Yes, do whatever you can to get the vest. Emily is almost 2, and it has been great. She can be very active while wearing it, which is a must for her. She jumps, throes a ball, wiggles with the Wiggles, does the Hokey Pokey with Elmo, you name it, if there's a dance to go with it, it has been done in our house during a vest session.
It's still a bit of a struggle to get her to sit for nebs which we do before and during part of her vest session, but it is improving, and we we lots of "hand dances" during those times. (Itsy bitsy spider, etc...)
I have found the opposite of Liza Halleujia chours suggestion to workd with Emily...sometimes (since nothing works everytime with a toddler). I get as quiet as I can and sing or whisper a nursery rhyme in her ear. She goes still as stone as long as I keep it up. It takes approximately 13 times through of "Hey Diddle Diddle...all the verses...to get through a vial of Pulmozyme. LOL!
This is a trying age. Keep a good sense of humour about you, avoid making it a power struggle, find as many ways as y ou can to keep his m ind engaged and remember that he'll be 3 soon enough. ANd then 4, and then 5... It will all get easier with time.
Hang in there!
It's still a bit of a struggle to get her to sit for nebs which we do before and during part of her vest session, but it is improving, and we we lots of "hand dances" during those times. (Itsy bitsy spider, etc...)
I have found the opposite of Liza Halleujia chours suggestion to workd with Emily...sometimes (since nothing works everytime with a toddler). I get as quiet as I can and sing or whisper a nursery rhyme in her ear. She goes still as stone as long as I keep it up. It takes approximately 13 times through of "Hey Diddle Diddle...all the verses...to get through a vial of Pulmozyme. LOL!
This is a trying age. Keep a good sense of humour about you, avoid making it a power struggle, find as many ways as y ou can to keep his m ind engaged and remember that he'll be 3 soon enough. ANd then 4, and then 5... It will all get easier with time.
Hang in there!