Would those of you who have little ones with asthma help me with some advice? I am getting some good advice from other cake friends but wanted to broaden it out as this is a large site. I found out yesterday my 14 month old has asthma, we don't know to what degree yet, the doctor thinks it was just aggravated by the weather because the pollen here in NJ has been *terrible* for two weeks. My husband has asthma and has been dealing with it as well. He isn't as worried but I am, my mind sadly can be devil's advocate so the wheels turn when they shouldn't.
Websites, tips, advice? What about weather and taking her out? We have a Lab and are currently--coincidently!--pulling up the carpet and putting in hardwood flooring. I had to close off her room to the pooch. I know he isn't happy about it but he needs to be bathed to boot and he is 12 and a very good dog but also a jealous one so he isn't overly keen on the pee wee to start and now he is getting booted out of one of his favorite places to sleep, under her crib and behind the rocker (whew, quite the run-on sentence).
I washed all her bedding in hot water today, should I get rid of her decorative rug as well? She has carpet in her room, I am hoping we will have enough hardwood leftover to do her room as well. I vacuumed yesterday and am going to dust and clean her curtains tomorrow. What about stuffed animals? Also is there a place or website to find allergen mattress covers?
Thanks in advance for any help!
I cant answer many of your questinos, but my son has mild asthma, when he was 1 he choked on a cookie, which caused him to asperate some vomit into his lungs. sorry tmi. He was in the Hospital for a week on a breathing machine. This caused his lungs to be very sensitive. and may have also triggered his asthma, or not, we arnt sure. He also is very prone to getting pnemonia. But we just started singulare. which is good for treating asthma and allergies, and so far it is working great. We also have a nebulizer, i strongly suggest you get one. It opens up his airway when his breathing starts sounding tight. Most insurance companys cover these. I use albuterol in it. Or a albuterol inhailer would work with a spacer in it. Anyways, hope this helped a little.
The doctors think that my 4 year old son has asthma. Last night I had to rush him to the children's hospital with a really bad case of croup. It got really cold suddenly last night, which obviously triggered it. He has only had croup twice before. As a baby, I suffered badly from croup, and I was diagnosed as mild asthmatic at age 16. My hubby was diagnosed at birth and had to be hospitalised in his teens and childhood quite a bit from asthma attacks. We ripped up all our carpet, and have floorboards which make all of our asthma soooooo much better, I cannot tell you!
Our dogs are outside dogs, since the old one died, we never brought these pups in. I dust the house regularly, but not fanatically even though I am a painful, meticulous perfectionist virgo!
I keep only a couple of soft toys in his room (his favs) and wash bedlinen frequently, but don't kill yourself, cos they will still have to get germs and immunity to them.
It can be really frightening at the start, so let yourself have a little worry, and then find a good balance for you all.
I think you are doing all the right things!
We went thru something similar with our son after lots of trial and error this is what has worked for us
1. Singluar everyday - takes 2 weeks for it to start working
2. Flonase especially when the pollen is high
3. No carpet in the house
4. No animals in the house
5. No stuffed anminals
6. Lots of prayers
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