How can i make a visit to the Doctor -easier for my Son ?

Question

Taking my 3 yearold Son to Doctor.

Having a checkup & Blood Test ( private reason - sorry )

He hates the doctoe doing anything to him.

How can i make it less fearful for him ?

Particulay the Blood Test. He's gonna hate it .lol.

Answer 1

Maybe you can ask the MD to not wear his white coat.

Answer 2

A good idea is to sit down with him and talk about it before he goes and tell him what's going to happen when he goes. Give him a lot of details and answer all his questions. You can seach pictures on the interenet to show him of blood tests to show him real pictures of what he will go and do. Be sure to explain WHY he is going and confirm to him that the trip is to make him better, feel better, healthier etc. Tell him you will be there for him the whole time.

You can find many children's books about visiting the doctor or hospital, ad reading these to him will let him see what goes on at a doctor's office. Ask an employee at Barnes and Noble or ask the librarian at your locl library.

As well, you can call up your family doctor to make a doctor's appointment in advance just talk with the doctor. Ask the doctor to show your son tools/instruments that they will be using on him. One girl that I was nanny to had to go into surgery twice. The first time was unbearable for her and she freaked out; pulled the tubes and wires out and screamed. The second time, she was a trooper and walked into the room all by herself, calm like you wouldn't believe. She was familiar with the room, instruments, nurses, etc.

Tell your son I wish him luck!

Answer 3

I totally understand. Get him a new, small, quiet toy to play with. Give it to him in the waiting room. While he's playing with it, talk to him about where you can eat lunch (or whatever meal) when the doctor's visit is over.

My son had to have IVs in the hospital and it was traumatic for me. I just rubbed his leg and kept telling him, "I know. I know. It will be over in a minute." Then I just held him a lot when it was over.

Above all, I believe in telling him the truth. If he asks if it will hurt I would say, "Yes, but not for a long time." I think the more distracted you can make him, the better it might go.

I hope this helps.

Answer 4

If he doesn't go very often, mostly for checkups- try what we did at this age- Visit the doctor as a social thing. We talked to ours in advance and set up a time to be in the waiting room. They called us inbetween appointments and my son and the doctor just talked for a few minutes.
We did that twice before his checkup when he was three and the actual checkup was a breeze.

Best wishes!

Answer 5

Sometimes, it is nice if the doctor will spend a bit of time with the child. A child who trust a doctor is less likely to be afraid.

There might not be anything that you can do to make it better. I suggest that you make a game out of it if the child is young. If not, just take them and get the necessary blood work done. It only last a minute.

Good luck.

Answer 6

Tell YOUR BOY THAT THE DOCTOR IS THERE TO HELP YOU BE A BETTER MOM, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE THE BEST MOM YOU CAN BE. it's YOUR JOB TO BE A GOOD PARENT, AND YOU WOULDN'T BE DOING YOUR JOB IF YOU DIDN'T TAKE HIM. you MIGHT TAKE A NEW TOY, ONE THAT HE HASN'T SEEN TO KEEP HIS MIND OFF THE BLOOD TEST. AND WHEN IT'S OVER YOU PRAISE HIM AND TELL HIM HOW PROUD YOU ARE.

Answer 7

you can't....just explain that he has to do this and if he don't sit still the needle will go all the way thru his arm..and really hurt..and if he don't sit still they are going to tie him up and that won't be very fun either...tell him you are not going to let anyone hurt him and after it's all over he get's cool stickers and MCDONALDS!!!