Christmas tree & toddler (15months) advice please

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Ok - now if left to my own devices my tree would not go up until 21st Dec at the earliest however this year I have a 15month old dd.

Now I don't really care what she does to our tree but I am concerned about those at other peoples houses - we will be away at gp & aunts houses over christmas.

If I put mine up early - say next weekend will it give her time to get used to it so that hopefully she is almost ignoring christmas trees by the actual day? - or will it stay facinating & I'll just be putting myself through 3 extra weeks for nothing??

(I'm not bah humbug just like the christmas thing to be concentrated around christmas iyswim - for me that makes it more special)

Any experience welcome

anyone?

You could try putting it up early, but IME they never tire of pulling lights at that age - sorry!

hmm thought as much

Just need to brace myself for an eventful christmas then!! (dd is only child in family - everyone else is 25+ & family seem to have forgotten how attractive all sorts of things can be iyswim )

my dd has never pulled at lights. we just say 'touch don't pull' and she has...

Our tree always looks a mess due to constant, err, rearrangement of the decs by the dses. We've tied it to a handy hot water pipe this year, with carefully camoflaging green string. Doesn't stop ds2 (18mths) pulling at those lights though...

Have you got a playpen? I put ours in one when DD was at this stage (doesn't really help with other people's but it might save you a few broken baubles)

Playpen is a good idea - but it is mostly other people's I'm worried about - just going to use cheap non breakable things on ours & tbh I don't mind if she pulls things off within reason of course...

Tying it to something is a good idea too - hadn't thought of that!!