Researchers have found the best way to ease the pain for shrieking infants after a round of immunization shots isn't Tylenol or boo-boo kisses or anything remotely medical.
The best way by far is to give them a small dose a mixture you can make at home: sugar water (and a follow-up paci).
A study, testing 2- and 4-month-olds both before and after their routine shots, found that babies given a 24 percent sucrose solution and a pacifier appeared in less pain nine minutes after the shot than the babies given sterile water and a paci.
Nursing babies following the shots appears not to have been considered.
So before the next round of immunizations, don't forget the Kool-Aid, minus the Kool of course.
