AIBU?
forevergreek · 07/05/2013 13:18
Actually at this age I wouldn't worry too much if she really hates it. Encourage it yes but no need to force.
She is at an age where you can pop in buggy with sunshade when out, where you can picnic in the shade, and you can encourage after lunch naps to avoid the main heat of the day.
If you stay roughly in the shade 11-3 the times before and after aren't as strong for sunstroke. Add suncream, lots of fluids and walk in the shade and she will be fine
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OutragedFromLeeds · 07/05/2013 13:59
YANBU
Staple them into mittens in the winter and into a sunhat in the summer, it's the only way.
I find if I creep up behind DS when he's playing and drop the hat onto his head at the right time, he kind of doesn't feel it and keeps it on for a while. The he realises and takes it off and we start all over again. I'm fairly certain the other people at the park think I'm a bit mental.
I also suncream his head, but he's bald so really needs it.
WilsonFrickett · 07/05/2013 14:08
Aw, this made me chuckle, remembering the veritable river of sunhats my DS carelessly discarded between our house and the park when he was this age. In 2050 my old street will be on Time Team with a bunch of archeologists trying to work out if it was once the sunniest place in the world, or summat.
And no, I never found any way to make them stick.
DeWe · 07/05/2013 14:11
I found with ds if I put a hat on, then sunglasses, then he was so distracted removing the sunglasses (and playing with them) he forgot about the hat.
Dd1 loved hats, and would ask to wear one from a very early age.
Dd2 I had a lovely bonnet that was able to tie on so she couldn't get it off.
LtEveDallas · 07/05/2013 14:18
Tie it on. I had to do this with DD until she was about 3, and then it was easier to get her to understand "No hat, no outside"
I sewed ribbons onto every single hat I bought - even the baseball caps. Although IIRC the only one that she didn't try to immediately rip off was one of those UV Suit hats with the peak and neck cloth - maybe because it was lighter? You could try one of those maybe.
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