Comments on: How to survive clothes shopping with a 4 year old? http://weshop4u.net/shopping/how-to-survive-clothes-shopping-with-a-4-year-old We Shop for You - Best Deals Delivered Daily Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:59:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rosie_0801 http://weshop4u.net/shopping/how-to-survive-clothes-shopping-with-a-4-year-old#comment-4023 Rosie_0801 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:24:59 +0000 http://weshop4u.net/shopping/how-to-survive-clothes-shopping-with-a-4-year-old#comment-4023 Take advantage of late night shopping and leave him home with Daddy.<br><b>References : </b><br> Take advantage of late night shopping and leave him home with Daddy.
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]]> By: Katie http://weshop4u.net/shopping/how-to-survive-clothes-shopping-with-a-4-year-old#comment-4022 Katie Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:39:59 +0000 http://weshop4u.net/shopping/how-to-survive-clothes-shopping-with-a-4-year-old#comment-4022 Take a babysitter with you while you shop. With the babysitter there, you will get your shopping done and have your 4 year old taken care of.<br><b>References : </b><br> Take a babysitter with you while you shop. With the babysitter there, you will get your shopping done and have your 4 year old taken care of.
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]]> By: Sam http://weshop4u.net/shopping/how-to-survive-clothes-shopping-with-a-4-year-old#comment-4021 Sam Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:21:59 +0000 http://weshop4u.net/shopping/how-to-survive-clothes-shopping-with-a-4-year-old#comment-4021 I'd bring small toys and snacks with me when I took my (then toddlers) now they're 12 and 8, much easier to shop with now. Altho my youngest is almost 16 months, I'll be dreading shopping again soon lol! But, try taking small toys and a few snacks with you to keep them occupied. Also never shop when they're tired or too energized, that's just asking for trouble! Another thing that often works, is an allowance. 4 is a good age to start that. A dollar per year old they are is a good start for that age, so $4 a week would be his allowance if you did it that way. Explain to your 4 year old, here's 4dollars. you've been very good this week, helped clean your room etc. We're going shopping, if you behave while mommy shops, when I'm done, it'll be your turn to spend your 4dollars. It's pretty effective, your lil one's behavior just might surprise you! good luck!!<br><b>References : </b><br> I’d bring small toys and snacks with me when I took my (then toddlers) now they’re 12 and 8, much easier to shop with now. Altho my youngest is almost 16 months, I’ll be dreading shopping again soon lol!

But, try taking small toys and a few snacks with you to keep them occupied. Also never shop when they’re tired or too energized, that’s just asking for trouble!

Another thing that often works, is an allowance. 4 is a good age to start that. A dollar per year old they are is a good start for that age, so $4 a week would be his allowance if you did it that way. Explain to your 4 year old, here’s 4dollars. you’ve been very good this week, helped clean your room etc. We’re going shopping, if you behave while mommy shops, when I’m done, it’ll be your turn to spend your 4dollars.
It’s pretty effective, your lil one’s behavior just might surprise you! good luck!!
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]]> By: kymm r http://weshop4u.net/shopping/how-to-survive-clothes-shopping-with-a-4-year-old#comment-4020 kymm r Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:03:59 +0000 http://weshop4u.net/shopping/how-to-survive-clothes-shopping-with-a-4-year-old#comment-4020 A good idea is to have a book that your son likes and take it with you, if he sits down and looks at it instead of running around praise him and tell him you are proud of him for reading his book.<br><b>References : </b><br> A good idea is to have a book that your son likes and take it with you, if he sits down and looks at it instead of running around praise him and tell him you are proud of him for reading his book.
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]]> By: proudpreemieparents http://weshop4u.net/shopping/how-to-survive-clothes-shopping-with-a-4-year-old#comment-4019 proudpreemieparents Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:49:59 +0000 http://weshop4u.net/shopping/how-to-survive-clothes-shopping-with-a-4-year-old#comment-4019 Shop locally and go alone. That way if it doesn't fit properly you can easily return.<br><b>References : </b><br>I have a 2 1/2 year old....been there, done that! Shop locally and go alone. That way if it doesn’t fit properly you can easily return.
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I have a 2 1/2 year old….been there, done that!

]]> By: erin.rosemary http://weshop4u.net/shopping/how-to-survive-clothes-shopping-with-a-4-year-old#comment-4018 erin.rosemary Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:41:59 +0000 http://weshop4u.net/shopping/how-to-survive-clothes-shopping-with-a-4-year-old#comment-4018 You could try getting him to help you pick out clothes, either for you or for him. This will make him feel more involved with the activity. Also, try to have something on hand to amuse him if he loses interest in the clothes, like a book, or favourite toy. Let him know that the shopping isn't punishment, or to make him bored, it's just something that needs to be done sometimes :) good luck<br><b>References : </b><br> You could try getting him to help you pick out clothes, either for you or for him. This will make him feel more involved with the activity. Also, try to have something on hand to amuse him if he loses interest in the clothes, like a book, or favourite toy.
Let him know that the shopping isn’t punishment, or to make him bored, it’s just something that needs to be done sometimes :)
good luck
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]]> By: jaytei http://weshop4u.net/shopping/how-to-survive-clothes-shopping-with-a-4-year-old#comment-4017 jaytei Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:20:59 +0000 http://weshop4u.net/shopping/how-to-survive-clothes-shopping-with-a-4-year-old#comment-4017 My son is exactly the same way. I find it easier to leave him with my parents.<br><b>References : </b><br> My son is exactly the same way. I find it easier to leave him with my parents.
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]]> By: selina.evans http://weshop4u.net/shopping/how-to-survive-clothes-shopping-with-a-4-year-old#comment-4016 selina.evans Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:31:59 +0000 http://weshop4u.net/shopping/how-to-survive-clothes-shopping-with-a-4-year-old#comment-4016 If you are going to bribe him, and there is no alternative if you take him with you; then be careful how you phrase the bribe. If you simply tell him that he can have or do something if he is good then he will start demanding it within five minutes of reaching the first shop and will never understand that he has not been good for long enough! maybe you could get him a child's wrist watch and set the alarm on it for a given time, then tell him if he is good until his watch beeps... and if you start off with not too great a length of time you should be able to extend it every shopping trip.Make sure that the reward is something he will think worthwhile..which need not cost much, it just has to be the right sort of thing..and if he is not quite good enough, or not good for quite long enough..but tries, have a secondary reward in mind because failure to benefit at all by the effort he makes will only make him defiant next time.You can try to bribe a defiant four year old with a pet elephant but if he has decided that the effort is too great and that failure is too complete then he will simply decide not to want a pet elephant. In the meantime, it could be worse. My mother used to take my baby brother shopping , which he hated, until the day when, barely able to walk, he staggered over the a rack of dresses, grabbed at the skirt of one and carefully blew his nose for the first time. That was more than thirty years ago and she has not been shopping with him since.<br><b>References : </b><br> If you are going to bribe him, and there is no alternative if you take him with you; then be careful how you phrase the bribe. If you simply tell him that he can have or do something if he is good then he will start demanding it within five minutes of reaching the first shop and will never understand that he has not been good for long enough! maybe you could get him a child’s wrist watch and set the alarm on it for a given time, then tell him if he is good until his watch beeps… and if you start off with not too great a length of time you should be able to extend it every shopping trip.Make sure that the reward is something he will think worthwhile..which need not cost much, it just has to be the right sort of thing..and if he is not quite good enough, or not good for quite long enough..but tries, have a secondary reward in mind because failure to benefit at all by the effort he makes will only make him defiant next time.You can try to bribe a defiant four year old with a pet elephant but if he has decided that the effort is too great and that failure is too complete then he will simply decide not to want a pet elephant.
In the meantime, it could be worse. My mother used to take my baby brother shopping , which he hated, until the day when, barely able to walk, he staggered over the a rack of dresses, grabbed at the skirt of one and carefully blew his nose for the first time. That was more than thirty years ago and she has not been shopping with him since.
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]]> By: zoe j http://weshop4u.net/shopping/how-to-survive-clothes-shopping-with-a-4-year-old#comment-4015 zoe j Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:06:59 +0000 http://weshop4u.net/shopping/how-to-survive-clothes-shopping-with-a-4-year-old#comment-4015 leave him at home love, he's 4. from his point of view this is a boring activity. not all children are like this but most boys are. if he wants to come to the shop with you then explain to him what you will be doing and the punishment if he misbehaves. it will be his choice whether he goes or not. you will have more fun without him.<br><b>References : </b><br> leave him at home love, he’s 4. from his point of view this is a boring activity. not all children are like this but most boys are. if he wants to come to the shop with you then explain to him what you will be doing and the punishment if he misbehaves. it will be his choice whether he goes or not. you will have more fun without him.
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]]> By: lady49 http://weshop4u.net/shopping/how-to-survive-clothes-shopping-with-a-4-year-old#comment-4014 lady49 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:46:59 +0000 http://weshop4u.net/shopping/how-to-survive-clothes-shopping-with-a-4-year-old#comment-4014 When children are being unruly while out shopping you need to try bribery! I used to do that with my son, so if he didn't behave we didn't go to the park or swimming, even for a walk, so that used to do it. I would just ask him, if he wanted to go for the treat, then he should behave or he was going straight home and to his bed!! It used to work. I found the carrot and stick approach used to work for me, but I was pretty strict with my kids when they were young. They are now 28 and 25 and still come to me for advice and help, so it didn't do the any harm and they don't seem to feel I am the mother from hell. I hope this helps?<br><b>References : </b><br> When children are being unruly while out shopping you need to try bribery! I used to do that with my son, so if he didn’t behave we didn’t go to the park or swimming, even for a walk, so that used to do it. I would just ask him, if he wanted to go for the treat, then he should behave or he was going straight home and to his bed!! It used to work. I found the carrot and stick approach used to work for me, but I was pretty strict with my kids when they were young. They are now 28 and 25 and still come to me for advice and help, so it didn’t do the any harm and they don’t seem to feel I am the mother from hell. I hope this helps?
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