Baby vaccinations: how to soothe the pain

Nervous about your baby’s vaccine appointment? Here’s how you can make it a positive experience for you and baby.

Things you can GIVE your baby to help:

• You can apply a numbing cream to your child’s injection site about 45 minutes before the needle.
• You can mix a sweet solution at home with 1 tsp of sugar and 2 tsp of water and give it to your baby about 1-2 minutes before the needle
• You can nurse or bottle feed your baby about 5 minutes before the vaccination and continue feeding throughout.

Things you can DO for your baby to help:

• Assess your Anxiety
• Breathe deeply if you are feeling stressed
• Hold your baby in a calm, close, cuddle position
• Distract your baby

A huge thank you to Dr. Rebecca Pillai Riddell, director of the Opportunities to Understand Childhood Hurt (O.U.C.H.) Laboratory at York University (@yorkuniversity), for her expertise in pain and fear management in children. Her calming voice certainly makes us feel more relaxed .

Want even more tips for managing needle pain and fears?

Check out our partner Solutions for Kids in Pain (@kidsinpain). They have a ton of great resources

View our original Tweet!

Nervous about your baby’s vaccine appointment?
Dr. Rebecca Pillai Riddell(@drbeccapr), director of the O.U.C.H. Laboratory at York University(@yorkuniversity), is here to help

Music by KATSUSASAKI on Soundcloud. #ScienceUpFirst

[1/4] pic.twitter.com/PBwR4BVEIv

— ScienceUpFirst | LaScienced’Abord (@ScienceUpFirst) July 27, 2022

View our original Instagram Post!

 

 

 

 

 

View this post on Instagram

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A post shared by ScienceUpFirst (@scienceupfirst)