If the baby even once faced with not always pleasant medical procedures, for example, he was vaccinated, then the resulting fear of doctors can be fully understood. The child is frightened by the very thought that with each subsequent visit to the hospital the pain will be repeated. How to behave to parents, what to do?
First, before going to the clinic, you need to try to explain specifically to the child, why do you go there, what will they do to him. Do not try to lie to the kid, promising that they will not do anything to him if in fact the child has to reschedule another vaccination or injection. Never deceive children, otherwise they will not believe you for the next time. And you can not persuade your child for another visit to the doctor, even for a scheduled examination.
Try to explain what the procedures are for, just do it according to the age of the child. For example, one-year-old child is useless to explain the importance of vaccinations - he simply can not understand it. As well as a four-five-year-old child, it is not worth persuading that the injection is not painful at all. At this age, the baby already understands what is painful and what can cause this pain. A child is afraid of doctors for a reason. But if you honestly and correctly carry out the preparatory work before visiting the doctor, the baby will be much calmer and cooler to carry all that he was subjected to in the clinic.
Do not bully your child with doctors
Needless to say, it is not uncommon for adults to frighten children themselves with a doctor, such as Barmaley or Baba Yaga: "If you behave badly, I'll call a doctor with a huge syringe and he'll give you an injection!". After such threats, it is not at all surprising that the kid will subconsciously be afraid of "villains" -therapists who hurt children. And every visit to the hospital he will be equated with the revenge of parents for disobedience.
Promise the kid a reward for good behavior with the doctor. And it's not at all necessary to give toys or to feed goodies - you can just go with the child to the cinema, to the park or to the puppet theater.
It happens that a child of doctors is not afraid, but his strange white robes are unnerving. To cope with this fear, you can invite a good friend to whom the child is well treated, and ask him to wear a white robe. Give the baby a quiet chat with him in the home atmosphere, play around, get used to it a little. This technique helps to almost completely get rid of the fear of a white coat.
Play with the toddler in role-playing games
Open your home hospital, where the role of patients will be toys, and you and your child will be doctors. Tell me what to do: as a doctor examines the neck, feels his tummy, knocks on the knees with a hammer. Let the child repeat everything for you. In the process of the game, he will forget that he is afraid of doctors. Then the roles can be exchanged, and let the little doctor examine you, and you - him. Just do not force the child to be your patient, if he does not want it. It just means that he is not ready yet. Take a break and go back to this game after a while.
In the event that the child has someone older, you can go to the doctor together when the older child is examined. Let the little one look that the doctor is not doing anything terrible, and his fear will gradually come to naught.
If there is a long queue in front of the doctor's office, try to do something interesting with the kid and distract him from frightening thoughts. It is not a bad idea to take with you a favorite book or a book specially purchased for this case. Together with the baby, look at the pictures, read, talk about what you see in the form of a joke. Let the child feel that there is nothing terrible or strange in what is ahead of him. That nothing catastrophic is not planned. The child will necessarily pick up your good mood and calm yourself.
Do not freak out when you are a child. Children understand everything perfectly, and if the mother claims one thing, but in the soul strains, worries and thinks quite differently, the kid will certainly understand and begin to experience even more.
If you correctly build a conversation with a child, believe in yourself that nothing terrible will happen to him, then doctors will never become his secret nightmare. Enjoy your visits to the doctor and good health!