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When my kid was but a newborn, they were having trouble latching. We had to take them in for a very small procedure to get them to be able to feed properly. I could see their mother was having trouble dealing with it, so I tried to say "the doctor says it won't hurt" and "do you want me to hold [the kid]?" Ended up saying "do you want me to hurt them?"
The doctor counseled against that action.
On a separate event, years before that kid was born, I had to take my first dog to the vet and he had to get a shot. He was clearly nervous but the vet tech was holding him, so I rubbed his neck and ear to comfort him throughout. Only just as they were finishing up did I realize I had also, entirely accidentally, been rubbing the vet tech's hand. She didn't say anything until I realized and apologized profusely, but it was still mortifying.
edit: Punctuation.
This happened to our second as well, but sadly the surgery didn’t help.
Unfortunately, it didn't for us, either. We ended up pursuing a few other methods but eventually found one that worked. Now the kid is almost six and a growing, healthy kid who mostly feeds themself.
Hopefully your story with your second had a similarly happy outcome.
It did! He is a healthy happy 10yo. I wondered at the time if the surgery was snake oil, but breastfeeding is important so we had to try.