In Case of an Emergency

jasminelorraine20

Ever since DS has started at the new preschool and is around many different teachers- every morning we go over the basics. I ask him what his name is, how old is he, and what is mommy and daddy's name. He can say his first and last name, age, and knows our first names- so I am pretty comfortable. Is there anything that I should add to the questions since he's mastered those? I don't want to confuse him or stuff him with too much information, but I also don't want to miss anything else that could be really important to ask. Any suggestions? Or are those four questions enough for a 2 year old?

Amelia4

You are ahead of us.  K just learned my first name, though he has known his name and DH's first name for a while now.  Evidently I call my husband by his name more than he calls me by mine.    And K never said he was 2, but he will say he's 3 as we worked with him a bunch a few weeks ago for his birthday.  Are you worried that his new daycare doesn't know who he is?

jasminelorraine20

Amelia4 said:

You are ahead of us.  K just learned my first name, though he has known his name and DH's first name for a while now.  Evidently I call my husband by his name more than he calls me by mine.    And K never said he was 2, but he will say he's 3 as we worked with him a bunch a few weeks ago for his birthday.  Are you worried that his new daycare doesn't know who he is?

No I'm not worried about that. It's just information that I want DS to know if any situation were to ever come up (i.e. if he gets lost for any reason, or is at school and I'm not the one picking him up). Whatever the case may be.

jasminelorraine20

K3am said:

He's probably too young to learn phone numbers or addresses, but can you work on teaching him a way to help people get to that information? Maybe have it written somewhere in his things? My mom always labeled our jackets with our phone number, which actually came in very helpful when my sister got lost. At age 3! They were able to call our house, so when my mom called my dad from a payphone freaking out, he knew exactly where she was.

This is great advice! I'll have to do that, thank you for sharing.

Mustardseed2007

@-) Oh Dear! I haven't even thought about that! It's a great idea to write his name and one of our cell phone numbers in his stuff! We're going to WDW in a couple months and what if he got lost?? I just hadn't thought of DS as being old enough to know how to help himself, but it's something we ought to be thinking about, too!

Sorry I'm not help, obviously, but I think it's a good question.

jasminelorraine20

ClaryPax said:

We started teaching the address I think a little closer to 3, so that is something to think about.  I did not think about the phone number, so I'll add that to the list of things to work on. 

Ok that's the age that I was going to start working on phone number and address anyway and we'll probably go over 9-1-1 then too. So from the feedback I'm getting it seems like those 4 questions are enough for age two and I'll start writing his info down as well.

jasminelorraine20

SandAndsSea said:

DS is about the same age as your DS and knows the same basics.  He remembers everything, so I'm not worried that he won't know it, but more that he'll be too shy when the time comes and won't tell the teacher/adult/police officer/whoever that he needs help.  We've also been talking about firefighters and police officers lately so he knows that they help people and that if he ever needs help, he can ask them because they're nice.  DS is very outgoing and friendly and talkative, but he does still get shy around strangers, so we're trying to make police officers not seem like strangers and always say hi when we see one, so DS gets used to it.

My DS is the opposite. He will talk to too many strangers when we're out and a few times he even volunteered what his name was and that he's two. LOL That is a good idea to start talking to him about police officers and firefighters. I'll start by pointing them out in his books. Thanks!

Amelia4

I love the idea of writing down address and phone numbers somewhere and teaching the little one where to show people that information.  I got lost all the time as a kid, so teaching him where to go and how to show people the information is a good one.

MommyAtty

My 2 yo has decided she's a rock star and only has one name. Like Prince or Bono. We taught her to say her first and last name, but now when we ask her, she says "Addy." When we add her last name, she yells, "No! I'm not Addy ----... Im just Addy!!" And when I try to get her to say my name, she says "Mama" or "Mama (Last Name)". Sigh. We are going to have to see a poop sheet in all her clothes.

MommyAtty

Mostly kidding. But maybe her name and number on a label? Lol.

fancynewbeesly

Reese knows her first name & last, how old she is, our first and last names. We are working on our address and phone numbers now. 

I think knowing the last name is really important.