[blparent] Tips for Getting Toddler to Use Nasal Spray

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Hi.  My three-year-old is on antibiotics for a sinus infection.  She's also supposed to use a saline nasal spray two or three times a day.  She's fine at swallowing the medicine, and not uncooperative about using the spray, but I can't figure out how to get her to draw the saline solution up into her nose while breathing in, so it just runs right out and goes into her mouth or down her chin.  I tried to tell her to sniff like a dog, but it didn't work.  Have any of you come up with an effective way to get your child to use nasal spray?

Thanks,
Jo Elizabeth

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