Doctor visists with your Baby/toddler?

She probably associates the doctor with pain, since he is the one who gives her tha shots, and she sees him every time she is sick, try giving her a treat when she gets to the office, another when she gets into the room and yet another when the doctor is finished his exam. Once she associates him with treats, she should be just fine. my kid's pediatrician kept large suckers in jar in each of her rooms specifically for that purpose, and when baby got a shot, and mommy didn't cry, she got one too!

Have her bring one of her favorite dolls or teddy bears and tell that the doll and her would be going to see Dr________. and that the DR would be looking at both of them(99% of doctors would not mind doing this) It may help to see that she is not the only one being looked at. I would call the doctor ahead of time and let him know what you are plaining on doing so that he is prepared to see two "people" and he is not surprise when asked to look at the doll.

Has something happened in the dr's office to trigger this kind of response? Our first daughter had simular reactions, we switched doctors twice and everything was ok then. I would start loking at this reaction as a sign that your daughter is not happy with the office or doctor and possibly look at a new doctor. Another thing you can do of course is reward your daughter after each visit with a lolipop, ice cream, or something. Good luck!

Sounds like your daughter has white coat syndrome. It's not an actual syndrome but most kids associate the white coat with something bad that is going to happen. Have your pedatrician leave his coat outside when he enters. A lot of them will because they know the child will be calm then. Hopefully this will help you.

Get some books from the library, and even vidoes if you can, about going to the doctor. There are lots of books written for kids on this subject. Read them a lot, and talk about how the character in the book felt worried about the doctor but was OK in the end. Try to get some doctor toys - like a doctor kit - and play doctor at home. The more you can make going to the doctor seem like something completely normal, the less anxiety it will cause.

I think you should give her some food or toys to entertain her.And after the shot you should give her some pain reliever so that she will just cry a little bit,after that she will just fall asleep.I have also a daughter but she will only cry after the shot,and if i will give her a pain reliever she will stop and fall asleep.

the same thing is happening with my kid too.she will start to scream a loud after seeing the Dr.She will be playing in the front office but when we enter Dr's room she will start to cry.we are trying to do a Ear test for the past 4 months.It can be done only when there is no noise.if she cries it wont take the readings.not yet finished taking that.it will be helpful if some mom gives some tips regarding this.

It's not happened to me yet, but I'm sure it will eventually. I'm not really looking forward to the day that all he does is scream when he goes to see the doctor. Of course, he's only 5 months old right now.

Most children are afraid of their doctors or dentist or nurses. The fact is they go to these people when they need medical help or get vaccination which is quite painful. SO they simply associate this to them. My advice is you explain to them the procedure being done to them so they will understand that the doctor is helping them and not hurting them intentionally.

What I do with my daugther is we bring in her favorite or comfort toy so she has something to hold on to when she's scared. We also try to come in a little early than our scheduled appointment and I will let her play first outside the doctors room so she'll get used to it first and be more comfortale with it.

This has happened to my 2-year old as well. It's only now that she stopped freaking out at the doctor's office. I think what traumatized her before was when we had her ear re-pierced because the piercing closed. From then on, going to the doctor's is a nightmare to her. According to our pedia, this is normal, and most of the time, kids stop freaking out at the doctor's office at around the age of 2, which is true enough, she's ok already now.. Well, considering the fact that she's been seeing her new baby brother being checked by the doctor without crying. A few tricks that helped us help our daughter in overcoming her doctor fears are telling her the day/night before that you are visiting Dr.____ tomorrow, and that there's nothing to be scared about, reminding her the next day or on the day of doctor's appt. that you guys will be seeing Dr. today, we bought her a doctor play set so she could familiarize herself with the equipment that her pedia uses on her and so she could "check up" on us too and see that we do not cry, and bringing her with me when I go for my doctor checkups so she sees that she's not the only one who has to go to the doctor. I think it's all about how we explain to them about doctor checkups. We have to make it sound good, and that it's for their own good, that doctor will not hurt them and that doctor needs to see her to make sure she's not sick or she doesn't have a booboo. Goodluck!

Our son cries at doctor's appointments, too. One thing that we have found that works for a few minutes is for my husband or I to stand behind the doctor and play peek a boo and/or make silly faces at him. If he's watching for us to peek around the doctor, he kind of forgets that the doctor is there. I don't know if that would work for your daughter, but if she likes peek a boo, you might give it a try.

i think it is the smell of a dr. office and the way it loks to a kid .when the child see a face she knows she is relaxed.

My parents always bring me to our personal dr. His tricks is give children sweets or chocolate after having medical check up... dont u think is a good idea??