How to behave when your child hurts

Children often fall, get bruises and scratches. Do not turn this into a drama. Here are a few tips on how to save the nerves themselves and the baby.

Do not react violently

This is the most important advice. If you do not learn to stay calm, the child will always remain in my memory your alarm. He can happily climbing trees, rolling hills with high or rapidly move down the slope on a bicycle. But your cry of horror and anticipation of the worst, to scare him, will dispel in him self-confidence and will lead to the very fall, which you were afraid.

When a child is scratching his knee on the asphalt, your frightened face instantly inform him that it is dangerous and, therefore, hurt.

Do not just smile and shout that everything will be fine. Even the baby hears in your words falsehood.

Instead, try not to show emotion, even if inside you breaks. Quickly go to the child, tell him some soothing phrases and hug. The parent's arms, he immediately feels safe. Hugging him, you can change your indifference mask on a face of horror unnoticed by the child.

Prepare

Part of the source of your anxiety - the fear that you will not be able to help your child. But if you are ready in case of an injury, you will become much calmer.

Gather first aid kit with the essentials. Get a convenient box or bag, and put antibiotic ointment, anti-inflammatory agent, bandages, plasters, tweezers and everything that you may need to disinfect wounds, remove splinters and other injury. Always take this medicine cabinet, even if you plan to just walk around the house. It will save your nerves and help your child if necessary.

And for the provision of skills you can master even greater peace of mind first aid.

Do not be distructed

When you sit in the playground, sure hand and stretches to look through the tape of social networks. Of course, until the child is busy playing, you have a little time for yourself. But do not get all their attention to smartphones.

If you follow the child, the moment of its fall will not be a shocking surprise for you.

It is likely that you will have time to prevent it. You will not be terrified by his sudden cry, because you have noticed that it is only slightly stumbled. And often hysterical children arranged in order to attract attention.

If a kid is really hit or scratched, you do not have to ask him about what happened. You just pull out a first-aid set, take a few deep breaths and help him.

Reduce threshold

This advice for both parents and children alike. Dropping or other unpleasant situation and so frightening, and fear further increases the pain. But if you get used to these things, then they will not seem so scary.

You should allow your child to fall. Many fall.

Naturally, this does not mean that you must specifically drop or push it. Give him rollers or learn how to ride a bicycle. Or reducing it in trampolining park. Make it so that the fall caused no fear, and joy, joy, and even excitement.

So you teach a child not to dwell on the pain of a light-touch downs. He will understand that after this, you can just get up, shake off and continue to play. This is a very important skill. You can not be near the child permanently. Sooner or later it will fall without you. But both he and you will perceive it is much quieter.