A children's clinic is not a place for tears and hysterics. But what to do if your baby is stubborn and capricious before every visit to the doctor, and for you, going to a routine examination turns into incredible stress?

Here are some tips to help your child overcome the fear of another visit to the doctor.

"Calm, just calm!"

In most cases, the child experiences anxiety, subconsciously copying the mother's behavior. Therefore, before trying to calm your baby, turn to your feelings. The child perfectly captures the parents’ mood, and if they themselves are worried before going to the doctor, then he really should be afraid of something. Hence the whims, and tears, and hysterics. Calm down and try to come to your doctor's appointment in a good mood. On the way and in line, joke, laugh, tell funny stories. Your confidence will be a guarantee of safety for your baby, because neither you nor he really has anything to fear.

Under no circumstances should you frighten your baby with the figure of a doctor!

In all your stories, the doctor must be kind, he helps people, heals and relieves pain. And injections and vaccinations are just necessary tools to ensure that all people are healthy.

Remember, have you ever told your child: “If you don’t stop fooling around, the doctor will come and give you an injection!” It is precisely such phrases that traumatize the child’s psyche and instill a fear of injections and people in white coats.

Play with your child in the hospital

A hospital game where an adult is an active participant can be a good help in combating the fear of doctors. Let the child be the doctor and you the patient. Through the game you will help your child learn more about the work of a doctor. Let the baby come to the appointment first, who is crying and very afraid, and the doctor will calm him down. And then the brave and fearless patient will come. In the game you can discuss important issues with your child and play out different situations. Play more often and the results will surprise you!

Prepare for your doctor's visit in advance

Never hide the fact that you are going to the hospital from your child. It’s better to warn your baby about this in advance. In the evening, tell us where you are going and what kind of doctor is waiting for you. Briefly describe the procedures that the child will undergo. But don't go overboard with the details! Long and lengthy stories about injections, syringes and procedures will frighten anyone. It’s better to smoothly move the conversation to another topic, watch cartoons or play an interesting game. This will distract the baby from unnecessary thoughts.

Don't forget about praise!

After visiting the doctor, be sure to hug your baby and tell him you are proud of him. If the child did not cry or act up, consolidate the result and give positive emotions by visiting an amusement park or ice cream parlor.

Finally, remember that under no circumstances should you scold or punish your child for tears and whims during a visit to the doctor. After all, this will only increase his fear and it will be much more difficult to cope with it in the future. The support and understanding of an adult is all that a child needs now!

Rest only in our dreams

Gosha used to go to the clinic without tears. But for 2-3 months now, visits to the doctor have ended in tears. Gosha is especially nervous and anxious when the doctor puts him on his back, weighs him, measures his height... The last time he even had to weigh me first on large scales, and only then - Gosha and me together, he threw such a tantrum!

Larisa, mother of 9-month-old Gosha

Pediatrician's comment

There may be several reasons for changes in a child's behavior. Firstly, already at 4–5 months the baby can roll over perfectly from his back to his stomach. This new skill is necessary for a child to explore the world around him. Therefore, the baby may not like it when he is forcibly turned onto his back and held in this position. Secondly, the baby may be cold, and he will be indignant. Don't worry. Try to dress your child in clothes that are easy to unfasten and take off quickly. During the examination, stand nearby and reassure the baby, speaking to him in an even, calm voice. As soon as the examination is completed and the child is dressed, take the baby in your arms, caress it, and only then ask the doctor the necessary questions.

And I'm afraid of the doctor!

Visiting a doctor is a real test of strength. When we first enter the clinic lobby, my son begins to whine, and as we approach the doctor’s office, the whimpering turns into a scream. And no amount of persuasion or rattles helps. They even let us skip the line! I'm so ashamed, but I don't know what to do.

Elena, mother of one-year-old Mitya

Pediatrician's comment

Fear of doctors is a common phenomenon among young children, and there is nothing shameful about it. Out of feelings of irritation and awkwardness, many mothers begin to reproach or ridicule the child, but in this way they only aggravate the situation: the baby feels not only scared, but also offended and misunderstood even by his own mother. If a child reacts so negatively to a visit to the clinic, you need to understand the reasons and help the baby. Remember when the manifestations of pathological fear began: after vaccination, blood tests, serious illness, when the child had to get injections? Perhaps the baby’s memory of the painful sensations from injections is still alive. Before going to the clinic, be sure to warn your baby that “this time there will be no injections.” And if your baby is due for a scheduled vaccination, try to set the child up in a peaceful mood in advance, tell him that you will also receive an injection, which will be somewhat unpleasant, but tolerable. You can take a toy with you so that the nurse will first “inject” him, and the bear will “tell” the child that this is not scary at all - and thus introduce an element of play into an unpleasant procedure. This will make it much less scary for the baby.

An older child can be promised a reward for passing the test: candy, a toy. Gradually, as the child becomes bolder, such “courage rewards” can be gradually eliminated.

Most often children are frightened by:

• pain;
• being left alone without parents in a hospital or doctor's office;
• unknown;
• the doctor with whom the baby’s negative experience is associated;
• parental stress;
• unknown doctor or nurse.

"Enemy" in a white coat

I don’t understand why my son has such negativity towards doctors. He was never tormented by unpleasant procedures. We even show up at the clinic 3-4 times a year. Recently a funny thing happened. My mother is a local pediatrician. I decided to go to my mother’s office. The son looked in, but categorically refused to enter. To all my “this is grandma, come to grandma,” he answered: “No, not a grandma.” When she herself tried to approach him, he grabbed me and screamed in horror. I recognized my grandmother only when she took off her white robe and walked a decent distance away from the office.

Elizaveta, mother of 2-year-old Egor

Pediatrician's comment

A child’s fear cannot be unfounded; it is obvious that it did not arise out of nowhere. Since the grandmother is a doctor, the baby may have heard more than once “horrible stories” about childhood illnesses and injections, which caused him to feel fear. Even if he didn’t understand much of them, something could be left behind. Or maybe the child saw another child leaving the office sobbing. It is advisable to tell your child in detail before each visit to the doctor what will happen to him in the clinic. It is worth buying books and cartoons where a good doctor rushes to help little patients, for example, stories about Doctor Aibolit. You can play “in the clinic” with your baby, where the parents, the child, and the baby’s favorite toys alternately act as the doctor. You need to try to create a “positive image” of the doctor as a brave hero who always comes to the rescue.

Children are afraid of everything uncertain, unexpected and unknown, so fear of medical workers who examine the baby with a serious look, using various devices and instruments, is a completely adequate reaction of a small person. The task of parents is to help the child overcome his fear of doctors and procedures, and not to cultivate it, otherwise in adult life this can develop into a phobia, which threatens a complete refusal of qualified medical care in the event of a serious illness.

It is not unusual for a child to experience some fear before visiting a doctor. After all, you must admit that long lines, crying children, unknown and frightening objects in a specialist’s office - all this can cause negative emotions and even fear, especially if the child has already had negative experiences interacting with people in white coats, for example, during vaccination, or at a preventive examination by a dentist. Therefore, behavior such as isolation, reluctance to open your mouth at the request of the pediatrician, or even tears in a baby can be considered the norm. Whether the child will cope with his fears or whether they will develop into a phobia depends only on the correct behavior of the parents and understanding of the whole situation.

The problem, namely fear, real and panicky, of people in white coats, is expressed in a complete refusal to visit the clinic. The child falls into hysterics even at the mention of doctors, hospitals, and examinations by a pediatrician, sobs on the threshold of the office and does not want to cooperate with the specialist in any way, huddling in a corner or fighting off with his hands and feet.

If you do not help the child at this stage, if you ignore the baby’s tears, mistaking them for a whim, children’s fears develop into opiophobia - this is the medical name for a mental disorder associated with fear of doctors, hospitals and medical procedures. Signs of a true phobia are:

• dizziness;
• loss of consciousness;
• feeling of incomplete inspiration;
• weakness in the limbs;
• nausea;
• incoherent speech;
• increased sweating;
• cardiopalmus.

Children under one year old often encounter health workers, as this is a prerequisite for proper care of the baby. A baby may cry at a pediatrician's appointment for several reasons that are not at all related to fear of the hospital, for example, the baby is hot, cold, hungry or wants to sleep. As a rule, infants do not remember their first experience of communicating with people in white coats, even if they had to undergo treatment in a hospital. Fear, bordering on phobia, can form at the age of 1.5–2 years, when the child develops his own idea of ​​the world and fears are integral companions of the self-preservation instinct.

Common causes of fear of hospitals, doctors and medical procedures in children:

1. Fear of strangers. Children aged 2 years have a limited circle of communication with family and friends and are wary of strangers, especially when they make attempts at tactile communication, for example, picking them up or trying to pat them on the head. It is quite natural that a doctor examining a baby will not cause positive emotions in him by trying to examine the throat with a spatula or listen to breathing with a cold phonendoscope. If the pediatrician is not in the mood to establish contact with the baby before the medical examination, and despite the tears and protests, does his job, then most likely, at the next meeting, the baby will throw a tantrum at the sight of the doctor.
2. Fear of the unknown. Often parents do not tell their child about the upcoming procedure of vaccination or blood sampling from a finger, so as not to listen to preliminary hysterics. An unexpected injection can frighten the baby, and in the future the child will be wary of any communication with the medical staff.
3. Negative emotions. Waiting for a long time in line, surrounded by nervous parents and sick children, can drive anyone crazy. A child, finding himself in such an environment for the first time, feels the tension of adults and may also be capricious and ask to go home. If we add to this the unpleasant examination procedure and the subsequent use of “tasteless” medications prescribed by the doctor, then the baby’s first impression of the hospital will be negative.
4. Unprofessional behavior of a doctor. The little man perceives those around him and accepts them into his social circle only by looking at their attitude towards their parents. If a situation arises in which the doctor severely reprimands the mother for late treatment or improper treatment, the child may be alarmed by this. During subsequent visits to the doctor, the child will expect that a stranger in a white coat will again scold his parents.
5. Incorrect reaction from parents. Often, without meaning to, parents themselves turn their children against the doctor. For example, after an injection or other unpleasant or frightening procedure, a mother feels sorry for her child, saying: “Evil aunties, they offended the baby, I will regret it and everything will pass! We won’t come here again.” Thus, the mother, who brought the child to the procedure and held him in her arms during it, tries to transfer all the blame for the suffering caused to the medical staff, while she herself remains a defender. As a result: the child calms down, the mother is good, the doctor is bad.
6. Doctor instead of "grandmother". Knowing about children’s very natural fears of medical procedures and doctors, parents use them as a lever of control in moments of disobedience. For example: “If you don’t eat, they’ll put you in the hospital,” or “If you don’t listen, I’ll call the doctor now, he’ll give you an injection for harm.” With such pedagogical techniques, parents themselves nurture and cultivate fear of doctors in the child’s soul. Subsequently, children perceive the disease as a sign of misconduct, and treatment as a punishment for it. The baby will try to hide any ailment from you, endure abdominal pain or not show signs of weakness with a fever, and this is fraught with consequences.

Psychologists say that the reason for the development of opiophobia is precisely the child’s fear of doctors, which was ignored by the parents or was aggravated by their incorrect attitude to the situation. To prevent this from happening to your child, you should analyze his behavior and listen to the advice of specialists.

It is important that the baby has confidence in the attending physician, so the first appointment should be an introductory one. Warn the pediatrician not to use his own tools, but simply talk with the child, ask about his well-being, and, if possible, talk about an abstract topic. Children aged 1.5–2 years can be asked to take their favorite toy for inspection, making up a story about how the teddy bear has lost its appetite or has a tummy ache. An experienced children's doctor will be happy to play along with you, spending very little working time on this and preventing possible episodes of hysterics in the future.

It is important for children aged 3 years and older to know what to expect from any event so that they can be mentally prepared. Therefore, before going to the clinic, you should tell your baby the purpose of your visit, who the doctor is, what an examination is and how it happens. During the story, you should not say the phrases: “It doesn’t hurt at all” or “the doctor is not scary.” Don’t focus your attention on this, because the baby, on the contrary, will begin to be afraid. You can read a fairy tale to your child about the kind Aibolit or watch a cartoon about Doctor Plyusheva, who helps her toys. After such stories, children begin to look with admiration at people in white coats and are happy to make contact with them.

Before going to the doctor, it is important to properly set up your child and explain to him the necessity of such an examination. If you have to undergo a medical procedure, for example, an x-ray, blood tests from a finger or a smear on a worm egg, you should describe to your baby exactly what the doctor will do, how unpleasant it can be and why such manipulations are needed. Only in this case will the child begin to trust you completely and will not expect any tricks from the next visit.

If a child has already developed a persistent fear of doctors, it should be overcome in a playful way. Involve other household members in the game, let the baby cure grandma’s headache by giving her a gauze compress, and bandage grandpa’s finger or prescribe a sweet cough syrup. In the young doctor’s arsenal, you can add multi-colored lollipops in a transparent bottle, an electronic thermometer, and mother’s hand cream instead of ointment. As a reward for curing the whole family, you can present the baby with a toy doctor’s set, with which you can easily cure all dolls or ivy animals. In addition, such sets contain copies of medical equipment that so often frightens children. In a playful way, you can explain what these items are and why the doctor needs them.

Children tend to be afraid and are not at all forbidden to cry. With the help of tears, the baby receives emotional release, so shaming the baby or setting him as an example of other children who behave differently will be a betrayal towards the child. Thus, hearing reproach instead of support, the baby will become even more upset and the tears will develop into hysterics.

If a child has been prescribed an unpleasant procedure or needs to undergo an examination by a specialist, which involves the use of devices, for example, ultrasound, cardiogram, fluoroscopy, you should not show your excitement. While sitting and waiting in front of the office, talk to your child, look at pictures, or tell him in simple words about the upcoming procedure. You should not discuss your worries or diagnoses with other parents, complain about doctors, or express any negative emotions. After visiting the hospital, please your baby with a new toy, visit a children's cafe or go to the carousel. A joyful event will completely overshadow all the child’s worries and fears, and in the future he will remember how interesting he spent his time that day when he went to the doctor.

First of all, parents need support, whose emotional state determines the child’s mood. In situations that you do not control, and their outcome does not depend on you, you should calm down as much as possible and try to provide moral assistance to your child.

Before hospitalization, you should ask the medical staff which toys and necessary things you can take with you to the room in order to create maximum comfort and a homely environment. During preparations, give your child the right to choose personal belongings, let the child at least control the situation in this regard.

While in the hospital, you should not show alarm or, conversely, show the child undue attention, constantly hold the child’s hand or feel sorry for him by patting him on the head. So the baby will feel something is wrong, it is better to try to behave naturally, talk about abstract topics.

On the day of the operation, it is necessary to prepare the child for the fact that you will have to separate for some time. Explain to the baby that where the doctor will carry out the treatment, the parents cannot be present, but as soon as he wakes up, the mother will be nearby.

Preschool children can be told about the upcoming procedure without going into details and without using the terms “cut”, “sewed up”. You can say that they will put you on a special bed, put on a mask and you will fall asleep, and while you sleep, the doctor will treat you. At this age, children are very afraid of not waking up, so if possible, introduce your child to other patients who have already undergone surgery and are recovering.

Children's fears are an alarm bell for parents, indicating their pedagogical omissions. It is important to admit your mistakes in time and try to help your child cope with anxieties and fears.

Continues work Anna Bravoslavskaya. She found her name - . We also want to tell you that Anna now has her own blog, where you can read other articles about psychology and more. You can also contact Anna with your questions directly by mail [email protected] . Today is the answer to the first question submitted to the section.

For our column, we chose the “question-answer” format, and for the first time I appreciated how correct this choice was. After all The topic of today's article is children's fears, and you can only work with them individually. There are no templates or general schemes here.

I suggest you attend a consultation with a psychologist, but from a specialist perspective. And together with me, reflect on the mystery of a new client. Because the work of a psychologist sometimes reminds me of the work of Sherlock Holmes. 🙂

So, the request of the mother who contacted us was as follows: the child is afraid of doctors. In the process of clarifying the situation, we learned the following: the boy is 6 years old, impressionable, afraid of a particular dentist, the fear arose after the last time he had his tooth treated (it was painful). Treatment must be continued.

Thoughts from a psychologist: what to do if a child is afraid of the doctor?

5-7 years is the age of fear in children. At this time, almost everyone is afraid of something. Parents should be wary if fears are pretentious in nature - the child is afraid of something too unusual, or is afraid too often, fears interfere with normal life activities, etc.

On the other hand, if a child is never afraid of anything, even to the point of risking his life, this is also a reason to consult a specialist. Usually children are afraid of doctors, the dark, big dogs, etc.

The nature of childhood anxiety also depends on the psychological constitution. Just like in adults, among children there are more or less impressionable ones. Some people dream of heroic deeds and rush into any fight, while others just want to sit with a book in the corner or play puzzles with their parents. It is obvious that if a child initially has a subtle mental organization, he will be more susceptible to fears than someone else.

As a rule, any fear begins with a specific situation. During the consultation, we found out that until the last visit to the dentist, the child did not have any fears. He began to fear doctors after he experienced pain during dental treatment. Thus, we have discovered the “core” of fear.

In fact, things are usually not that simple. Most often, you have to unwind a rather long thread, finding out from the client what he was afraid of before this incident. And before this? And so on, until the “same” incident that started it all is remembered.

It is with this experience that the psychologist works in the future. In our story, it turns out that the boy had no fears until his last visit to the doctor. This is much easier to work with. 🙂

At the same time, it became clear that the boy’s family has good, harmonious relationships, which is very important. Often children subconsciously perceive fears or anxiety, tension in their parents’ relationships and, not being able to explain even to themselves how they feel, convey their fears to adults. It is interesting that the choice of an object of fear in this case can be projective in nature.

The nature of the parent-child relationship is also of great importance. If they are too detached or, on the contrary, gravitate towards symbiosis, or are ambivalent, this can also lead to an increase in anxiety and tension in the child, and the emergence of fears. In this case, when talking with the mother, the conclusion was made about a good, stable relationship with her son.

Thus, we see that in a prosperous family, with a harmonious relationship with his mother, an impressionable boy of 6 years old (the age of fear, as we remember) manifests fear of doctors against the backdrop of painful treatment. I, as a psychologist, wanted to help the boy reduce situational anxiety (it would not have been possible to remove it completely. Who among us would stop being afraid of the doctor if the last time he hurt?), and to provide assistance in developing skills to cope with fears in the future , in creating a new image of oneself-brave. Based on this, I selected the following methods.

In order to discuss with the baby the need to take care of teeth, as well as to change the internal position from passive to active, the method of fairy tale therapy was chosen. There is now quite a lot of literature in this area with ready-made fairy tales for almost all occasions. This includes “Once upon a time there was a girl like you...” by Brett Doris and “Workshop on Fairytale Therapy” by Zinkevich-Evstigneeva, and many other books.

We chose a fairy tale about a crocodile and a bird that brushed his teeth. There was even such a cartoon in our childhood. 🙂 Mom managed to find it, and she and her son enjoyed watching it. In addition, my mother and I discussed the possibility of co-composing a fairy tale with my son, which would help the boy get out of the “victim” position.

To work through the topic of fear, it is also good to use art therapy and play therapy methods. For example, when it comes to what a child is afraid of doctors, or immediately before such an unpleasant event as a visit to a doctor (if you see signs of anxiety in a child), you can offer to draw what he is afraid of. Or even the emotion of fear itself. “When you're afraid, what does it look like? Draw!

Then you can try to “sound”: if your fear could speak, what would it say? What do you want to tell him?

It’s also great if you manage to replay a painful situation. This can be done with the help of toys that are assigned to the main roles, and by playing the characters personally. It happens that children want to play something repeatedly: this is, of course, very good. During this work, it is imperative to provide the child with emotional support: hug him, stroke him, praise him. After all, we remember that adrenaline is replaced by oxytocin. And that means there should be as much love as possible.

In order to help the boy create a positive image of himself “I am brave,” the mother was given the task of paying attention to manifestations of courage in her son’s behavior, and reinforcing them with appropriate comments, telling others about them (so that the boy could hear), etc. . Thus, we consciously create resource states in the child, which he can turn to in difficult moments of his life.

In addition, the mother was recommended to carefully approach the organization of the dental treatment event itself: meet and “make friends” with the doctor outside the office, plan pleasant events for “Day X”, prepare an inspiring gift, create a support group.

Thus, our work was, on the one hand, to level out external stimuli as much as possible, and on the other, to carry out psychological work to provide emotional support to the child.

The psychological part, in turn, was also divided into 2 components: working through the emotion of fear using the methods of art therapy, fairy tale therapy and play therapy, and creating a resource base and the image of “I am brave” through the use of appropriate behavioral models by the mother.

It should be noted that the mother herself additionally did a colossal amount of work in changing the doctor, finding related specialists and organizing comprehensive support for her son.

Our story has no end yet, because... The boy is yet to make another visit to the dentist. However, now you can “try on” the described situation for yourself, and, if desired, adopt self-help methods.

You are worried that your child is afraid of doctors. What to do in this case? First, find the cause of anxiety, know that there may be several of them. Secondly, depending on the age of the baby, draw up tactics for your targeted actions to eradicate fears. Be patient and calm - this is the key to success; be prepared for a long process of getting rid of fear.

Causes of fear

If every trip to the doctor's office is marked by heart-rending crying or real hysterics of your child, then the problem is obvious - the child is very afraid of doctors. The main thing is not to panic, but to find out the reasons for such behavior. There may be several of them:

• once experienced sudden pain from injections, blood sampling, and other procedures (read what to do if a child is afraid of injections?>>>);
• wary attitude towards other people;
• unfamiliar, scary environment;
• deception from parents that it won’t hurt;
• intimidation by doctors, hospitals, injections;
• negative attitude of parents towards doctors: speaking out loud in front of the child bad reviews about doctors, procedures or medical institutions;
• harsh attitude of the health worker towards the child;
• fear of a specific specialist;
• the medical facility itself (old, unrepaired, with an unpleasant odor);
• uniform for medical staff.

After observing your baby, you can easily determine what exactly causes fear. Perhaps this is one reason or several at once. You need to work with all sources simultaneously.

Important! Never fight fears with physical punishment, humiliation, or insulting your child - all this will only cause a backlash and anxiety will increase. The situation will be complicated by layering one fear on top of another.

Age-related characteristics of fear of doctors

1. Children under one year of age encounter various doctors, injections, tests, and examinations every month. Given the characteristics of their memory, infants do not respond to manipulation. As you grow older and become more aware, your little one begins to show acute dissatisfaction with doctors in the form of crying or even hysterics;
2. From about six months, the baby distinguishes his own from strangers, and if you do not expand your comfort zone, and even add negative experiences with doctors, then the child will develop a persistent fear, which will not be easy to get rid of;
3. If after three years a child is terribly afraid of doctors, then there is a high probability of serious psychological trauma. You will have to be extremely patient, find the cause of the fear and gradually get rid of it on your own or together with a psychologist.

A 1-year-old child is afraid of doctors: we form a positive image of doctors and medical institutions:

• During this period, it is very important for the mother to remain calm, since the connection with the baby is very close and he is acutely aware of your condition. If you cannot control yourself, let the father or someone close to you go to the clinic with the child;
• Try to make an appointment when your baby is alert, well-fed, and well-rested;
• If you have a scheduled examination by several doctors, do not try to go through all of them at once; the child will probably get tired and will have some whims;
• Arrive at the facility a little early so that your baby gets used to the room. Walk along the corridors, find and look at something interesting (bright posters, flower pots). Always take your favorite toy with you so that you have something to distract you if necessary;
• When entering the office, hold the child in your arms, stroking him so that he feels safe;
• If your child regularly throws tantrums in the doctor's office, try calling the doctor to your home if possible: it is easier to establish contact in a familiar environment.

What to do if a 2-year-old child is afraid of doctors? Gradually, as you grow older, tell your child in a language he understands about the need to visit the clinic and continue to create a positive image of the doctor.

1. Try to tell the truth about upcoming procedures;
2. Distract from bad thoughts with new toys and books;
3. Do not compare your child with other children who do not cry, this tactic will lower the baby’s self-esteem and will not help overcome fear;
4. Don’t force your baby to behave well or say hello to the doctor. If he cannot contain his emotions and cries, hug him and calm him down. Children feel great in their mother's arms;
5. It should be a rule in your family not to speak ill of doctors or medical procedures in front of your child.

Since I was two years old, we have been trying to make every trip to the clinic a holiday. With the right actions on the part of parents and doctors, fear of medical personnel goes away by the age of three.

It happens that even after three years a child is afraid of doctors, what to do in this case?

• Be sure to describe in detail what awaits him in the doctor’s office. The child must be mentally prepared for unpleasant procedures and not be deceived;
• Buy a play set with medical instruments and treat the dolls with your child; as the game progresses, explain the purpose of each item;
• Read books, watch cartoons about doctors and treatment processes, comment and answer your child’s questions;
• It is quite possible to use this method: buy something valuable or fulfill the baby’s cherished dream for going to the clinic;
• Do not forbid your child to cry, this is a good emotional release. Tell him that you understand his fear, but you need to be patient a little;
• If you know doctors, use their services temporarily.

After three years, show compassion and support to your child. Have regular conversations about the importance and necessity of visiting doctors. Don’t neglect visits to doctors yourself, setting a positive example for your child.

It often happens that a child is afraid of dentists. Even adults go to the dentist without much joy, let alone children. Yes, it hurts, and the baby needs to be explained why he should endure the pain.

1. If possible, find a good dentist who is good with children;
2. Try to come for the first time as if on a tour, sit in a chair, look at the instruments, meet the doctor;
3. Depending on the age, prepare the child by talking to him first;
4. Treat or remove only one tooth per visit, the baby won’t be able to stand any more;
5. Tell your child that you will be there. Hold his hand, verbally encourage him in every possible way.