38 Tips to keep Toddlers Stress Free When Seeking Medical Treatment

I don't often review other sites and make referrals, or should I say I don't do it often enough. One blogger emailed me asking to look at their post and I found it to be quite comprehensive.

The post - 38 Tips to Keep Your Kids Entertained and Stress Free When Seeing a Doctor - at ondd.org - online nursing degree directory - is well written and contains plenty of good tips broken up into various categories.

To quote the closing paragraph from the article:

A little planning and forethought on your part can go a long way toward decreasing the anxiety of your child and making sure that they are calm, cool, collected and entertained during their visit to the doctor. By following these tips, you’ll keep their visit stress free. Which is just what the doctor ordered.

If you are about to take your child to the doctors or to hospital then this article may be well worth reading.

Based on experience, a child

Based on experience, a child can be told about what to expect but depending on the age, can be given a reward for being good during a medical treatment. I used to bring lots of toys and a good story book to the hospital. It does help when parents do not show they cry when their child does.

jane (not verified) | Fri, 04/07/2008 - 00:16

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