Any nurses on here that can help me regarding vaccinations!!

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Apologies for posting here but I'm desperate for the traffic and the vaccination board is a slow mover ime.

DS (13m) has his vaccinations tomorrow. I've got him some Emla cream but realised I don't actually know where to put it!

I rung the nurse at the surgery where we are going tomorrow and she wasn't very helpful and said she didn't recommend using emla cream and to just be brave. It would depend on which nurse is administering the jabs if they do arms as well as both legs and it's a precise, small circle near the hips where the injection is made.

Is there anyone who can help, or even better, show me a diagram of exactly where to put it?

I know I can't take the full pain away but it might help a little and will certainly help me! I am planning on leaving the cream on for 2/3hours - inline with the pharmasist's instructions for the best effect .

Nope not ever used Emla for an injection. If your son has special needs it will probably be better talking to the school for specific support, my two have just had these jabs and they both have autism they were fine even my super sensitive one

Wow, unanimous 'don't bother'! Will follow that advice and take some chocolate buttons instead. Thanks

I'm needle phobic - it will be OK. How was he with his baby ones? Were you able to comfort him? One of my children is really frightened and upset by needles but the other one doesn't seem to mind them much at all. It surprised me, because I expected him to react like his brother.

Good luck OP. DD had hers this morning. I was fine with the earlier ones, but the thought of having to hold her still for 4 when she's so much bigger and would understand more filled me with dread.

Naturally, it was fine. She cried once the first was done but the others were done quickly. Gave her her favourite rattle once it was over as a distraction, and by the time the doc had finished writing it all up in her book she was happy and dressed again. It was a million times easier than I'd feared - even though the clinic was at nap time so she was exhausted.

In my experience (literally, I had the MMR when I was 24) it isn't the needle that hurts it's the liquid that goes in.

So the Emla cream wouldn't do anything. And I say that as a massive fan of Emla cream and mother of a child who's had blood tests every 6 months since he was born.
Great stuff.

When my youngest was a baby, 10 years ago, she was part of a vaccine trial and they used EMLA cream. Having the cream put on or taken off didn't bother her and she seemed to me to cry less than my other daughter.

This said, when my elder daughter had toenail surgery recently, I gave her EMLA cream and a mild sedative both prescribed by her GP as she has big needle anxiety and neither worked at all!

From memory babies bounce back from the baby jabs pretty quick.

You need to try and stress less OP. Jabs are horrible for the time it is taken to do them and that’s basically it. Your fear will project onto your child though which can make them stress over it. You’ll also need to hold your DS quite tightly whilst it’s done to stop them moving (and avoid a needle scratch).
Chocolate buttons for after is a good idea (or anything to take their mind off the jabs)

From memory, it’s a jab in all places (although it could be 2 in each leg or arm)

Your DS will be fine. for after for you

Agree not to bother.
My kid had one in each arm and leg for his 12-13m jabs, the nurse gave him a chocolate button afterwards and he didn't care at all.

(Doctor)

Tip is to take them in shorts and t-shirt so don't need to strip down, just roll the sleeves up a bit!