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That's what lovemymarine306 polled members of the CafeMom Newcomers Club. Her daughter is 12 months and she wants to take her trick-or-treating. She got a ton of responses. Guess what everyone said?
Forty-four percent said "never too young" and 31 percent said that "under one" was too young. Here are some of the comments.
"I have always taken my kids from babies to toddlers. I'm taking
my ten-month-old with the big kids this year. Who cares? It''s fun to
show off your little one," mammak said.
"No one is too young," wrote sherry132. "If they can get excited about things they can go trick-or-treating. I would actually say anything under six months would be too young."
"Whenever I see a child under two trick-or-treating I think what kind of parents are letting [him] eat that much candy?" says christina0607. "Yeah, I get it. You buy a kid a costume and you want to show it off...well, you know what? Most people don't care."
"Dressing them up at any age is adorable, but it is tacky to go knock on someone's door for candy when the child isn't even old enough to eat the candy!" says trist22. "Might as well just open your purse and let them drop the candy in there."
"Once a child can say thank you and can receive candy then that's when it may be time to start," says MrsSpecialistB.
"I put never too young but if you just got out of the hospital the day before Halloween you really don't need to," says MAyers.
So how about you—are you taking your baby trick-or-treating?
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Comments (15)
I agree with trist22. I think you can dress them up and have fun at any age, but trick or treating is for kids, not parents. If you're taking your baby up to people's houses and asking for candy they can't even eat, you're just being greedy. I'm dressing my baby up and maybe walking around with me trick or treating nephew and niece, but I will not be asking for candy. Every year we run out of candy and if it weren't for the adults trick or treating (don't even try to pretend it's for your baby!), we'd have plenty of candy for all of the kids!
I work at a store here in our small town and on halloween the kiddies come around to all the stores on the square to get candy. Since hubby has to work my daughter (4 months old) will be here with me. I'll dress her up (most likely) but I won't take her around to houses since she can't enjoy the candy yet but definately she'll go next year if only cause I'm sure my hubby will adore sharing her "loot" with her. Hey, I'm not ashamed to admit it... Halloween is fun for grown ups too!
I remember how fun it was to answer the door for trick or treaters with my little one in a costume. People get to see the costume when they come to my door! Under a yr is too young to get candy. If they are going with older sibs that's a little different. They go with but they don't actully collect candy
I say "what the hey," If you spent the money and time to dress up your little one, go enjoy trick-or-treating." I don't really think that you are ever to young or to old for that matter to enjoy Halloween. Heck I am a mom of 3 and i am going to dress up and go with my kids. I don't carry a bag for myself or my baby but if you do and you show up at my door as long as you're dressed him/her up then i'll give you candy.
Well my daughter turns 4 months on the 30th and I am taking her out for about an hour but why in the heck would I seriously knock on people's doors and ask for candy? But we are going to the homes of people we know so they can see her. I think no one can really say a child is too young for anything it is totally up to the mother. If you feel like taking them out fine. But I think most babies can still enjoy it. It's something different for their eyes.
Halloween is supposed to be fun! Some people just ruin it.
Hey! That's my little lobster up there :-)...When my oldest was a baby we didn't take him trick-or-treating... just dressed him up and took him to the fall festival at our church.... However we will be taking the baby (the lobster pictured above), who is only 5 months, this year because we are taking my older son.
Hi LelandsMommy - Where did you get the cute lobster costume?
Our rule is quite simple - if my child can't say "Trick or Treat" and "Thank you" they don't belong going door to door. It's one thing to dress up an infant or young toddler and let them hand out treats at the door or attend playgroup parties, etc. It's another to take them around so you can ask for candy the child can't even eat. :) My oldest was 2 the first time he went. We did just a few houses on our own street. My youngest was 13 months the first time she dressed up and carried a plastic pumpkin around. She didnt' do much trick or treating though. She was mostly just running up and down the block behind her brother giggling. She was just over 2 the first time she *really* trick-or-treated.
My son is 13 months old and my husband wants to take him trick-or-treating. I think it is ridiculous. My husband just wants the candy for himself, but truth is I'll end up eating it and gaining 5 pounds. I've decided to "over-ride" his decision and keep Eric here. We will dress him up as a cub and he can help me hand out candy.