Halloween rants! Candy for infants? Teens w/o costumes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about the mini van that pulls up on the cul-de-sac? Out pops a dozen "devils" and like Taz, they sweep all the houses, pile into the mini van and move on to the next street.

in our neighborhood, they drive house to house. f that. get out and walk like a real trick or treater!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We've had lots of babies come by in their adorable costumes and we put candy in their buckets. It never occurred to me to care who ends up eating the candy; I assume its the parents, but maybe they donate to Treats for Troops. It would be strange to skip the candy; it's part of the routine. People knocking on the door to show off the babies' costumes and then walking away without candy would be bizarre to me unless they are with older kids who are getting candy.

+1 I can't believe anyone is bothered by this.

Also most infant families are ones we know well or love right nearby. So few babies and pieces of candy. It's fun to see the cuties dressed up. No one is ToT for hours all over the neighborhood to get some junk candy for the adults to eat.

[Anonymous]

We didn't take our kid trick or treating until they were 4. That was the first year they expressed an interest in it. I don't understand dressing your baby or toddler up and walking them around for ToT when they don't even know what it is. We would stay home and hand out candy and our kid would participate and that was cute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We didn't take our kid trick or treating until they were 4. That was the first year they expressed an interest in it. I don't understand dressing your baby or toddler up and walking them around for ToT when they don't even know what it is. We would stay home and hand out candy and our kid would participate and that was cute.

You could say the same about giving a one year old a birthday cake, or giving a baby Christmas gifts. And how would a kid learn what trick or treating is if you don’t take them out?

[Anonymous]

I offer everyone candy including parents.

[Anonymous]

This is such a weird thing to get upset over. You want parents to ring your doorbell to what, just show off their baby in a costume? That’s awkward. Who cares if the parents eat the candy, parents eat candy even when it’s older kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We didn't take our kid trick or treating until they were 4. That was the first year they expressed an interest in it. I don't understand dressing your baby or toddler up and walking them around for ToT when they don't even know what it is. We would stay home and hand out candy and our kid would participate and that was cute.

You could say the same about giving a one year old a birthday cake, or giving a baby Christmas gifts. And how would a kid learn what trick or treating is if you don’t take them out?

Disagree. A one year old can enjoy a birthday cake -- for our kids it was their first taste of actual sugar and they loved it. We have photos of them eating their 1st birthday cakes with looks of delirious joy on their faces. They might not remember it later, but they loved it in the moment. Same with age appropriate Christmas gifts. You give a one year old a toy for a one year old, they enjoy it, it's nice.

Meanwhile, a one year old trick or treating is not going to enjoy that experience anymore than they would enjoy ANY experience involving interacting with non family members. They don't know what a costume is. They don't know what candy is. They are completely oblivious to the significance of anything that is happening. You can do this if you want to but it is 100% for you and your baby is not enjoying it in any way beyond enjoying being held by a parent or seeing a smiling face (which presumably, hopefully, happens daily), and certainly not as much as they would enjoy cake or a toy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP I dont think the parents are going out to get "free candy." I think they probably enjoy holding out the candy bucket for their little one to see the candy being dropped in and to get the Halloween experience.

You sound like a grump!

Seriously!

OP I think you forget how exciting these holidays are for brand new parents. Sometimes they just can't wait to get the ball rolling on these traditions. You are thinking about it too much, I'm pretty sure there is no way that it's just a giant scheme by fat parents to get free candy.

Yea I did this and am kinda enbarrased about it. But i was miaerable with a crying all the time 4 month old. It waa a hard time, and I desperately wanted the good parts of having kids. We also got a huge christmas tree and opened his presents on xmas morning, the three of us, even though he wasnt aware yet and couldnt really play with toys yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We've had lots of babies come by in their adorable costumes and we put candy in their buckets. It never occurred to me to care who ends up eating the candy; I assume its the parents, but maybe they donate to Treats for Troops. It would be strange to skip the candy; it's part of the routine. People knocking on the door to show off the babies' costumes and then walking away without candy would be bizarre to me unless they are with older kids who are getting candy.

+1 I can't believe anyone is bothered by this.

Also most infant families are ones we know well or love right nearby. So few babies and pieces of candy. It's fun to see the cuties dressed up. No one is ToT for hours all over the neighborhood to get some junk candy for the adults to eat.

Like a baby can go to about 5 houses before starting to fuss or fall asleep. So not much candy for the effort. I think op has an eating disorder if she is bothered by an adut accepting and eating 5 pieces of candy as if it's a breach of norms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We've had lots of babies come by in their adorable costumes and we put candy in their buckets. It never occurred to me to care who ends up eating the candy; I assume its the parents, but maybe they donate to Treats for Troops. It would be strange to skip the candy; it's part of the routine. People knocking on the door to show off the babies' costumes and then walking away without candy would be bizarre to me unless they are with older kids who are getting candy.

+1

[Anonymous]

I think the people who think giving candy to babies is somehow providing training for future Halloweens don't understand much about kids

But if anyone wants to bring their chubby velour dinosaur to my house, I will happily pay you in candy

[Anonymous]

Calm down. This is a fun vent thread and I’m pretty sure the person who chimed in about shuttling kids was just adding drama from past threads. We know some are going to start indignant threads about that after Halloween! I have been on DCUM too long.

And on that note, my snobby 2 cents from the 1%. Any adult eating Halloween candy is to be pitied; not reviled. It’s truly pathetic and disgusting stuff. 😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Calm down. This is a fun vent thread and I’m pretty sure the person who chimed in about shuttling kids was just adding drama from past threads. We know some are going to start indignant threads about that after Halloween! I have been on DCUM too long.

And on that note, my snobby 2 cents from the 1%. Any adult eating Halloween candy is to be pitied; not reviled. It’s truly pathetic and disgusting stuff. 😂

I personally don’t find chocolate bars disgusting, but to each her own.

[Anonymous]

I want to see babies in costumes! Bring all the costumed babies to my house please!

[Anonymous]

We didn't take ours until two and even that was a surprise. She noticed other kids in the neighborhood and wanted to do. Her first year she carried an old grocery bag because we hadn't thought of anything else.

I don't mind babies though. We keep some smaller stuff for littler kids who are old enough for candy(we're a full size bar house generally), and I don't care if parents eat it if they're not. Babies in costumes are cute.