Nobody looks forward to getting a shot, especially not little kids. So when we heard about a tool designed to make injections hurt less we were intrigued
Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photo: Retailer Nobody looks forward to getting a shot, especially not little kids. So when we heard about a tool designed to make injections hurt less — as discovered by Kristin Flood, a lawyer and the mother of two boys — we were intrigued. After some quick Googling, we found actual scientific proof this thing works, at least for kids. That’s great news for the under-5 set who are still getting their first, second, and third COVID vaccines.
The ShotBlocker looks like a small yellow horseshoe or a tiny bike seat. The back side of it is covered in short plastic prongs, kind of like a mini-porcupine. To use it, you press the pokey side onto your arm, leg, or wherever you are getting a shot. In my understanding, the prongs sort of confuse or distract your nerves in that area, so you don’t really feel the pain of the needle in the same way.
I also brought it with us when my younger son got his first shot for the Moderna vaccine trial. He was very afraid of the whole clinical setting, and he was moving around a lot, so I don’t think it worked as well for him. Because he was only 3 at the time, they did his shot on his thigh.
The needles for the progesterone shots are about two inches long and a lot thicker. They are frightening to look at. I think we ended up doing them every night for 12 weeks. I asked my husband to administer those because it’s scary and much easier for another person to get the right angle. Every night after putting the kids to bed, I would hold the ShotBlocker in place and he would stab me with the needle.
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