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Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Hilarious Little Girl

FNW · Guru

That was me before I went through IVF. LOL Actually, I would go limp and look away. By the time I got out of the hospital, I was stuck so many times I slept through it.

The boys get shots every week and are much better about it now than when they first started.

ed11563 · Guru

Maybe I'm an old stick-in-the-mud, but I don't see anything funny when a child is dealing with fear.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Yes you are a stick in the mud. Her facial expressions are a hoot. She's laughing. And she PRETENDS to almost faint when the nurse PUTS A BAND AID ON. Give me a break. The nurse even tells her "I'm just putting a band aid on." The girl pretends to faint. Then the nurse says, "I can hardly wait to see you when you have your first baby." and the mom is cracking up. The girl is a little drama queen. It's hilarious.

ed11563 · Guru

Something I've learned (seen many times) in surgery is, when people are frightened, they often cannot or do not differentiate between pain vs. pressure.

When someone is being controlled by someone they believe is going to hurt them, then EVERYTHING hurts... until they discover that it didn't.

I didn't see the nurse putting the band-aid on her, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if it DID feel like she was being hurt. At least until she saw that it was really a band-aid.

By the way, nurses and other clinicians sometimes lie to children. "This won't hurt a bit." Then it does.

ed11563 · Guru

Something I learned from a cop:

Teens and younger children sometimes laugh when they are calling 9-1-1 about a real, desperate situation.

The laughing is a sign of nervousness.

Unfortunately, 9-1-1 operators frequently take the laughter to mean that the call is a prank. (Sometimes it IS a prank, sometimes it isn't.)

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

I can clearly see the band aid. Band aids don't hurt. I'm not playing into your weird hysteria.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

The kid was getting a shot. One of those vaccines you preach about.

Her brother made he nervous. She was fine until her brother opened his mouth.

Look. It's a necessary evil. Sometimes you have to get a shot. And kids will freak out at times.

But she was being hilarious. And it's something she and her brother will laugh about for the rest of their lives.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Exactly Lily.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Shoot. All three made a bigger fuss, not actually fussing but being visibly nervous, when they got there boosters in 7th grade.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

And I have never known a doctor or nurse to lie to any child I've been around about shots. If I heard one lie I would correct them. As a parent I've never lied. I have told them the truth though. It feels like a bee sting. It hurts for a few seconds and then it's over. It doesn't hurt very bad. It's quick. By the time you realize it hurts you're done getting the shot. All the truth. If a parent makes it out to be a huge deal a kid will panic. I would not let a doctor lie to my child.

DemoniaD · Senior Member

That's basically what every doctor/nurse that has given my child a shot, drawn blood, or put in an IV has said , NJN. Little sting, little prick, things like that. Never had one say this won't hurt a bit. I thought the video was funny, and she probably was a little over dramatic hamming it up for the camera. It's not like it was a legitimate panic attack and everyone is joking about it. Sheesh.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I remember once, one of the boys was sick. Jesse I think.

Anyway, I had taken him to the doctor, they did what they could and told me to take him to the ER if he got worse or did show any signs of improvement during the night.

Got home, realized he really needed fluids and so we go to the ER.

They came in with that mummy wrap thing to start an iv. I was not going to allow that. Jesse wasnt 6 months old. I knew I could hold him still properly.

So I get on one side of the gurney, male nurse on the other.

I cradle his head in my elbow of my left arm, holding his arm and elbow in my left hand. I lean over him to secure his
tourso use my right arm over his knees and hold his wrist.

The nurse does the iv. Jesse didn't flinch or cry. He stared at the nurse the whole time.

The nurse said he had never been stared at like that by a baby.

Point is, kids never react how you expect them too.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

When my son was about five he fell off his bike. He cut the inside of his mouth. It was really bad. Now they never put stitches INSIDE the mouth but his was so bad they did. The whole way up to the ER I prepped him for what was to come. They're going to do this and that and this and that. It will hurt a tiny bit. Then it will be over. Finally the doctor comes in and tells him he needs stitches and starts telling him what he's going to do. My son looks at him and says, "I already know what's going to happen so could we move this along a bit?"

Out of the mouths of babes.