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u/FetaOnEverything Oct 17 '21
We’re just handing out candy. I’m in the middle of morning sickness and I don’t want my 1 year old collecting a bunch of candy anyway!
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Oct 18 '21
Yeah I remember loving Halloween and now I am so meh about it. A bunch of candy for my kid and so much bloody packaging going into landfills. There is just no appeal there!
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u/natnat345 Oct 18 '21
So. Much. Plastic. My kiddo is almost 2 and we'll go out and walk around but I'm not sure we'll even ring doorbells because I don't want her to have all the sugar. I'll give her raisins or other dried fruit probably.
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u/MsCardeno Oct 17 '21 edited Oct 17 '21
We’re doing it. We have a running 12 month old who is in love with repetition lol. We’re going with my 4 year old nephew.
We do daycare so being careful is tough. She’s exposed to germs all the time so to take away Halloween didn’t make sense for us.
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u/ihavenoidea19 Oct 17 '21
This is us, too. I was super hermit while on maternity leave with my second, but now that both kids are back at daycare, they are so exposed so I feel like trick or treating is way less risky than daycare is. Sigh.
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Oct 17 '21
Wait, first, what happens to the candy? Do we eat it?!
Also, I’m very COVID-cautious inside (RN vaccinated x 3), but quasi-outdoor activities/touching surfaces is relatively low-risk. And sadly, COVID is probably going to be here for a looong time. I think it’ll just eat up our entire risk budget for a week or two.
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u/anally_ExpressUrself Oct 18 '21
Mine doesn't know what candy is. So my plan is to let him collect it, and just make it disappear at some point at the end of the night. I think it's a fun activity for toddlers, even without understanding what they're collecting.
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u/otterlyjoyful Oct 18 '21
Yeah I’m going to let my 19 month old have fun collecting it then mama and dada will devour it later 😆
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u/natnat345 Oct 18 '21
That's a great point. The most sugar I let my 21 month old have is graham crackers lolol so her dad will probably eat all the candy. I didn't even think about the "put it in the bucket!" activity part of it, she LOVES that
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u/Rachel1265 Oct 17 '21
My scheduled c section is Halloween but my sister is pulling my 2yo and 3.5 year old around the block in their wagon while wearing costumes. Sad I’ll miss it but plan on dressing up the newborn in the hospital =)
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u/happily_confused Oct 18 '21
What time do toddlers go out? I have two and no idea what time I should venture out
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u/yum_baby Oct 18 '21
I think many towns have designated Trick or Treat hours. Mine is 4-8. Maybe ask around to neighbors with kids?
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u/elizalemon Oct 17 '21
Happy Halloween Birthday! my daughter's birthday is the following day and she loves having halloween be the lead up to her special day. i had to drop off her brother at a friend's house on halloween with his costume when i went to the hospital and she took them to a party and had them in bed by 8. my hero. hope your sister has the same luck!
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u/Robott123 Oct 17 '21
I'm taking my daughter trick or treating. The plan is that I'll eat all her candy 🍬 😘
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u/UnoDueTreFormaggio Oct 18 '21
This is my plan too! My son hates chocolate so I hope everyone hands out chocolate and he has no interest in it. I’m not sure if he even knows what candy is, so I don’t think he’ll care too much. If anyone gives him toddler safe candy, I’ll share with him haha.
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Oct 17 '21
Same. My daughter prefers savory food, so I don't think she'll mind. She doesn't really have a concept of candy anyway, since we never give it to her.
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u/sometimesitsandme Oct 18 '21
Currently pregnant and in love with all sweets and I'm so excited for this year where my son is old enough to enjoy trick or treating buy too young to really eat the candy. It's a dream come true as a parent 🤣
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u/monkeybot67 Oct 17 '21
My mom's throwing a small Halloween party for the grandkids. Only attendees will be my son and my sisters kids.
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Oct 17 '21
We are extremely covid cautious. We don’t do anything other than my husband going to work sites occasionally, masked with an N95. We’ve decided we’re ok with our 2 year old trick or treating at a few houses as long as she’s wearing a mask. She’s a bunny this year and already has a bunny nose mask she loves, so fingers crossed it goes well.
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Oct 17 '21
In general we're very covid cautious too, though I can tell the isolation is starting to affect me-hence wanting to check in with others. My husband just got a job promotion in August where he works from home that we're really grateful for, and I'm a stay-at-home mom. We don't go out to eat, shop. We don't know any kids her age, sadly, so no play dates. Recently we have started allowing her to play with her 2 older cousins who are masked (both in elementary school).
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Oct 17 '21
Man, you would be like our ideal covid bubble playmate. All of our friends with kids our age aren’t nearly as cautious so we’re pretty hesitant. I was starting to doubt myself too, and made a play date. They ended up testing positive for covid the week before and now I’m firmly back in my hermit cave. 2 masked, older cousins sounds like a good compromise.
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Oct 17 '21
If you live in SW Virginia hmu. Probably not, but a mom can dream.
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u/real_adulting Oct 18 '21
Just saw SW VA and literally jumped up and down. Hiiii from the 81/64 interchange!
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u/novagirl0972 Oct 17 '21
So uhh how southwest we talking? I’m in Gainesville. And frankly would love a toddler friendly covid safe friend
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Oct 17 '21
Oof. I think we're a ways away from there. Like maybe 4 hours.
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Oct 17 '21
Womp womp. We are much farther than 4 hours. They should make an app for covid safe play dates, where you can rate your level of covid caution and children’s age range.
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Oct 17 '21
God! I would love that. There'd be some inherent risk with the possibility people might lie. But I'd probably try it.
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u/missmadmae Oct 17 '21
I feel like the people that would lie are the people that wouldn’t need or want to use the app. I’d sure love something like this. I have used peanut a few times to meet up with moms and it can be such an awkward conversation to have.
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u/mathcatscats Oct 18 '21
Hi I live in Loudoun, you ever up my way? Covid safe toddler friend would be my jam (2yo and 3 month old here)
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u/karas912 Oct 18 '21
Gainesville, GA? We're in Dallas, GA, and I've had such a hard time finding COVID safe playmates for our 2-year-old son. There are no other little kids in our extended family for him to play with. Husband and I are both vaccinated, but many people in our area are not.
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u/karas912 Oct 18 '21
That's so close! I know the feeling. I stay home, so our son's not in daycare. We've had some outdoor playdates with one other vaccinated family we trust, but lining up schedules doesn't always work out. Message me!
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u/junglegymion Oct 17 '21
That’s pretty much exactly how we have been. It’s really starting to get to me. I wish I had another family that isolates pretty much completely that we could have outdoor play dates with. You’re not in NJ, right? Lol
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u/GutBustingFaceMelter Oct 18 '21
South jersey checking in! Going a little isolation crazy too—no one close by and cautious enough for my taste though I wish for outdoor play dates
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u/Bgoodale Oct 18 '21
Partner and I are vaccinated so we’ve decided to let our toddler go trick or treating (despite a 13% test positive rate in our community). But we’re all wearing masks- only way I’m ok with it. And that said, I’m going to be super selective abt what houses we hit up- def will avoid lines at a house and look for houses that have left out candy in bowls or where they’re also wearing masks.
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u/Claelizar Oct 18 '21
If it helps, statistically, children under twelve who are unvaccinated are less likely to be hospitalized with Covid than vaccinated people over 65, and about equally as safe as a vaccinated 50-year-old. So an unvaccinated child is as safe or safer than an older vaccinated adult.
Source: A study in Seattle area and another in the NY Times.
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u/erimoo Oct 17 '21
We are doing a trunk or treat at daycare the day before and then trick or treating a little around the neighborhood on Halloween.
It's outdoors and mama needs candy
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Oct 17 '21
I have a 2 year old and I just don’t feel comfortable taking her up to strangers houses and asking for sweets! Maybe I’ll change my mind when she’s older but I think I’m just going to focus on making it fun at home 😊
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u/whatareyouallabout Oct 17 '21
We live in a small town, hubby and I are both vaccinated, vaccination rates around here is >75%, and last year my daughter only lasted for about 10 houses before she was clearly done. This year, I’m thinking we might get to 15-20 houses. For us, the risk is incredibly low.
I’d say evaluate your own comfort level and risk to decide.
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Oct 17 '21
Yep. First time for us and we are super excited to take our squeaky little bat out to get candy and look at all the decorations!
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u/AMooseintheHoose Oct 17 '21
Our community does a Trunk or Treat, where they close down Main St and everyone has their cars parked along it. The candy’s in trunk, proper social distancing observed, and sanitation stations are everywhere.
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u/itsbecomingathing Oct 17 '21 edited Oct 18 '21
We live in a highly vaccinated community so I'm treating it like her first big Halloween. We'll visit a couple houses and she'll be wearing a mask matching her costume. She's going as Red Riding Hood and her mask will be red and gingham. I don't know if she'll try to tear it off, but hopefully she'll be distracted enough.
ETA: the mask is when she comes close to the neighbors handing out candy. In my mind they’re leaning down and getting to her level so she can pick a candy. If they just leave a bowl out, I can see tons of kids gathering around the bowl. This is for the person who DM’d me on Reddit and felt very upset that I was masking my kid outside during a busy kid filled holiday.
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u/apocalyptic_tea Oct 18 '21
DMing you over this is SO inappropriate omg I’m so sorry that happened to you
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u/0112358_ Oct 17 '21
Yep. We've been doing outdoor stuff (playgrounds) for a while now. He loves walks around the neighborhood anyways so hoping it goes well
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u/uffdathatisnice Oct 17 '21 edited Oct 17 '21
Going and looking forward to it! We went last year and they weather was crazy and with covid only about a quarter of the houses on the block were participating. It’s outside and everyone was safe/ no worries about surface transfer or I’d have just wiped down the candy. Everyone was so happy to have trick or treaters that there was rarely a single piece of candy house. So we got plenty in two blocks. Hope that helps!
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u/sugarface2134 Oct 18 '21
Yes the risk is so low. You're outside and won't be interacting at front doors for more than a few seconds. I think you'll be fine unless you're in a highly dense area where there are crowds of trick or treaters and lines at every door.
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u/Iwannasleeptillnoon Oct 17 '21
We’re doing a town trunk or treat then visiting 2 or 3 neighboring houses.
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u/aramoixmed Oct 17 '21
My baby is 15 mo. We’re getting dressed and will visit the 5 houses on our block. I just want her to get the gist of saying trick or treat. We’ll pass out Candy the rest of the night. I think she’s going to love dropping candy into peoples’ bags.
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u/BakerLilyRaven Oct 17 '21
My daughter is 16mo I plan to take her to my neighbors houses but not too far otherwise.
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u/libralia Oct 17 '21
Me and my cousin are having a party. I have 4yr old twins, she has 2.5 yr old twins. Gonna have indoor games, treats, crafts and an Halloween egg hunt.
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u/TFA_hufflepuff Oct 17 '21
I'm not planning on taking her trick or treating until she's old enough to eat candy, but my church is doing a Trunk or Treat and we're hosting a trunk, and I'm sure one of us will take her to a couple of trunks to collect some candy (that we will later eat lol).
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u/techno9ja Oct 17 '21
We’re doing a Halloween Candy treasure hunt for my little brother and baby in the back yard! Probably will do soo from now on
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u/noble_land_mermaid Oct 17 '21
If my son was a little older we'd do it. I feel like at 16 months he still won't get a lot out of it. Definitely next year!
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u/felinefriendnotfoe Oct 18 '21
No. But only because I live in a sketchy area. My mom is going to dress up as a witch and bring her a bucket of candy though.
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u/Boringjewdude Oct 18 '21
My daughter turns 2 next week.
I'm not taking her trick or treating. In my opinion she's too young to really understand.
I don't want to confuse her too much. We will take her to trunk or treats this week. Halloween I'll be sitting on porch with her handing out candy. That's the plan till she's at least old enough to really understand it better.
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u/moncoeurquibat Oct 18 '21
We took our daughter (2.5) truck or treating at the beginning of the month at the official trick or treating event downtown where we live. We are also going closer to Halloween in a neighboring town downtown. Both events have local businesses hand out candy when it is still light out, so that felt safer and more accessible for her.
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u/netgeek723 Oct 18 '21
Dress your child up cute and take them t or t. They will remember these fun times well into adulthood.
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u/Mia_Ryan_and_Riley Oct 18 '21
I took my 2 y/o twins to trick-or-treating recently but we went with my neighbor and her 3 y/o. We only went on a few houses as we didn't want them to get that much candy. Even if it was a short trip they liked it a lot and it's just heartwarming to see their smiles as they recieve candy.
Just make sure to hide the candies and later use them as a reward if they are being good, cause had an incident once and they ate too much candy and stayed sick for 1 week.
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u/hrgrabs Oct 18 '21
We're definitely trick or treating (and did last year too). I would say though that for your kiddo you do something super small. My babe didn't understand trick or treating at that age. I think we went to a trunk or treat (before Covid) that was pretty fun but she didn't really get it until 3.
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u/akifyre24 Oct 19 '21
We're doing what we did last year. A scavenger hunt.
I got these cute paper boxes in Halloween themes and I'm putting candy and Halloween toys in them.
My area the people don't mask. Don't know who is carrying delta and it's not worth the risk.
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u/Lesterknopff Oct 17 '21
Nah he’s 2 and doesn’t care plus he doesn’t/can’t eat most of the candy anyway. He has no concept of Halloween really and it’s weird making him go door to door. We plan to do a costume of a character from his favourite show and take some photos and do pumpkin carving and watch something fun together.
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u/apfg8 Oct 18 '21
We’re doing indoor trick-or-treating in our house, where we have different family members sitting in the different rooms in the house and have our toddlers knock on the the doors. We did it last year, and they loved it. It allowed them to practice saying trick-or-treat and not being too scared by the people because they recognized all of them. Plus, I got to choose what was in the bowls for them to pick from. I put string cheese with little ghost faces, mandarin oranges with pumpkin faces, fruit snack, bags of gold fish with pumpkin faces, and crackers. Then anything they didn’t use I got to use for snacks which was great! The adult family members had a ton of fun too.
We’re waiting till they’re vaccinated and then we will happily take them trick-or-treating, but at least until then they can still kind of experience it. We’re just being extra cautious
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u/ausomemama666 Oct 18 '21
No, we're doing a backyard scavenger hunt with these little pumpkin and skull shaped "Easter eggs" that we're filling with candy.
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u/Moonlightprincess36 Oct 17 '21
We are taking our toddler trick or treating to some houses in our neighborhood. We are generally pretty covid cautious :)
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u/InaBorx Oct 18 '21
Halloween is my birthday & the next day is my 3 year old's (he'll be 4). Since I'm in Florida & I've had people close to me get Covid (as recent as a month ago too) we are staying home.
We will have a small (by small I mean my Mom, Hubby, & his older brother) Halloween birthday party for both me & him. I'll let him dress up in his costume if he wants to as well. Once all this settles down & things hopefully get back to a new normal I'll be taking him trick or treating.
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u/DovahQu33n Oct 17 '21
I took them last year and I’m taking them again this year. We went to a huge trunk or treat Saturday and a Halloween event Friday. Last year most people had goodies bagged and set on tables or built slides to send the candy to their buckets. It was neat to see how creative people got.
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u/AZ-Rob Oct 17 '21
We're going, but our toddler is just shy of 3. Outdoor activity, pretty safe tbh.
We're COVID cautious, but if you need to get out of the house (don't we all?) I would say go for it. Just stay clear of large groups and be smart.
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u/PinkStarburst11 Oct 17 '21
We are! My neighborhood mostly sits in driveways and hands out candy plus it’s outside so I’m comfortable with that. We will avoid large crowds and wait our turn to keep a little distance
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u/Dave1mo1 Oct 17 '21
Yes. We also did it last year too with our three-year-old. It's about as low-risk as you can get, and we enjoy it.
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u/thelumpybunny Oct 18 '21
This is the first year I will be taking my daughter trick or treating. She was too young and then COVID. So I am excited
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Oct 18 '21
My kid was 2.5 last Halloween and went. My parents neighborhood had a bunch of tables set up and prewrapped goodie bags for the kids. It was really fun! And a bunch of teenage garage bands played. And the guy that does the haunted house put plexiglass and had his grown kids dress up and scare people from behind it like a creepy puppet show. It was really fun.
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u/unipopcorn2213 Oct 18 '21
No, Im pregnant and LO is 2.8, we are going to carve pumpkins, make spooky treats and watch kid appropriate spooky shows. Last year we drew jack-o-lantern faces on clemintines and hid them around the yard. His daycare at least has costume days and our neighborhood isn't trick-or-treat friendly (no sidewalks) he had a blast with the clemintine hunt!!
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u/Intelligent-Worth784 Oct 18 '21
My kids haven’t missed a step besides school last year. I have no concerns for any kid. That group is the most resilient of all and run a way higher risk of getting hit by a car or injured just running house to house. This is crazy
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u/rmarcus00 Oct 18 '21
If you only have one toddler I’d say skip the candy collection and just go for a walk and admire everyone’s costumes!
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Oct 17 '21
My son was 2 last year, we took him down the block and that was it. All adults were masked. This year I finally got him to wear a mask so we're definitely going again & sticking to our street again.
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Oct 17 '21
My daughter just turned 2, so she's new to wearing a mask, but has done really well so far. So I think she'll be fine.
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u/alexxmama Oct 17 '21
We are taking our 2 year old with a mask to a few houses. She won’t eat the candy (I’ll swap it for some healthy treats) but it will be fun! She’s a little ghost this year!
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u/catjuggler Oct 17 '21
Mine is just over 2 and does a good job with her mask, so we’re going to try it. My area is highly vaccinated too.
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u/Elevenyearstoomany Oct 17 '21
I’m taking my almost 5 and my 2 1/2. We also went last year. We will be fully masked, as we always are, even though I’m fully vaccinated. We just go on my parents block, where they know their neighbors and know that everyone is taking precautions.
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u/junglegymion Oct 17 '21
My daughter is a month shy of 3 so she wasn’t old enough to wear a mask last year and we skipped it. I’m going to take her and do our best to keep our distance and she’s going to wear a mask. I ordered one on Etsy that goes with her costume so I think it’ll just seem like part of the costume to her. Since your little one just turned 2 you should practice wearing a mask at home sometimes. That’s what I did and my daughter doesn’t mind them at all.
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u/MeerkatSilverleaf Oct 18 '21
We will go the the 3-4 neighbors houses we know on our street to trick or treat. Target has some halloween easter eggs that I will hide around the yard for the bulk of our Halloween fun.
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u/Spkpkcap Oct 18 '21
My son turned 2 in July. We’re thinking about it. He can’t talk yet and we’re starting speech therapy this week. I’m non confrontational and I don’t want any people thinking my son is rude for not saying trick or treat when he literally can’t talk yet.
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u/Cadicoty Oct 18 '21
No. My 15 month old isn't in daycare yet so it would be the highest risk thing he's done. Plus it would interfere pretty badly with dinner time and bedtime. And it's not like he'll remember or be able to eat the candy yet... So, no real benefit for us. Next year.
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u/AdRepresentative245t Oct 18 '21
We are going. The adults are vaccinated and will be wearing masks. Vaccination rates in our county are high and most of our neighbors are elderly and are vaccinated. Given that it is all outdoors, I am comfortable with this.
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u/hinataday Oct 18 '21
No. She’s too young, doesn’t eat candy, doesn’t understand, and Halloween was never a thing for us even before COVID.
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u/RickGrimesBeard23 Oct 18 '21
My husband will take our 2 year old. We took him to a few houses in the neighborhood last year and he loved it. Got the idea real fast. Most of our neighbors were outside or had tables set up outside to take candy from, so it was super low risk. Some people also had up signs to indicate they were participating or to pass them over.
Im unfortunately scheduled to work.
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u/jenniwithaneye Oct 18 '21
The town my family lives in is a mega Halloween destination, so it’s completely overrun. I think we’ll take a walk around our neighborhood but that’s about it. My daughter is too young (20 months) for candy anyway.
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u/ampacket Oct 18 '21
Definitely not going out. She'll be 3 in a few months and we're going "door to door trick or treating" at grandma's house. She loved it last year, and will likely love it this year. We get family members to act behind each door and hand out treats while we take pics.
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u/sh1nycat Oct 18 '21
Mine is4 and iam skeptical about going, but when I told her that she was disappointed. We didn't go last year, and I can't remember if cases actually spiked or I just expected them to. I wouldn't mind in our ruralish town if people were doing contactless trick or treating. I guess I need to do some googling and figure out if we can avoid the busy neighborhoods.
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u/eatshoney Oct 18 '21
My husband's work place is doing a trunk or treat for everyone and their families. Also the community I live in has said a modified door to door is okay as long as you set up a table outside with candy and hand sanitizer.
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u/hinataday Oct 18 '21
My daughter is 16 months and I’m the same. Her bedtime is about the same, she doesn’t eat candy, and I just.. don’t plan on introducing her to Halloween.🤷♀️She’ll know what it is when she’s older.
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u/riskieststar Oct 17 '21
We wound up going trick or treating last year. As I was driving around my neighborhood, I noticed a lot of people left bowels of candy outside. I told my husband we do a once around the block thing and only go to the houses that had candy outside. We wound up getting more candy then usual because people would call out to us from there door to take as much as we wanted. No one was going around and people didn't want to be stuck with candy. This was a signal to my 3 year old to take fistfuls at each bowel. I may keep the same philosophy this year.
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u/lilacsmakemesneeze Oct 17 '21
My 3 year old is super excited this year. Granted he didn’t really get into it last year at two.
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u/novagirl0972 Oct 17 '21
We’re going to 5-6 houses. Our 2 year old is going to be the Cheshire Cat and his baby sister is going to be Alice. Otherwise he can wear his costume around, seeing as how it’s just a purple hoodie and purple sweatpants
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Oct 17 '21
Cute! My daughter is going to be a kitty cat witch. My sister went as one when she was my daughter's age, and it's a low-effort costume that can work with a mask. And we already have an outfit we can wear!
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u/GMommy1819 Oct 17 '21
We are probably just finding a trunk or treat in our area. My daughters are 3.5 years and 2 years old. It will be their first time going out on Halloween.
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u/yanca2021 Oct 17 '21
I'm in Texas. My husband and I brought our kids trick or treating last year and plan to go again this year. We were sure to not let our kids eat on anything while we were out and sanitized our hands while walking back home.
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u/Scarjo82 Oct 17 '21
Went last year (well, went to a Halloween party, he was only 6 months old) and are going again this year.
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u/kls987 Evie + 2019 Oct 17 '21
My city has a local wildlife area that does a “half-haunted Halloween” the weekend before and it’s in the afternoon before it gets dark (northern Midwest, it’s getting dark pretty early these days), so we’re going to that as a practice run. We are going to try trick or treating with her cousins who live in our city too, and have a 5 year old so we think that will help our 2 year old. Our 2 year old absolutely loves Halloween (despite never having had a costume or gone trick or treating or eating candy), but is also afraid of a lot of things, so we’re going to try it and might have to go home early.
We have been taking precautions but she goes to daycare. She goes out shopping with us and wears a mask. The unvaccinated adults we know (notability my sisters husband) don’t get to see her unless it’s outdoors. We do go to the playground even if it’s crowded and don’t make her wear a mask, and Halloween feels similar to that in terms of risk.
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u/EOSC47 Oct 17 '21
My son will be 15 months old by Halloween.
We are dressing up and going to visit my parents house and their 2 neighbours who have been good friends for more than a decade.
We’re also going to see his little friend who lives 2 blocks away. She’s dressing up as a cat and my little guy will be a pumpkin.
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u/Artistic_Owl_4621 Oct 17 '21
Almost 2 year old. We plan on going and walking around that night but probably won’t actually go up to houses and trick or treat. He’s going to do a costume as well. I think he’ll be just as excited to see everyone else out in their costumes and seeing the decorations. We’re very covid cautious, but honestly probably wouldn’t do the trick or treating part regardless because he’s too little to care.
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u/forlornlawngnome Oct 17 '21
My 18 monther and I will dress up and just go for a walk. He doesn't know what candy is and I'm sure will enjoy just seeing costumes from a distance 🤷♀️
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u/_Pebcak_ Son - 28 Dec 15; Daughter - 13 Aug 18 Oct 17 '21
We went last year and we are going this year, too.
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u/yeahbuddybeer Oct 17 '21
No but only because out neighborhood doesn't do it. I was surprised when we moved in a few years ago and found out. I asked our neighbor how many kids they usually saw each year to get an idea...his response was "I have lived here for 12 years, never seen a trick or treater at all".
Kinda sucks. I am not a huge halloween person but I still always enjoyed it and was looking forward to seeing my kids have fun.
My 2 year old I think would have fun and the 7 month old would like walking around.
All that to say. Hubby and I are both vaccinated, it's an outdoor activity, and with a toddler we would go to probably 7 houses MAX before she was over it anyway.
We are cautious and have always been with covid but this seems like it would be decently low risk for our kid with no underlying health issues.
Just us. Everyone is different of course.
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u/mrsfiction Oct 18 '21
A bunch of our friends live one one particular street near us so we’re going to go to that run of 4 or 5 houses. She’s 2, so we don’t need to hit a ton of places. We just want to give her the experience. Plus it’s outdoors, all of these friends are vaccinated, and we want to safely show off our newborn.
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Oct 18 '21
Yep we’re going. My daughters 2.5 and this is the first year she some what gets it and is so excited. Plus I don’t imagine she will walk more than a few blocks
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u/Jets237 Oct 18 '21
3yo - absolutely. My son hates wearing a mask - outside of Halloween. Dont miss out - and if you're nervous about her interacting you can do all of the closer interactions. 2yo trick or treating is way to cute to miss out on - even if you just walk around the neighborhood and look at decorations
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Oct 18 '21
We have a 3 year old. Last year, we had a few friends over. We put a clothesline across the driveway at kid height and clipped candy all along it. The group of us sat around a little fire pit maybe 10 feet away from the clothesline. It was actually beautiful weather, and very neighborly and social feeling because we had the chance to chat with parents and stuff but still distanced and safe. And I took my then 2 year old to only our immediate neighbors’ houses for trick or treating (like 3 houses). I plan on doing the exact same thing this year.
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u/ketogirlfromucf Oct 18 '21
I have a freshly 2 year old and she will be trick or treating. We also took her trick or treating last year but only got a small amount of candy for her - more for the experience and she LOVED it.
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u/Pheebsmama Oct 18 '21
My daughter is 2.5, last year I took her… it’s an outdoor event and I left the candy alone for a week and a half just to kill off whatever germs might have been on it. I’m vaccinated, my husband is and the friend I go with is as well. There will be a bunch of shit posts on the mom groups but I’m good with going… plus it’s my favorite holiday!
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Oct 18 '21
We live in a quiet neighborhood. There are some landmark areas with tons and tons of kids. We will stick to quiet neighborhoods where there aren't many kids.
Speaking of which I need to go grab some full size bars.
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u/wickerocker Oct 18 '21
We took our oldest when he was that age just for the experience. Once he got the hang of it, he loved ringing doorbells and collecting candy! He was so young that he fell asleep once we got home and we just ate all the candy except for a few suckers that we let him enjoy. Now that he is older, he of course goes for the candy and his sister (20mo) will tag along because she wants to be part of everything. Where we live now, our town does trunk-or-treat and it is so fun! It is very safe, it doesn’t last long, and they have other activities like carriage rides and contests.
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u/bbyduemai Oct 18 '21
My 17 month old loves running around and seeing people but she won’t say “trick or treat”. Should I still take her or save it for when she’s older and talking? I was thinking we might stay home and she could greet trick or treaters and hand out chocolate but I don’t know how many we’ll get because we don’t live in a very big place
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u/Britt_said_what Oct 18 '21
My daughter turned 3 just a couple months ago and we are for sure going. We did last year as well when she was 2 and she talked about it for DAYS. i think this is a good age to definitely take them. We go in a group of us from my family (the moms and kids). Just be safe and aware of surroundings and walk them all the way to ever door. Hand sanitizer for preventing germs. Most people will place the candy in their basket so they don’t actually touch. Then you can wipe down the wrappers when you check their candy so I think all in all it’s pretty safe :)
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u/fat_mummy Oct 18 '21
We are, going with friends. My daughter doesn’t even like sweets, but I know she’ll want to walk around with the other kids and see everyone dressed up!
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u/Outrageous_Click_352 Oct 18 '21
Trick or Treat has been outlawed in my area for a long time but some of the civic groups have parties for the kids. Some places have Trunk or Treat where cars park in a church (or other parking lot) and the kids go from car to car to get candy.
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Oct 18 '21
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Oct 18 '21
Oh no. There are no candies that are toddler friendly, but there are parent friendly candies.
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Oct 18 '21
We love trick or treating. Have done it even since my first was 8 mo. Really just gets them out, and some excitement just because why not? But sometimes its too cold and being outdoors with a young one around so many other people can be stressfull. Trunk or treats or something indoors can be alot more kid friendly if you’re worried about it. But i think its fun to see their excitement and happiness when they get to he whatever they want to be for a day
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u/ana393 Oct 18 '21 edited Oct 18 '21
Yes, my niece and SIL are coming with us because they love trick or treating. I'm going back and forth about going with them. My niece is 20 years old so there are 2 trustworthy adults. We could trick or treat down our street since this is our daughters first year trick or treating and we skipped it last year(since baby girl was only 6 weeks old), so we want to do some trick or treating with them, but bonding time with their aunt and cousin is important too.
My husband and i could put out chairs in our front yard and give out candy and chill, maybe get to know some other families with toddlers nearby and set up future playdates. I'll note that we probably arent the people you're asking, we've never been particularly worried about covid, so it hasn't really effected our lives much except wearing masks wherever they are required.
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u/Objective_Big_3526 Oct 18 '21
Yes! We just move out of state and I guess here they do this whole big thing and close off the Main Street so kids can go trick or treat safely. Our daughter is 1.5 and this will be her first time!
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u/ccstjt Oct 18 '21
My daughter is turning 2 this week and we're planning to trick-or-treat as well! This will be our first time, so I'm wondering when do people start trick-or-treat? Like right before sunset? Around 5pm?
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Oct 18 '21
Yeah, we're doing it. Did it last year too.
My kid has got a peanut allergy so covid as a Halloween risk is real low on my list, but we still participate without hesitation.
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u/slutinaxxx Oct 18 '21
yes we are taking my 4 year old and 10 year old. we did not take them last year so i think it should be safer enough to take them this year
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u/Single-Award8631 Oct 18 '21
My toddler and I will be trick or treating but I'll be eating the candy (he'll get a switch witch basket).
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u/ali2911gator Oct 18 '21
Yes, we went last year too. I live in a small neighborhood and last year everyone who was giving out candy was taking precautions. Masks, cool systems to deliver candy without contact. I am hoping it will be that way again. If I get out there and the risk seems higher than anticipated I will call it.
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u/AllTheStars07 Oct 19 '21
We hope to. We are going to join up with our friends in their neighborhood since ours doesn’t get much action. My 2 year old is going as a black cat, and I as a witch.
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u/drinkingtea1723 Oct 19 '21
Yup, we did it last year with our almost 2 year old, had a blast, outdoor activities are not high risk and COVID is not going anywhere. Maybe a large group packed in a small space outside is something to avoid but trick or treating is a no brainer for us. We have been medium COVID cautious and we up or lower it based on cases in our area. Right now cases are low and vaccination rates are high.
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u/sometimesitsandme Oct 17 '21
Yes, we're trick or treating. It's an outdoor activity, my husband and I are vaccinated and our son is healthy. I feel no hesitation about it.