http://babyccinokids.com/blog/2009/06/11/a-shot/ International lifestyle site for mums Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:53:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://babyccinokids.com/blog/2009/06/11/a-shot/#comment-38460 Emilie Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:31:52 +0000 http://babyccinoblog.com/2009/06/11/a-shot/#comment-38460 Poor little thing! My kids hate going to the doctor, let alone get shots! I reckon that ice cream was more than deserved! Poor little thing! My kids hate going to the doctor, let alone get shots! I reckon that ice cream was more than deserved!

]]> http://babyccinokids.com/blog/2009/06/11/a-shot/#comment-38457 annemarieke Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:18:34 +0000 http://babyccinoblog.com/2009/06/11/a-shot/#comment-38457 Explain that it hurts, but only for 3 seconds, count to 3 for a few times to show how short that is, and ask your child to count with you once the shot is given (as this distracts them, at least in theory). Once your daughter is 9 (at her next shot): ask her to count backwards from 10 (this time of course without saying that the shot hurts that long). The last one is a trick of my father, who gave lots of shots, to lots of small children. According to him it works. The important thing is the distraction once the shot is given, I think. Explain that it hurts, but only for 3 seconds, count to 3 for a few times to show how short that is, and ask your child to count with you once the shot is given (as this distracts them, at least in theory).
Once your daughter is 9 (at her next shot): ask her to count backwards from 10 (this time of course without saying that the shot hurts that long). The last one is a trick of my father, who gave lots of shots, to lots of small children. According to him it works. The important thing is the distraction once the shot is given, I think.

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