Getting 2yo to wear a mask

[Anonymous]

Our 4yo wears one no problem but cannot get one on our 26mo. We do not take her to stores and our daycare does not require them for 2yos so this is really just for the plsyground. Bought some smaller masks in patterns I thought she'd like and nada. How do you "practice" when they just twist and turn and resist?

Just getting anxious about needing it in other situations or getting called out about it at the park. My next try is to find one in what appears to be a favorite Disney character, but wondering what others have found successful.

[Anonymous]

"Wear the mask and when we get home, you can have a lollipop."

Never had an issue.

[Anonymous]

Not as safe, but we like those neck gaiters for outside at parks and on walks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Wear the mask and when we get home, you can have a lollipop."

Never had an issue.

A lollipop?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Wear the mask and when we get home, you can have a lollipop."

Never had an issue.

A lollipop?!

NP. Errr, what's so shocking about a lollipop?

What about a balaclava for winter at least? Goes over the head so harder to pull down than a mask or gaiter?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Wear the mask and when we get home, you can have a lollipop."

Never had an issue.

A lollipop?!

NP. Errr, what's so shocking about a lollipop?

What about a balaclava for winter at least? Goes over the head so harder to pull down than a mask or gaiter?

My two year old is much closer to three, and we use those safe-t-pops...but yeah, after a couple of well-timed bribes, the kid gets used to the mask.

[Anonymous]

A 26 month old does not need to wear a mask at the park.

[Anonymous]

My almost two year old started being more willing to wear a mask when she needed one to pet a puppy a friend brought over. Find something the kid really wants and bribe

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Wear the mask and when we get home, you can have a lollipop."

Never had an issue.

A lollipop?!

NP. Errr, what's so shocking about a lollipop?

What about a balaclava for winter at least? Goes over the head so harder to pull down than a mask or gaiter?

My two year old is much closer to three, and we use those safe-t-pops...but yeah, after a couple of well-timed bribes, the kid gets used to the mask.

OP here- I'm not against bribes like a cookie per se, but am not sure my 2yo really understands "future" rewards like that yet. Like any sort of incentive needs to be more immediate. This actually has me thinking though as maybe stickers or something like that would work.

[Anonymous]

If you really want her to wear a mask, then make it a condition of the thing she wants to do. No mask, no playground. No mask, no [insert the activity] and enforce it every single time. If DC takes the mask off, you go home. We only had to do this with our 26 month old a few times before she got it. Now she wears a mask every time we go outside without any issues. It is just a thing we do now, like wearing shoes to go outside.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you really want her to wear a mask, then make it a condition of the thing she wants to do. No mask, no playground. No mask, no [insert the activity] and enforce it every single time. If DC takes the mask off, you go home. We only had to do this with our 26 month old a few times before she got it. Now she wears a mask every time we go outside without any issues. It is just a thing we do now, like wearing shoes to go outside.

This is way harder to follow through with when you have two kids. If the 4yo is being good, why do they lose playground time because of the 2yo's behavior? It's rarely an option to leave one kid home or with someone else if they don't comply, so the non-compliant one has to be brought along anyway and so you can't make that one's ability to come along to be conditional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A 26 month old does not need to wear a mask at the park.

It’s the law in DC if she will have anything more than fleeting contact with another person, which she will in a playground unless it is basically empty. So yes, she does need one.

https://coronavirus.dc.gov/maskorder

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you really want her to wear a mask, then make it a condition of the thing she wants to do. No mask, no playground. No mask, no [insert the activity] and enforce it every single time. If DC takes the mask off, you go home. We only had to do this with our 26 month old a few times before she got it. Now she wears a mask every time we go outside without any issues. It is just a thing we do now, like wearing shoes to go outside.

This is way harder to follow through with when you have two kids. If the 4yo is being good, why do they lose playground time because of the 2yo's behavior? It's rarely an option to leave one kid home or with someone else if they don't comply, so the non-compliant one has to be brought along anyway and so you can't make that one's ability to come along to be conditional.

Who says I have 1 kid? I have two, exactly the same ages, 4 and 2. If we need to go home because the 2yo is being non-compliant, then the 4 year old gets a special treat at home to make up for having to come home early. Like I said, we did it like 2-3 times, had a few tantrums, and then everyone got it.

[Anonymous]

My newly two year old won't keep one on. I can get him to let me put it on, but he takes it off. It's hard to keep things like masks and mittens on kids. Honestly I just keep him away from other people as much as possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you really want her to wear a mask, then make it a condition of the thing she wants to do. No mask, no playground. No mask, no [insert the activity] and enforce it every single time. If DC takes the mask off, you go home. We only had to do this with our 26 month old a few times before she got it. Now she wears a mask every time we go outside without any issues. It is just a thing we do now, like wearing shoes to go outside.

This is way harder to follow through with when you have two kids. If the 4yo is being good, why do they lose playground time because of the 2yo's behavior? It's rarely an option to leave one kid home or with someone else if they don't comply, so the non-compliant one has to be brought along anyway and so you can't make that one's ability to come along to be conditional.

Who says I have 1 kid? I have two, exactly the same ages, 4 and 2. If we need to go home because the 2yo is being non-compliant, then the 4 year old gets a special treat at home to make up for having to come home early. Like I said, we did it like 2-3 times, had a few tantrums, and then everyone got it.

I am the oldest in my family. No, your oldest didn’t forget that her sister ruined her day and you let it happen.