Maybe A Spoon Full Of Sugar Really Does Help The Medicine Go Down

Watching your baby while they are getting their regular immunizations can seem as painful for mom & dad as it is for baby. Here's a tip to make those immunizations not quite as painful.

Giving your baby a small dose of sugar water two minutes beforehand can increase their pain tolerance by up to 28 percent!

It may be that sucrose (common table sugar) provides a pain-killing analgesic benefit that is especially pronounced in infants.

Source: Penn State School of Nursing, University Park