Does it hurt when you insert the cannula/infusion set? How does it compare to ordinary insulin pen injections? I've read quite a bit on the internet about children with pumps and many people recommend using a numbing cream for the first time. I'd like to do that but my daughter in the past has had a reaction to the creams used, coming out in an angry looking red patch where the cream was put and this made the blood taking far more uncomfortable for her. Now when they need bloods taken she has no numbing cream and although she's very brave she doesn't enjoy the experience very much at all. Will inserting the infusion set be a similar amount of discomfort as when they stick a needle in your arm for taking bloods? Or it is better or worse? Does anyone know if there are alternative hypoallergenic numbing creams that I can try to see if she can tolerate these? If I can find a numbing cream that she doesn't react to then I'd be able to use this for her blood taking each year too. Any other ideas for making the first infusion set painless. I'm concerned that if it hurts the first time she'll be reluctant to have it done again, I want this whole experience with using a pump to be a positive one for her.