ations . ▁ ▁Par ents ▁may ▁be ▁hes it ant ▁to ▁have ▁their ▁child ▁v acc in ated ▁due ▁to ▁concerns ▁about ▁the ▁pain ▁of ▁v acc ination . ▁There ▁are ▁several ▁strateg ies ▁that ▁can ▁be ▁used ▁to ▁reduce ▁the ▁child ' s ▁pain . ▁Such ▁strateg ies ▁include ▁dist raction ▁techniques ▁( pin w he els ); ▁deep ▁breath ing ▁techniques ; ▁breast feed ing ▁the ▁child ; ▁giving ▁the ▁child ▁sweet - t ast ing ▁solutions ; ▁quickly ▁admin ister ing ▁the ▁v acc ine ▁without ▁asp ir ating ; ▁keeping ▁the ▁child ▁u pr ight ; ▁providing ▁tact ile ▁stim ulation ; ▁applying ▁num bing ▁agents ▁to ▁the ▁skin ; ▁and ▁saving ▁the ▁most ▁pain ful ▁v acc ine ▁for ▁last . ▁As ▁above , ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁v acc ines ▁offered ▁in ▁a ▁particular ▁encounter ▁is ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁lik elihood ▁of ▁parent ▁v acc ine ▁ref us al ▁( the ▁more ▁v acc ines ▁offered , ▁the ▁higher ▁the ▁lik elihood ▁of ▁v acc ine ▁de fer ral ). ▁The ▁use ▁of ▁combination ▁v acc ines ▁to ▁provide ▁protection ▁against ▁more ▁dise ases ▁but ▁with ▁fewer ▁in jections ▁may ▁provide ▁re ass urance ▁to ▁parents . ▁Similarly , ▁re fr aming ▁the ▁conversation ▁with ▁less ▁emphas is ▁on ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁dise ases ▁the ▁health care ▁provider ▁is ▁imm un izing ▁against ▁( e . g ., ▁" we ▁will ▁do ▁two ▁in jections ▁( comb ined ▁v acc in ations ) ▁and ▁an ▁or al ▁v