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I pre-warned but only that morning. I didnt want him thinking too much about it and building into something big.
He did cry a little bit when he got them and did complain of "heavy, sore" arms for the next day or two but other than that he was all good.
He has to have a blood test next week before his operation in two weks. Might give him the heads ups a little earlier for these ones
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Im going to say that I didn't pre warn DS at his 4yr needles. He had to have needles in the hospital after he fell off a trampoline and they thought he had done some damage. So he would know what is in store and would have not been ok with it.
He is like me and the more he thinks about something the more he stresses out and it would have ended up being a horrible experience if I had of told him.
Though with DS2 I will tell him as he likes to know whats going on. I think that each child is different so its up to how you think you should go about it!
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I'm going to o against the grain, my DS was not pre warned as we would have not t to the surgery. Let alone get the injection. We did the check up 1st and spoke then about the injection with the nurse and the doctor he was much more settled this way and while he did cry he didn't fight it... Normally they would need to wrap him in a blanket and hold home down plus I would have to drag him kicking and screaming for a needle. So I would have been really stressed from the get go. This really was the best option for us! You know your child best though.
Good luck
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