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Post by katiekat on Dec 16, 2007 19:10:41 GMT -5
We all know that a baby/toddler cannot help but to touch the Christmas tree and decorations...but a 7 year old? Sean can't seem to leave it alone. I swear if I had a gate I'd put it up around the tree. I have told him numerous times not to touch but everytime I turn around he's touching it or climbing behind it. I'm about ready to slap his hand and say "no no" like you do with a baby. Any suggestions? He really is way too old for this type of thing.
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Post by jj on Dec 16, 2007 19:57:31 GMT -5
Is he hurting anything by touching or is he careful? If he wants to touch things I don't see a problem but crawling behind I think is a bit dangerous. If he is trying to pull apart electric lights then I think it is a problem. But if he is just carefully touching, let him touch.
You've seen Charliegirls saying under her avatar about getting distracted by something shiney. Well, he has 100's of shiney things that are distracting him and probably making it all he can think about or see when he is in that room.
I don't know what you can do to stop him aside from regular warnings and to his room he goes??
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Post by charliegirl on Dec 16, 2007 20:33:01 GMT -5
Maybe you should do like we do with toddlers and move everything breakable to the top of the tree where he can't reach it and leave the bottom for things he can't break. Remember, he is only 4 or 5 developmentally which is old enough to learn but still young enough to give in to temptation.
Have you tried letting him handle some of the decorations with your supervision? That might take some of the mystery out of it for him. I remember being his age and thinking the tree looked like it was made of magic. Its so hard to not handle those beautiful treasures.
Could you possibly let him have his own small tree that he can put unbreakable ornaments on and handle all he wants to? I did that with both of my kids when they wouldn't leave the big one alone and it made them feel very special to have their own. They had to show it off to everyone. It saved me having to yell at them all the time and made the season much more enjoyable for us all.
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Post by misty on Dec 16, 2007 22:43:33 GMT -5
Shannon always touched stuff on the tree, KK. I always just put anything precious out of her reach & then kept cautioning her to just touch gently. Even now I do that because with all the kids that visit during the holidays you just never know.Plus, my dog's bushy tail will knock stuff off occasionally.
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Post by jill on Dec 17, 2007 8:04:29 GMT -5
Annette too she touches too. I just learned to put precious things up higher.
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I was about to conquer the world but then I got distracted by something shiny.
