SO Sun protection - MOOKS, a hat question!

[devotchka]

I read somewhere (I was very bored, obviously) that Nicole Kidman said that since she is a natural ginger and so are her kids, she is so thankful that her kids love hats! Well, Max hates hats, and always has. He has a huge head and we've always had to size way up for hats for him but he wouldn't let me put them on him for at least a year now. Sigh... will he ever like them? It would make my life so much easier. I feel like he will burn someday since he is a ginger, and it scares me. Is there a way to make him like them?

[biblionerd]

DS didn't like hats until they were funny looking hats, like the winter ones with the animals. Now he has a questionably strong affinity for all hats in all shapes and sizes lol. There's still hope!

[greenkitty98]

B hated hats when he was little, but he loves them now.

P will sometimes wear a hat, but she doesn't have the same hat love as her brother yet.

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[devotchka]

That gives me hope! Hehe! When did your LOs start liking hats? Did it just happen naturally for them?

[greenkitty98]

I think it was around two. My mom gave him a hat that he just had to wear everywhere, and he has loved them since then. I'm pretty sure it was his Elmo hat (adjustable baseball hat), and he still wears it, as you can see in this pic from today.



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[Dorothy Zbornak]

Butterbaby hates them, too, and has a HUGE head. We have a sunhat that ties on under his chin that he can't take off. Mwahahahahahaha!

[bigapple]

Sept 3, 2013 1:23:22 GMT -5 Dorothy Zbornak said:

Butterbaby hates them, too, and has a HUGE head. We have a sunhat that ties on under his chin that he can't take off. Mwahahahahahaha!

C tore a strap off one of his tie-on hats when he was struggling to get it off :/

I'm glad to know there's still hope for the future. I'm nervous about the cold weather coming because he battled me on hats every day last year, and he's a lot more headstrong (bad pun?) now.

[Deleted]

Just keep trying!! DS1 also hated hats when he was little. We just kept at it. Mine aren't gingers but we have very strong UV index here most of the year so in summer they definitely wear hats. Even if I plaster them in suncreen the tops of their heads will burn - so hats are required wearing in our part of the world.

[kkfeb04]

Kalvin loved them as a kid and hates them now. They don't make straps in his size. Sigh.

[livinreality]

As babies neither boy wore hats willingly, however when DS1 got old enough to copy DH he started wearing baseball hats which opened up to other hats. Hope that DS2 follows suit.

[raynes]

Owen got a baseball cap for his birthday, and that's his at-home hat. He doesn't hate it. I try to enforce the "no being outside unless you have a hat" because, y'know, ginger.

[devotchka]

Sept 3, 2013 1:23:22 GMT -5 Dorothy Zbornak said:

Butterbaby hates them, too, and has a HUGE head. We have a sunhat that ties on under his chin that he can't take off. Mwahahahahahaha!

We had a few of those and he has figured out how to take them all off!!! ARGH.

[Deleted]

B wore his ball cap for the first time in forever on Sunday the whole time we were at the beach. I was so happy! Of course now it's getting small

[bigapple]

I didn't think of a ball cap. Maybe he'll tolerate one. Where do they sell little ones? I don't know that I've ever seen them.

[greenkitty98]

Sept 3, 2013 19:48:23 GMT -5 bigapple said:

I didn't think of a ball cap. Maybe he'll tolerate one. Where do they sell little ones? I don't know that I've ever seen them.

They have some on Amazon.

www.amazon.com/Rabbit-Skins-Infant-Toddler-Baseball/dp/B004RKVXIW/ref=pd_sim_misc_3 (infant/toddler size)

www.amazon.com/Angry-Birds-Boys-2-7-Size/dp/B007IKQF1I/ref=sr_1_6?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1378274913&sr=1-6&keywords=baseball+hat+for+kids (kid size)

[livinreality]

Sept 3, 2013 19:48:23 GMT -5 bigapple said:

I didn't think of a ball cap. Maybe he'll tolerate one. Where do they sell little ones? I don't know that I've ever seen them.

We got a sports one at target in the sporting goods section, they also had some at the hat store in the mall (lids?)