17Dec
Getting Babies to Wear Hats
Getting Babies to Wear Hats
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Getting babies to wear hats can pose a REAL CHALLENGE
Here are some guidelines to make this experience a little easier:
- It is best to introduce your baby to hats OR head protectors at an early age, as it will be more readily accepted.
- The acceptance of a hats or head protectors will also help promote the wearing of a cycle helmet for when that time comes.
- Ideally your little one should be used to wearing a sun hat before being introduced to a baby toddler head protectors
- When first introducing your little adventurer to a baby toddler head protector, let them play with it first for a day or two, so that they become familiar with the item.
- Once you see they are interacting with it by themselves; starting make funny gestures, like placing it on your own head, whilst laughing and joking around. This is a ‘monkey see, monkey do kind’ fun kind of technique.
NEXT STEP:
- Gently and with perseverance and praise; Place the hat, baby safety helmet on baby’s head for just a couple of minutes a day.
- This can followed by prolonged lengths of time as and when you see they become more comfortable with wearing it.
Don’t give up!
- The process seems cumbersome but if you keep your eye on the goal, it will end up saving you time, money and even possible trauma.
- With toddlers on the other hand, there may be some resistance, as most children don’t like to wear hats at the best of times, especially if at this stage they have never worn a hat.
- It is easier putting on a head helmets/protectors when baby is preoccupied with playing or just before leaving the house or going out to the garden. Distraction is key.
- Sometimes if it’s all done fast with excitement, there is no time for the toddler to realize he has had the hat put on!
- If it doesn’t work first time, don’t let it ruin your child’s fun. It is more important to develop emotional skills than motor skills.
- Try again another time with gentle perseverance and praise. It will work eventually.
