maybe but i can't remember lol. the only way my surgeries as a kid affected me was to never lie to my kid about how things felt. i remember nurses telling me things wouldn't hurt and then they did. when my son had to get his 4 year old vaccinations, he asked if it would hurt. the nurse said no, but i interrupted and said, "yes baby, it's going to pinch, but i'll hold your hand."

i want him to know i will always tell him the truth. i didn't trust doctors for a very long time because of those nurses. i know it seems like in the moment it will work but ask the nurses later how receptive i was to things... i would freak out because i thought they were all lying to me.

eventually i worked through it, but never ever will i lie to my kiddos. we don't even do santa claus because of how i feel (and some religious reasons but not because i think santa is bad, it's complicated and i think santa is fine, i just have some complicated things for me personally).

sorry. didn't mean to derail