Hats & Sunglasses for kids

**subaruforestermum** · 11-11-2006 22:30

I as a person who needs to wear sunglasses or cant handle the glare as I am so use to wearing them, felt it only right that my son wore them too....... SO often though I see parent with them on or a hat, and have their kids out in the sun with no protection at all......

So I wanted to see how many parents make their kids wear them, or try too cos persistance is the key,and young eyes are easily damaged by the sun......

So I am adding a poll hopefully it works......

**the_queen** · 11-11-2006 22:34

My daughter wouldn't keep sunglasses on, it was ok when she was under 3 months or so, but as soon as she was able to control her hands, she would just rip them off her face. Same with hats. Same with piggytails, same with headbands, same with anything like that.
But she got better about it at about age 3, and now at school of course they wear hats every day, and I have bought her about 10 pairs of sunnies because she keeps losing them ....
But DS is good, I have a pair of sunnies for him and he's happy to wear them, it's cute though because he takes them off when we go inside

He wears his hats too. And it's worked out well, I didn't go walking much with DD but I go every day with DS, so really he needs it more than she did.

**Leeny** · 11-11-2006 22:34

Originally Posted by subaruforestermum

So I wanted to see how many parents make their kids wear them, or try too cos persistance is the key,and young eyes are easily damaged by the sun......

I agree, persistance really is the key..It takes a bit sometimes but its worth it! Its so important to protect thier little eyes and skin, espically now that the affects of the sun is worse now then it was 10 years ago.

**Leeny** · 11-11-2006 22:36

Originally Posted by the_queen

My daughter wouldn't keep sunglasses on, it was ok when she was under 3 months or so, but as soon as she was able to control her hands, she would just rip them off her face. Same with hats. Same with piggytails, same with headbands, same with anything like that.

Hey, DD was exactly the same, it took her a fair while to accept it. I ended up just giving them too her in the car, or when she was in the pram. She ended up figuring out how to put them on, and now she loves them. Perhaps would could try wearing sunnies in the car or on walks so she can see that you wear them too?

**mum2littleman** · 11-11-2006 22:39

DS wears them, the sun glasses i get from pumpkin patch as they are soft near the ears and dont hurt them so i found he keeps them on

**the_queen** · 11-11-2006 22:39

Oh she's 5 now, and she's happy to wear them these days (I edited my first post

) Now she wears them because they're "stylish"

**♥Heaven Sent♥** · 11-11-2006 22:55

I have tried putting hats on dd and ds but they hate them ds cries when i put it on him and dd rips them off,dd dosnt like sunnies either i got a pair for her and she took them off then broke them.

**Melo** · 11-11-2006 22:57

I TRY keeping DS's hat on. Talk about mission impossible! Although when he gets a little bit older and understands more, it will be a defiante rule!

We just stay out of the sun now between 9 & 2.

**Seekrit** · 11-11-2006 23:04

Cobes always has a hat on when we're out and about. He didn't really like them at first but he's come to accept it

I want to get him a pair of sunnies... I was thinking of babybanz as they have the whole strap thingie.

**cwsmum** · 11-11-2006 23:18

DS has always been happy to wear a hat and sunnies...sunnies from about 6mths when I finally found somewhere to buy the Babybanz ones, they were pretty hard to find a few yrs ago. Now he wont go outside without his hat, not even to check the mail. If we are going in the car or walking somewhere he always asks for his sunnies too.

DD was ok with hats & sunnies til she was about 8 or 9mths, since then she has prefered to throw the sunnies on the ground/floor of the car and pull her hat off to chew on it