relief. Once the airways start to open, the baby often starts to relax more, and then will accept the mask. There are different types of face appliances with which you can experiment. Some babies are happier with masks, whereas others do much better with mouthpieces that do not need to be held over the face. There are other ways of approaching this problem. A Volumatic or Nebuhaler spacer device can be separated so that one open end is held in front of the baby’s face. A larg
