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Immunizations - General Overview
Alternate Names : Vaccinations
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Tips for parents
Immunizations must be given as an injection (shot). The following tips can help make the experience easier for your child:
- Tell older children that the shot is needed to keep them safe and healthy. Knowing what to expect ahead of time may reassure the child.
- Explain to the child that it is OK to cry, but suggest that the child try to be brave. Explain that you do not like injections either, but you try to be brave, too. Praise the child after the injection is over, whether or not he or she cries.
- Distract the child at the moment of the injection. For example, have the child look away (perhaps at a picture on the wall), have them count or say their "ABCs" or tell them something funny at the time of the injection.
- Try to be calm. The child will notice if you cringe before the shot!
- Plan something fun to do afterward. A trip to the park or playground, eating out, playing with the child, or other entertainment after the shot can make the next immunization less fearful.
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Review Date : 11/20/2003
Reviewed By : Alan Greene, M.D., F.A.A.P., Department of Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine; Lucile Packard Children's Hospital; Chief Medical Officer, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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