dd2 has her pre-school boosters tomorrow - how far in advance do you tell your kids that they are going to have an injection?

[EnidVorhees]

I am slightly dreading it

was planning to tell her just before we leave for the docs

I always seem to handle it badly and dd1 always used to get hysterical

tips please?

[Blu]

Last time I introduced it casually about a day before. And took a lollipop and produced it at eaxactly the same time as the Dr did the deed so that Ds was pre-occupied with unwrapping it. (he never normally has lollipops). He barely noticed the injection.

[EnidVorhees]

yes tht is a very good reasnon to rarely give sweets

I dont want to tell her today as I
am worried she will work herself up over it, dd1 always did

I have a barbie-a-like ready, maybe I should wrap it

[EnidVorhees]

shamless bump

or shameless even

[foxtrot]

i do the lollipop thing too.

[Normsnockers]

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[Peridot30]

With my ds i told him when we were at the doctors. SAid to him had to get jags so that he could go to school like a big boy. Total nightmare, he screamed so much that he also got a toy as soon as we left the surgery. Nearly chickened out and got my mum to take him but knew when he got upset would want me.

[stoppinattwo]

depends on the child, i told DD as the nurse was preparing the injection. DS the same. At that age i didnt see the point of worrying them unnecessarily. We discussed it after

[TinyGang]

With bitter experience, I now realise ten seconds before-hand is plenty of notice.

Unless much older of course, but very young ones worry a lot ime.