5. Try Problem-Solving Parent: What would make it easier to get through these injections? Would it help to have something to look forward to when you’re done? Kid: Can we get peanut M&M’s? I could eat a green one as soon as the shot is over. Parent: Let’s do that! 6. Be Playful “I can see the medicine going down your throat into your stomach. And now it’s heading down your leg to your toes!” 7. Take Action Without Insult “I’m going to hold you on my lap while the doctor gives you the injection. I know you don’t like this.”
