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Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled cover image

Helping Babies Take Their Medicine

Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled

CHAPTER

How to Speak to Your Baby When You're Doing Something That Hurts

Dear Janet, I need to place eye drops in my baby's eyes every day for at least a year. He cries each time for a few seconds and what I do currently is smile at him and tell him that I know it hurts in a sympathetic voice. My question is how do I speak to my baby when I'm doing something that hurts but is necessary? Thanks so much.

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