The health care professionals at The Hospital for Sick Children provide information on reducing the pain associated with vaccines for babies less than one year of age. The information in this video is based on new scientifically proven research that your healthcare provider might not know about yet.
The pain of vaccinations can be distressing for babies and parents alike. This video provides parents with simple and effective tools to help reduce their baby’s perception of pain.
These methods fall into three groups:
(1) What you can give — topical anesthetics and sugar water
(2) What you can do — child positioning and breast-feeding
(3) How you can act — your state of mind and distracting your baby
For more information, visit http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/En/HealthAZ/HealthandWellness/RoutineHealthCare/Pages/immunization.aspx
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