[blparent] Tips for Getting Toddler to Use Nasal Spray

[Amanda Winkler]

I hope she gets feeling better soon. To get her to use the chap stick try 
saying to her "my lips hurt", have her watch you put on the chap stick and 
say "that feels better". Do this a few times and you might let her put it on 
herself. The medicated chap stick is best for this. There are many flavors 
of chap stick so try using her favorite flavor just to get her to use it. 
There is also Vaseline with aloe that could help too. Anything to soften the 
skin is better than nothing.

Amanda

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From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 12:17 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Tips for Getting Toddler to Use Nasal Spray

> Thanks.  I'll definitely try that.  I know the feeling of the nasal spray 
> isn't pleasant in the nose, but it sure would help her breathe better. 
> Her poor lips are chapped from breathing through her mouth, but she 
> usually won't tolerate Chapstick, either.
>
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant 
> of the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been 
> all of these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
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> From: "Amanda Winkler" <awcactuscat1 at hotmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 12:43 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] Tips for Getting Toddler to Use Nasal Spray
>
>> You might try having her lay down on the floor on her back and spray it 
>> up her nose. Keep her there for a few minutes.  Since she will more than 
>> likely cry have a tickle session keeping her on her back.
>> hth
>> Amanda
>>
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>> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
>> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 11:18 AM
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: [blparent] Tips for Getting Toddler to Use Nasal Spray
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
>>> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant 
>>> of the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been 
>>> all of these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
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