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Oct 21
9 min

How to Help Prepare Your Preschooler For a Flu Shot

Flu season is around the corner! Did you know that getting your flu shot this year will be more important than ever before? Because COVID...

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Oct 2
8 min

How to Help Prepare Your Toddler for a Flu Shot

I'll discuss why it's important to help kids with shots, how to prepare your child for, support your child during, and help your child after

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Apr 8
5 min

How to Prepare Your Child For Coronavirus (COVID-19) Testing

Children need to be prepared for COVID-19 testing! I'm sharing some Child Life tips to help you prepare your child for that nose swab!

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Oct 8, 2019
13 min

How to use Comfort Positioning for Medical Procedures: How to hold your child for shots

Children report feeling more pain during vaccinations while laying down as opposed to sitting up or being held by their parent. Studies...

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Oct 7, 2019
9 min

Benefits of Comfort Positioning for Medical Procedures: How you can help your child at the doctor

Wondering how you can help your child at the doctor? Comfort positioning is the easiest way for you to decrease your child's anxiety.

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Apr 18, 2018
12 min

Why You Should Prepare Your Child for Healthcare Experiences

"In the absence of information, we jump to the worst conclusions." -Myra Kassim Sadly, too often parents are not honest with their childr...

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