Get cold pack
Right after a bump, a child is rarely ready to listen to instructions or follow along. The visual support below shows where the cold pack is and what happens next, without needing words at all.
♀Cold pack
An illustration of a person holding a blue cold pack with a snowflake icon.
About this visual support
Pain comes first, decisions come later. A child who has just stubbed a toe or banged a knee is busy crying, not listening to instructions about where the freezer is. That gap is where pictures earn their place.
Pointing at an image of the freezer, then the cold pack, then the sofa where you sit with it, gives the child something to follow without having to decode words mid-sob. The pictures take over the part that would otherwise need an adult repeating the same sentence louder and louder. Often, just handing over the card is enough for the legs to start moving toward the kitchen on their own.
A small tip: keep the cold pack on the same shelf every time, and let the picture show that exact shelf. It is the difference between a child who still asks and a child who finds it alone. The full first-aid routine is ready to build in the Routined app, with 14 days to try before any subscription kicks in.