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7 Tips for Trick-or-Treating with Your Toddler

7 Tips for Trick-or-Treating with Your Toddler


Happy Halloween! For younger kids and babies, trick-or-treating is a new experience and it can be a little frightening or overwhelming if they aren’t prepared for what’s to come. Make sure baby stays warm and comfy for a smooth experience with these seven tips and tricks for your Halloween night out.
 

Each year when Halloween comes around kids get so excited to go trick-or-treating in fun costumes and go door-to-door collecting candy. For younger kids and babies, the experience is still new and so it can be a little frightening or overwhelming if they aren’t prepared for what’s to come. For baby’s first Halloween, you’ll definitely want to make sure baby stays warm and comfy for a smoother experience if she’s coming along when you take the older kids out. Alicia Overby, inventor of Baby Elephant Ears, shares seven tips and tricks for your Halloween night out with baby or toddler. 
 

1. Dress baby comfortably

The end of October typically gets pretty chilly in most areas and temperatures always get cooler at night so dress baby in his favorite pajamas or bring a blanket to cover him up. It also might help him fall asleep in the stroller so he won’t fuss or mind being along for the ride!
 

2. Use a baby support pillow

Since baby will be sitting in the stroller throughout the night, he can be more comfortable and have his head and neck supported with an infant headrest, like Baby Elephant Ears. The baby support pillow helps keep baby’s head and neck aligned when in the seated position so baby has a much easier time sitting in the stroller.
 



3. Bring water and snacks 

Baby might get fussy seeing his older brothers and sisters getting all the candy and not being able to have any for himself. Calm him down by packing his favorite snacks so he gets to have some treats too!
 

4. Bring a flashlight or glow sticks 

It gets dark out quickly and many children are afraid of the dark, so bring flashlights to light up your way. You can also have kids carry glow sticks or put reflective tape on their costumes for safety.
 

5. Don’t go to houses with scary decorations

 Many people go all out with their Halloween decorations and turn their houses and yards into haunted houses. Be careful around these houses or avoid them altogether or you might end up having something pop out at you and scare little ones so they’ll be in tears the entire night.
 

6. Pack baby wipes 

Everyone knows that Halloween candy and treats are sticky and you don’t want to deal with messy, sticky kids the whole night so bring some wet baby wipes so you can wipe their faces or clean up the stroller so you don’t have sticky hands touching everything when you get home.
 

7. Bring friends and family

Trick-or-treating is a lot more fun when you have a bigger group of people with you. Plus, it helps to have some extra sets of eyes looking after the kids with you. You can also invite a neighbor with similarly aged kids to join you so you can help each other and have another adult’s company so you can also enjoy the night. 
 

For more information on Baby Elephant Ears and to purchase, visit www.babyelephantears.com



Here at Rockland Parent, we've got everything you need to have a safefun, and festive fall and Halloween season.  Whether it is pumpkin or apple picking, getting lost in a corn maze, making Halloween crafts or finding costumes and decorations, we're here to help. 

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