Whenever I'm taking a band-aid off of one of my kids I say I'm going to do it on the count of three, but I always do it on two.
Why do you do it like that?
So they don't anticipate the sting as much.
It is good to take the sting away from kids with a surprise. It might help them lessen fear and realize things don't hurt as bad as they expect.
You're right. It never hurts as bad as they think it will.
Doing that is really smart, because it's always good to make it so your child isn't in pain, if possible. I'm sure they really appreciate it.