Normal with snow?

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sorry to sound stupid. I’ve suspected DS has autism/on the spectrum for a little while. He gets overwhelmed easily, very overstimulated easily and I can see sensory issues and preferences

for example, we just nipped out in the snow. He seemed very excited but got his hands cold (gloves were a tad big so he threw them off) and wants to go in

i want him to love being outside exploring etc but he is only 3 so I’m u sure if the loving snow wanting to stay out in it comes a bit older ??

I mean...in and of itself a 3 year old being excited by snow (maybe for the first time?) doesn't indicate anything. Lots of children enjoy the sensory experience of the feel of snow, I'm sure there'll be no long term harm from being a bit cold.

Normal. You have to double glove in snow and use proper snow gloves for the outer pair IME. They pick a load up, hand gets soaked through with icy cold water and quickly realise that it's actually bloody miserable. At 3 also not moving enough to keep warm.

Some DC are just cold too. My DD (10) will last 20 mins in snow before hating it. DS (6) will last 3 hours because he runs hot and just wont notice.

Oh I’m not worried about him being cold we go out all the time and walk to nursery so he’s dealt with cold and rain before! I just meant Is it normal he came back in said let’s get warm and wants to play with his magna tiles and not stay out for hours

gloves I need to find more. Every pair are too big I’m unsure if he got little hands or it’s just his age meaning gloves are hard to find as he’s only just 3?

He’s just 3 so probably hasn’t seen snow before, or if he has, he won’t remember. It’s still dark and everyone expects people to love snow and be excited about it but the reality is that it’s cold and wet and fun for about 30seconds!

sounds totally normal
it looks nice but the cold is uncomfortable , woollen gloves get wet and therefore cold

Did you suggest things to do with the snow? Make snow balls, make foot prints, it can get boring pretty quickly and if his hands were freezing it's not much fun.

Yeah I'd say that's normal. I remember dc lasting about 20 minutes around that age. When dd2 was that age we got a bit longer and made a small snowman, but she was also running round with dd1 which is far more fun than me.

Its normal for a child who is cold to want to get warm.
Snow is fun if you know how to play in it.

Of course it's normal for a child not to want to be outside especially in the cold or snow. Just because you want want him to enjoy the outdoors doesn't mean he has to want that or will ever want that.

My three year old DS is petite and we still use the woolly mittens as gloves drown him. You can get packs in the super market. If he's not keen on the cold you can also get hand warmers to go him is pockets.

Update : we found a pair of baby sisters mittens (lol she’s 1) and they fit ! So he went out and we did snowballs and he laughed and we did a snowman. When the mittens got wet he did want to go in but I get that completely

They made all the difference to his approach though :) thanks for the tips. I guess it is just normal toddler behaviour and he’s currently after Christmas / new year and his birthday a bit of an overwhelmed stage from it all so is overhwlemed at everything atm

and also I won’t force anything I don’t mean I’ll force him to like stuff by the outdoors stuff I meant i want to give him opportunity to enjoy it and like it. But again shouldn’t be worrying about this. I couldn’t get him in in summer he stayed out didn’t ask to go home when we were out etc. he may just want more layers and need extra for the cold to enjoy ot

thats good
and there has to be a reason to go out in the snow,
building a snowman is a good reason,
snow balls,
angels

Little ones often don’t last long. Last time we had snow my youngest was about 2 and was decidedly unimpressed. We’ve had a Lapland trip recently and the kids (now older) just loved it but proper clothes made a difference. Wool gloves are rubbish - they get wet and cold. You need waterproof gloves for them to manage any length of time.

We used to use wool gloves + washing up gloves! Or latex decorating gloves.

But yes, the idea of snow is always more exciting than actually playing out in it. I think you need to be a teenager to fully appreciate the joy of snow: you have freedom to roam; don't feel the cold; don't have to be anywhere; have no qualms about sliding down a hill on a bin bag.

I'm not really into the whole "normal" when it comes to kids. Just if it's something to worry about or not. A kid wanting to warm up their hands and not enjoying being cold is most certainly not something to be concerned about.

I work in a nursery. The little ones last about 10mins before some of them get cold enough to want to go
in. The slightly older ones perhaps 15/20 mins at most.

They love it but their hands get very cold handling snow (even with gloves) so need short bursts.

Kids wellies are also freezing. My adult ones are warm with neoprene but their little toes get pretty cold pretty quickly.

If the kids don't want to be out in it the parents don't have to either. Win win!

Ds loved snow since he first saw it at 15 months. He rolled round in it, crawled and was only persuaded in with difficulty.
Now he's 17 he doesn't express his delight in the same way, but still loves it.

Dd1 was never particularly keen. She'd go out for a reason like building a snowman, or sledging, but not for the sheer love of snow. Now she is older she would choose not to go out in snow.

Ds has asd, he also runs hot. I did get him skisuits for snow, but he'll be in shorts and t-shirt underneath with the zips undone. Other than the skisuit he hasn't worn a coat in about 8 years.
Dd1 will probably take her coat off when it reaches 25 degrees.

What you have is a child who recognises they're cold and takes the sensible action of going somewhere warmer.