Some parents gently persuade the baby, while others strongly insist that blood must be donated. Both methods are good in their own way, but it is better to choose a middle ground.
"I will not go!"
"It would hurt me!"
“I'm afraid!”
"Not today!"
Before going to the clinic, you can hear many more excuses. Your task is to support the child, to help him overcome the fear of the upcoming event.
1. Start with yourself
If you yourself have been afraid of injections since childhood and don’t like the blood donation procedure, you will not be able to properly set up the child. Then it’s better to send dad or grandmother to the clinic with the baby.
Ask your doctor how much blood testing you need at the moment. When you understand that donating blood is important for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of many diseases, you will mentally pass on your confidence to the baby.
2. Prepare in advance
Play with the baby in the hospital. Let the child feel like a doctor. And you accompany each toy injection with the words that the health and mood of the toys will now become better.
Using your example, show your child that all family members are tested. The baby should be aware that this is a normal procedure.
And older children can be taken with them on excursions and to private laboratories. They will be able to make sure that there is nothing wrong with passing the tests.
Important! Do not fool the baby with stories that the procedure is completely painless. Realizing that this is not true, he will lose confidence in you. Be near while taking a son or daughter by the hand when possible. Do not give out your excitement.
3. Create a comfortable environment
Children are afraid of sharp needles, cold hands of nurses and the cries of other children who are already in the office. These fears can be avoided by visiting private laboratories with your child. In private clinics, they try as much as possible to surround the children with care, use modern materials, and also give children gifts.
But even if there is no alternative to the local clinic, you can pre-purchase a one-time lancet of a new modification in the pharmacy and ask someone close to take a turn.
4. Keep calm
If a tantrum happens with your child, stay calm! Shouting and nervousness will not help the case. Talk to your baby in a steady, confident voice.Sit with the child in front of the doctor and explain that you need not be afraid. The procedure will go very quickly, and you will immediately go home.
5. Distract
Kids are afraid of the moment of the injection itself. Well, if at this time focus their attention on something else. Distract the child with talking, your favorite toy or cartoon on the phone. It is important that during the injection the baby does not look at the syringe, but in the other direction.
6. Promise a gift
The child will be less capricious before the procedure, if you promise him the long-awaited toy. A sweet bonus will be a nice bonus for good behavior during the analysis.
7. Do not forget to praise for courage
A blood test is not the most common procedure for a baby. So that the next trip to the clinic was not so intimidating, praise the child upon returning home. Tell other family members that the baby was not at all afraid, kept himself confident and even smiled after the procedure. This will help to positively set the child up for testing in the future.
Mommy tips from forums
alena84: My daughter was 3 years old when I explained to her - “now we are going to take an analysis. We will come to my aunt, she will do RAAAZ and that’s all!) It will only hurt a little bit, quickly, RAAZ and that’s all, you’re my big girl, they just cry And you aren’t, right? You have done well! ” And it helped) My daughter whimpered when she saw the “Needle” and then cried for 1 min and calmed down right there in the office while she was drawing blood into the tubes. Now we walk with pride that we did not cry)
Diananewgold: When I was little, in the same situation, my parents persuaded me for a long time, saying that it would be like a small prick, such as a mosquito bite, it doesn’t hurt at all. I did not believe them and continued to weep woefully. My parents got the last trump card and promised me a big chocolate bar, which I rarely bought and gave me in small pieces. So I cried somehow agreed. And I remember from my mother’s stories, when adults left the office, they began to ask how it went, the truth was not painful. I, having rubbed my tears, asked only one thing: “Where the hell is my chocolate bar?!?” They began to laugh. Thought I forget, yeah how! =)
VikkoTorio: In general, try to buy special superthin needles at the pharmacy that you are painlessly pricked with. A lot has been written about them on the Internet. You can come straight to your nurse with your needle. I have not tried, but many of my friends say that they didn’t feel anything at all, they say there was a micro-puncture. He can see that he was stabbed unintentionally and the next time he won’t be afraid. I think the point here is precisely the pain of the puncture. I also screamed while I was pierced with a finger, and as soon as the matter was done, I fell silent and push at least half a day)
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A trip to the clinic, the child donates blood from a finger
