You could try to get one of the masks with faces on it. I remember one of the asthma sites had some really cute masks that Nathan loved. Your CF center should be able to help with this or search the internet and see if you can find any.
I remember this being a really difficult time with Nathan as well. We made the decision to really let him know that this was not an option but found other things that he could negotiate over, even at 2 they need to feel that they have some control over all this stuff. It is hard at 2 though because it is hard to reason with them. If it makes you feel better, this is just normal 2 year old stuff and has nothing to do with the CF other than he has to do treatments that other 2 year olds don't, but he really doesn't know that.
Raising four kids I remember those days! Terrible 2's, Horrible 3's, Aweful 4's, and know it all 5's. The one thing I can tell you from experience is that you need to figure this out soon because I have watched and know some cf parents who decided not to fight it at this age and now 7, 10, and 12 years later, they are still having the same battles with their kids over treatments. Those of us who decided that this was not an option and found other things to negotiate with, have CFer's still doing treatments with little to no fights as teens. I say little to no fights because it isn't about whether or not they are going to do the treatment but sometimes about when because as teens they are often so busy they now have to learn time management to get all their CF stuff done with everything else going on in their life.
Don't worry, today he is fighting, and tomorrow he will be doing it joyfully again, he is 2. Does he like to draw and or color yet? Perhaps try getting some special stuff that he can only do while doing his treatments. I had a backpack full of stuff that Nathan could only play with while doing a treatment and one that he could only play with in the hospital during tune-ups and he loved it. Mostly because I put stuff in it that I would never allow him to just play with in my house but he could while doing a treatment. I figured he was more confined during a treatment and made some of it a little safer, stuff like, silly putty, play dough, markers, special coloring books, special toys, and so on, by the way, I would change some of the stuff out from time to time to keep it special, fun, and exciting for him. We just got rid of those backpacks last time he was in for a tune-up in January, he is 14 now, so be prepared for it to last a good 12 years if you start them.
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I remember this being a really difficult time with Nathan as well. We made the decision to really let him know that this was not an option but found other things that he could negotiate over, even at 2 they need to feel that they have some control over all this stuff. It is hard at 2 though because it is hard to reason with them. If it makes you feel better, this is just normal 2 year old stuff and has nothing to do with the CF other than he has to do treatments that other 2 year olds don't, but he really doesn't know that.
Raising four kids I remember those days! Terrible 2's, Horrible 3's, Aweful 4's, and know it all 5's. The one thing I can tell you from experience is that you need to figure this out soon because I have watched and know some cf parents who decided not to fight it at this age and now 7, 10, and 12 years later, they are still having the same battles with their kids over treatments. Those of us who decided that this was not an option and found other things to negotiate with, have CFer's still doing treatments with little to no fights as teens. I say little to no fights because it isn't about whether or not they are going to do the treatment but sometimes about when because as teens they are often so busy they now have to learn time management to get all their CF stuff done with everything else going on in their life.
Don't worry, today he is fighting, and tomorrow he will be doing it joyfully again, he is 2. Does he like to draw and or color yet? Perhaps try getting some special stuff that he can only do while doing his treatments. I had a backpack full of stuff that Nathan could only play with while doing a treatment and one that he could only play with in the hospital during tune-ups and he loved it. Mostly because I put stuff in it that I would never allow him to just play with in my house but he could while doing a treatment. I figured he was more confined during a treatment and made some of it a little safer, stuff like, silly putty, play dough, markers, special coloring books, special toys, and so on, by the way, I would change some of the stuff out from time to time to keep it special, fun, and exciting for him. We just got rid of those backpacks last time he was in for a tune-up in January, he is 14 now, so be prepared for it to last a good 12 years if you start them.
LOL