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Sorry if this has been addressed but I cannot find anything on it....Do any of you have a power struggle with getting a 2 yo to keep hat/mittens on outside? It is bitter out today and I have a 2 yo who refuses to keep his stuff on and screams when you try to get it back on him. I made him sit on the porch today while the rest of us played games outside (he was close by and I can see/hear him)....
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If you can, I would find a hat that strapped under the chin, put the jacket hood up and secure with a scarf tied in the back. The gloves I'd put on before the coat, make sure the wrists are still inside the sleeve and tighten the velcro around the glove as tight as you can. If he still manages to take them off, I'd make him stay out of the snow, like you did today. -
I did those (no scarf tho) and he screamed and pulled them all off himself. When we came in, I gave out stickers to all who kept their stuff on, he had a royal fit. We'll see if that helps for tomorrow.!!! thank you!!!Comment
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We buy long sleeved thick sweatshirts and sew the wrists shut. We pop one on the kid before the coat gets put on or one on over the coat. It's easier to pop it over the coat. You have to have oversized sweatshirt... usually two sizes bigger than the kid wears.
Built in mittens they can't get off ;-)Comment
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Natural consequences: If you don't want to wear your mittens, your hands will be cold. You complain that your hands are cold, I offer mittens. If you don't want to wear your hat, your head will get cold. If you complain, I offer hat.
Logical consequence: if he won't wear the gear, he can't be outside. This obviously won't work when you have other kids and no other grown-up. No, sitting out the games is NOT a logical consequence in this case...he's still outside.
It doesn't usually take kids too terribly long to figure out that they are more comfortable wearing the gear than not. *SOME* kids don't care. You put it on in the first place and just calmly pick it up when he takes it off, telling him, "If you get cold and change your mind, I have your stuff".
NOTE: This only works when not wearing hat/mittens for 15 or 20 minutes won't be a major detriment--i.e. above 20 or so. But I wouldn't think you'd be taking littles out when it's much colder than that. No one is going to die from not wearing a hat or mittens for 20 or 30 minutes in 20 degree weather...and I virtually guarantee that it will only take a time or two (or a few minutes) of it not being a power struggle for the child to change his mind.Hee hee! Look, I have a signature!Comment
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I am soooooo doing this,.. currently I buy tube socks, put them on them,.. then their coat,.. by the time they yank the sock off Ive busted them and made them stop.
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One of the best tricks is to buy them super big and then double up the sleeve. So you turn the sleeve inside out and sew it about three inches up. Then you sew up the wrists. That way you have double material at the bottom of the sleeve. They are big enough to fit OVER the coat which is way easier to put on then trying to put it under the coat where you have to thread their hand thru the sleeve of the coat.
We call them picking sweatshirts and use them for MANY purposes. Outdoor mittens/hand coverings is just ONE of them.Comment
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It's just like eating and pottying -- for some kids it's a matter of control. I say, let them have it
. Some kids only need a reminder to put mitts back on, but others need more than that. I have them put their mitts on the step where they can get them when their hands get cold. Unless it's frost-bite weather, it's not a hill I'm willing to die on 
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I would love to see a picture of this how creative!!Comment
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What if the parent specifically asks you to make sure their child wears a hat outside? I know the child has to because he has a lot of trouble with ear achs and ear infections, but when the child won't keep it on...?It's just like eating and pottying -- for some kids it's a matter of control. I say, let them have it. Some kids only need a reminder to put mitts back on, but others need more than that. I have them put their mitts on the step where they can get them when their hands get cold. Unless it's frost-bite weather, it's not a hill I'm willing to die on Comment
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i agree. gloves make me nuts anyway cus they always get lost. for my own kids, i put them on a string and tie the string through the back of their jacket and then run it down the sleeves. that way the gloves are right at the cuffs of their jacket all the time and if their hands get cold enough - they WILL put them on!It's just like eating and pottying -- for some kids it's a matter of control. I say, let them have it. Some kids only need a reminder to put mitts back on, but others need more than that. I have them put their mitts on the step where they can get them when their hands get cold. Unless it's frost-bite weather, it's not a hill I'm willing to die on Comment
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These are pics of how to do the picking sweatshirts or shirts. This example is one we use for outdoor over or under coat mittens. Double backed material... sewn.. and then bottom of the sleeve sewn.
Pop over coat and voila... mittens that are warm and can't be removed.Comment
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