SUGAR WATER FOR YOUNG INFANTS
| There is no evidence the other methods are not
safe for even the new born little one, but if your doctor and/or nurse is just
too leery to use the above methods on your very young baby, a recently done
study discovered that simply feeding a baby an oral syringe filled with sugar
water while the needle stick procedure is being done and then giving them a
pacifier, cuts down on crying, grimacing, wincing, and other signs of pain. It
figures. The pleasure center of the brain and the pain center of the brain very
rarely can both be firing full speed ahead, at once. Stimulating one turns
off or turns down, the other. The way it
was done in the experiment is, slowly give 1.5 to 2 cc's of 12% sucrose in
an oral syringe over a two minute period. Wait two minutes before starting
the procedure, and then give the remaining sucrose on a pacifier or gloved
finger. Afterwards, if needed, the dose may be repeated. This works best
for neonates but it may be used on infants up to three months, by which
time it should be all right to try the other methods. |