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December 2015 Moms
missphil
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Starting them off early
missphil
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I just got my almost 5 mo son a hat and his first pair of sunglasses and he didn't say anything when I put them on him. It got me thinking... These babies are at an impressionable age, so what are you getting them used to early so they don't reject it later?
Obviously he needs the hat and glasses now because it's very sunny where I live, but I was also thinking of starting him getting used to a play pen.
What else?
Obviously he needs the hat and glasses now because it's very sunny where I live, but I was also thinking of starting him getting used to a play pen.
What else?
Re: Starting them off early
My thing is shoes. We did this with my first and he knows he has to have socks and shoes to go out so he's never faught us. Obviously DD doesn't need shoes right now since she isn't walking but crib shoes are cheap enough and hopefully she won't fight shoes either.
But in actuality it's more like binge watch tv. I'm kind of a professional.
I'm really working on getting him used to pants. He pretty much lives in sleepers but now it's spring and he's growing up. So time to wear pants more often. He HATES anything thick though.. It's proven to be tough. Shoes are a whole other problem.
I do plan on encouraging good eating habits from when he starts to eat, I don't believe he needs junk food until he's much older so I'll offer him loads of different fruits and veggies.
I say that because I heard about a girl through a friend of a friend and her twins are 18 months and they've never had fruit or veg they have chips and sweets and fizzy juice.
ETA: chips are fries here lol
I'd love to try the shoes, but DH doesn't believe in crib shoes.
1. Socks and shoes, although his feet get SO hot in the car seat, that I don't put socks on him generally now that the weather is getting nicer. I did it more in the winter and now, it's sporadic.
2. Hats, he still wears a light knit beanie on his head if we go out in the mornings and it's chilly. I just bought him a baseball cap style hat and have yet to try it on him
3. Being gentle with his hands, when he touches and/or rubs them up against something that he can pull and yank at. My hair being one of them, strings on my hoodies, and eventually the cat's tail.
I have yet to find a pair of sunglasses that fit his face comfortably and that are not obnoxious. I will probably just resort to using the 3-4 hats that we bought him for Summer. Hoping that he doesn't yank them off of his head. I know so many people, mainly women with girls who have said; "She always let me put stuff in her hair/ on her head, but now she just rips them out/off."
DS#1 born 02/19/2013
one thing I do a lot, I guess, is to keep her curious. I let her smell just about everything I eat and drink, flowers, etc. I also let her touch random things and study them; Gatorade bottle, top of coffee container. Maybe I'll regret this later as she will want to get into everything...