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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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. [/quote]

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?[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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