https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 28 May 2026 18:31:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschoolers-and-shots#post-792733 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:43:39 +0000 heffalump 792733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: yay! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschoolers-and-shots#post-792610 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:19:07 +0000 T-Mom 792610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Twine: wow that looks like a really cool product. It makes total sense that pain is partly mental and that distractions would make a huge difference. I'm going to check it out! I didn't plan to bribe, but apparently that's the only strategy I had in my parenting toolkit when it came to that situation :-/<br /> @Mrs. Train: you can be sure i will be hearing more requests for cake pops from DD in the future, haha :-) it was very popular </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschoolers-and-shots#post-792499 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:58:50 +0000 Mrs. Train 792499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: yeah for cake pops!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschoolers-and-shots#post-792465 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:09:37 +0000 Mrs. Twine 792465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow. I am a mean mama. My kid gets jack. We do have this for shots: <a href="http://www.buzzy4shots.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.buzzy4shots.com/</a> , and once she finally came out from underneath the chair she was a total trooper. She really likes the distraction cards, and didn't cry during the shots or right after or anything! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschoolers-and-shots#post-792439 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:39:15 +0000 T-Mom 792439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: thankfully all it took this time was a Starbucks cake pop. She was so happy and the shot was totally forgotten :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschoolers-and-shots#post-791508 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:25:25 +0000 heffalump 791508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: Just make sure you don't use the words my parents did. "You can have anything you want." They really didn't want my sister to get her ears pierced nor did they think she'd ask for that. They asked if she'd rather go to Disney World, etc. instead, but she only wanted her ears pierced. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschoolers-and-shots#post-790444 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:13:12 +0000 Andrea 790444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: DD has been playing doctor for awhile at daycare as they have a kit there so she loves going to the doctor. Hope that helps! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschoolers-and-shots#post-790424 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:07:17 +0000 T-Mom 790424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: @Honeybee: playing doctor actually sounds like a great way to make visits to the real doctor less scary! Must look for doctor kit, thanks for the idea!<br /> @artbee: a whole new outfit would definitely motivate my DD too, I'll bet! That's an awesome reward that your parents gave you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschoolers-and-shots#post-790085 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:21:09 +0000 Honeybee 790085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We play doctor at home pretty much every day, and now DD actually gets upset if she DOESN'T get a shot! She cried at DS's 1 year checkup because he got a shot and she didn't. True fact! We play doctor so often, she just thinks shots are part of every visit and she expects it to happen. It (usually) works in our favor, lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschoolers-and-shots#post-790083 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:20:40 +0000 looch 790083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son's only 2.5 but I tell him honestly what is going to happen when we go to the doctor. So, there's a lot of Dr. O is going to look in your ears, maybe your eyes, listen to your heart, etc etc. I bought him a doctor kit so he can see what the equipment looks like, he loves his stethoscope. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschoolers-and-shots#post-790070 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:14:43 +0000 heffalump 790070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: My parents bribed us. If we were good, we got a present of our choice. For my sister's kindergarten shots she got her ears pierced. For mine I got a whole new outfit, including accessories. My brother did not behave so he didn't get anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschoolers-and-shots#post-789725 Thu, 16 May 2013 22:41:10 +0000 T-Mom 789725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Train: aw how cute! cake pop from Starbucks sounds like the perfect after shot treat I think that's what we're gonna get tomorrow :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschoolers-and-shots#post-789668 Thu, 16 May 2013 22:22:07 +0000 Mrs. Train 789668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told my son who is 4.5 years old that he was fog to get a shot but that I would be ok and them we would get a cake pop from star bucks. (I'm sorry to admit to the bribe) when the nurse came in he said. Mommy said I'm getting a shot and. Can cry a little when it hurts but if I stop and don't make a scene I can go t Starbucks and get a cake pop, even one with sprinkles. The nurse just laughed and said that's right. He got the shots, cried while he was getting them and stopped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschoolers-and-shots#post-789462 Thu, 16 May 2013 21:27:12 +0000 T-Mom 789462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@3littlebees: aw man, yeah I can't imagine that his magic spray trick would work on any kid? They are way smarter than that! Sorry :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschoolers-and-shots#post-789361 Thu, 16 May 2013 21:10:53 +0000 3littlebees 789361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS just had his 4 year appt and prior to the appt, I told him I wasn't sure if he was going to have a shot or not and that the dr would let us know once we got there. The dr sprayed on a numbing spray that he called "magic" and said it wouldn't hurt. Apparently, the spray didn't work and DS screamed bloody murder and was in PAIN. I am not looking forward to his 5 year appt, because now he is fully aware that shots hurt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschoolers-and-shots#post-789351 Thu, 16 May 2013 21:09:42 +0000 T-Mom 789351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBehr: I have been meaning to record this show on DVR since its never on when we are watching tv.. Great tip! My DD is completely brainwashable... :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschoolers-and-shots#post-789312 Thu, 16 May 2013 21:04:06 +0000 MamaBehr 789312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This sounds so lame, but Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood had a whole episode dedicated to going to the doctor and getting a shot, this helped DD soo much! When she got her flu shot this fall she didn't cry, heck she didn't even flinch! That show brain washes my daughter, but in such great ways! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschoolers-and-shots#post-789272 Thu, 16 May 2013 20:59:04 +0000 T-Mom 789272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: so true.. I don't want them to have a meltdown for ever doctor visit that's for sure...<br /> I promised my DD a treat afterwards and said she could bring her lovey. So I basically resorted to bribery! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschoolers-and-shots#post-789242 Thu, 16 May 2013 20:52:45 +0000 heffalump 789242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is only 22 months old and she already knows. I took her to the doctor the other day for a diaper rash and after finally getting her calm in the room waiting for the doctor I started to explain to her that the doctor was coming in and what she was going to do..... which was just look at her diaper rash. She started screaming! </p> <p>But I still feel like it's better to tell them, especially for shots. Otherwise they'll freak out every time they go to the doctor thinking there will be shots when there really aren't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschoolers-and-shots#post-789227 Thu, 16 May 2013 20:49:35 +0000 T-Mom 789227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How does your preschooler deal with shots? I told my DD that she would be getting a shot tomorrow, a shot that she needs in order to register for kindergarten. I thought I was doing her a favor but oh my she went berserk and is petrified. It used to be so easy when she didn't get what was going on... I shouldn't have said anything and should've just let her get jabbed without any warning! </p>