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Any tips for coping with the jabs at 4 years old?

6 replies

moaningpaper · 05/10/2006 12:04

Lots of dd's chums have gone a bit hysterical with the jabs at 4 years (one in each thigh).

Any tips for dealing with them? I was thinking of asking whether they could do them both at the same time (i.e. have two nurses in the room). What do you reckon?

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bakedpotatooooowoooh · 05/10/2006 12:06

sweets produced as nurse fills up syringe, and administered as needle goes in

anniediv · 05/10/2006 12:07

Have a treat ready for afterwards (my dd2 wanted a comic??) but I thought, well whatever makes this bearable!

LIZS · 05/10/2006 12:08

getting ds to cough made it less painful.

flack · 05/10/2006 12:11

Lolly. DS resolved to laugh through his and he really did, though.

NOMurDErousPLUME · 05/10/2006 12:12

Get DH to take her

That's what I did. DD had hers in the tops of each arm and was pretty good about it by all accounts.

Maybe a shot of Calpol or whatever 20 mins or so beforehand to help ease things a bit ? Docs/HVs have given me this advice in the past.

Also the treat goes a LONNNNNNNNNNNG way. DD made DH buy her the most hideous Bratz doll she could possibly find, because she knew that if Mummy had taken her Bratz wouldn't have even been considered.....

bamboo · 05/10/2006 12:16

Definitely bribery!

Also I'd recommend talking about it loads beforehand. Roleplaying with toys and stuff.

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