Can you get a two year old to wear a mask?

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Has anyone tried ?

I am in the US. In my state, and as a condition of attending day-care, it is mandated that any child 2 and above wears a mask.
My little boy wears one from 8 am in the morning until 5.30 pm each day, apart from when he is eating or napping. Absolutely no problems. The fact that ever other child is wearing one helps.
Some of these responses make me roll my eyes. I am just grateful that, throughout the crisis, day-care has stayed open (70 children, 20 teachers and staff). Not one day closed.

@blablablablablablablabla I’m pretty sure every parent on here has forced Calpol into their sick child (myself included). It’s not abuse because it’s in their best interest. The general feeling on this thread is that masking a two year old is not in their best interest, that is why you’re getting stick for it.

I can’t actually believe this is a thread. Why would you want to put a mask on a 2 year old. Children that young getting seriously unwell is so so rare.

Also glad from reading some of the responses that I don’t live in the US!!

@Ruthietuthie

I am in the US. In my state, and as a condition of attending day-care, it is mandated that any child 2 and above wears a mask. My little boy wears one from 8 am in the morning until 5.30 pm each day, apart from when he is eating or napping. Absolutely no problems. The fact that ever other child is wearing one helps. Some of these responses make me roll my eyes. I am just grateful that, throughout the crisis, day-care has stayed open (70 children, 20 teachers and staff). Not one day closed.

There are loads of things that happen in the US that I think is mental (guns, anyone?). Masking 2 year olds is another one of those things 🤷🏻‍♀️

[quote RickyZooom]@blablablablablablablabla I’m pretty sure every parent on here has forced Calpol into their sick child (myself included). It’s not abuse because it’s in their best interest. The general feeling on this thread is that masking a two year old is not in their best interest, that is why you’re getting stick for it.[/quote]
Fair enough. I'm reassured about the Calpol thing.

Yes but because they wanted to. My 2 year old has spent more than half of their life seeing people wear them. One supermarket trip the only way to stop a major tantrum was to let them loosely wear the mask they were so desperate to wear. Yes I got lots of judgy looks but I’m sure they would have been worse if the mask wasn’t being worn. Before I’m accused of child abuse it was a one off and a loose fabric mask - zero harm done to child.

@Piccalino3

I'm actually shocked that 2 year old are mandated to wear masks ever. I have a 2 year old and it makes me want to cry. Which States in the US are requiring this?

Florida definitely is, we changed our holiday twice during lockdowns but I've made peace now that we won't go while masks are mandated. I would struggle myself in outdoor places like Disney parks etc so I certainly won't go while my child has to wear one.

Somehow parents in some other countries e.g the US seem to manage it.

You shouldn't be wearing FFP3 masks unless you're around covid positive patients? Leave them for the doctors and nurses who need them. Putting one on a child is just absolutely ludicrous.

@Lovemusic33

Why would you want to make your 2 year old wear a mask? Sounds like cruelty to me. There’s no reason for them to wear one. The worlds gone crazy 😬

I scoffed at a news piece I saw recently on covid related mass psychosis, however the more I read/see the more I start to wonder...

@lap90

Somehow parents in some other countries e.g the US seem to manage it.

Good for them. One of many reasons I’m glad I don’t live in the US

For those who asked, we live in Maryland. Mandates are on a county wide basis, so there are areas in the state that have different rules.

@TenLittleDinos, @Spottyspotladybird, there is a LOT wrong with the US, I agree. But mask mandates aren't one of those things.

The children are absolutely FINE - thriving, in fact, in large part because their time at their much loved nursery has continued uninterrupted through the pandemic. We have had NO Covid cases in the nursery and no closures (unlike my relatives the UK, whose nurseries and schools have been closed multiple times). All teachers and all parents are vaccinated (it's a condition of belonging to the nursery), everyone masks, and everyone tests if they travel outside the state. Together, these mandates have made a difference.
The amount of disinformation on this thread is horrifying. Honestly, what's the harm in a mask?
Multiple studies have shown masks reduce virus spread. As someone who knows multiple people who have died horrible deaths from Covid, I'll do anything I can to reduce the chance of spreading the virus to someone vulnerable.

Nodding in agreement from further up the East Coast.

The children are absolutely FINE - thriving, in fact, in large part because their time at their much loved nursery has continued uninterrupted through the pandemic. We have had NO Covid cases in the nursery and no closures (unlike my relatives the UK, whose nurseries and schools have been closed multiple times)

My child’s nursery hasn’t closed either, bar at the beginning when all nurseries were closed (not linked to cases within the nursery, of which ours has reported none).

I have not read through all the replies, but wanted to say that we were in Chicago in December and all kids 2 and over were wearing masks with no issues.

@Ruthietuthie - nursery hasn’t been closed for us either. My child has been going all throughout the pandemic and never had an issue. At no point have any of the children (ages 4 and under) had to wear masks.

My 2 year old asks to wear one and has since before he turned 2. He's seen his older brother and sister wear them (in Scotland, where they are needed from 5) and wants to be like them and us. He'll keep it on generally about 15 minutes before he's had enough, as it's not required I let him take it off. To me letting him have one when he asks is far better than distressing him by refusing, and even cloth masks offer some protection to the wearer so there is some benefit to him in wearing it for the time he does. I strongly suspect masks are going to be with us for the foreseeable future, at least on flights, so they are going to be a part of normality for him.

He keeps the mask on far longer than he does gloves, despite having freezing hands and everyone else around him wearing them at the moment. On that basis, I think he dislikes the gloves a lot more than the mask....

I have seen reference elsewhere to Korean FFP2 standard masks that come in kids sizes (KF94?) but no idea whether they come in sizes small enough for little kids.

@CrabbyCat

My 2 year old asks to wear one and has since before he turned 2. He's seen his older brother and sister wear them (in Scotland, where they are needed from 5) and wants to be like them and us. He'll keep it on generally about 15 minutes before he's had enough, as it's not required I let him take it off. To me letting him have one when he asks is far better than distressing him by refusing, and even cloth masks offer some protection to the wearer so there is some benefit to him in wearing it for the time he does. I strongly suspect masks are going to be with us for the foreseeable future, at least on flights, so they are going to be a part of normality for him.

He keeps the mask on far longer than he does gloves, despite having freezing hands and everyone else around him wearing them at the moment. On that basis, I think he dislikes the gloves a lot more than the mask....

I have seen reference elsewhere to Korean FFP2 standard masks that come in kids sizes (KF94?) but no idea whether they come in sizes small enough for little kids.

Its not aged 5 in Scotland, its aged 12.

All children are different. My DD is three and a half and no way in hell would she keep one on, nor would I try to make her. I don't believe in making anyone wear pointless face rags though.

@CrabbyCat

My 2 year old asks to wear one and has since before he turned 2. He's seen his older brother and sister wear them (in Scotland, where they are needed from 5) and wants to be like them and us. He'll keep it on generally about 15 minutes before he's had enough, as it's not required I let him take it off. To me letting him have one when he asks is far better than distressing him by refusing, and even cloth masks offer some protection to the wearer so there is some benefit to him in wearing it for the time he does. I strongly suspect masks are going to be with us for the foreseeable future, at least on flights, so they are going to be a part of normality for him.

He keeps the mask on far longer than he does gloves, despite having freezing hands and everyone else around him wearing them at the moment. On that basis, I think he dislikes the gloves a lot more than the mask....

I have seen reference elsewhere to Korean FFP2 standard masks that come in kids sizes (KF94?) but no idea whether they come in sizes small enough for little kids.

The law in Scotland is 12 not 5. Stop spreading false information

It’s cruel and dangerous.
So many youngsters are behind on speech development due to covid cultists insistence on masks.

Yes! But that is only my personal opinion. I don’t like wearing them and don’t think it is healthy to wear them.

Shocked to hear that the us and other countries mandate masks for 2 year old!! And btw I live in a place where there's no mask mandates for children and the nursery have been opened all the time except the first two weeks at the beginning of the pandemic. I would have moved country if my toddler was forced to wear one, how sad for their development not to see their peers facial expressions clearly and for so many hours in a row !!

@Ruthietuthie

I am in the US. In my state, and as a condition of attending day-care, it is mandated that any child 2 and above wears a mask. My little boy wears one from 8 am in the morning until 5.30 pm each day, apart from when he is eating or napping. Absolutely no problems. The fact that ever other child is wearing one helps. Some of these responses make me roll my eyes. I am just grateful that, throughout the crisis, day-care has stayed open (70 children, 20 teachers and staff). Not one day closed.

Yeah well you also have no gun control so let's not get too smug.