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As it looks increasingly likely that face masks are going to be part of our everyday lives, I’ve been ordering a few different kinds to see which ones are the most comfortable. I ordered these from Etsy seller GoodDayMasks because they come in a “Mommy and Me” two-pack. I figured the best way to have my son wear a mask is if it matches mine. I was pleasantly surprised when I received them. The cotton is incredibly soft and stretchy, and I’ve washed them twice and they still look nice. The part that loops around your ears is also soft cotton instead of elastic, so it is comfortable (or as comfortable as a mask can be) to wear. I had my son successfully wear it to the bakery, and he did a pretty good job! He’s almost three and a half and on the smaller side, and the mask was a good fit, if a tad big, in case that helps with sizing. The adult mask is also on the smaller side but fits both my husband and me.
A “Mommy and Me” pack is $24, and a “Family Four” pack, which is two black adult masks and a choice of color for the two kids’ masks, is $42. Kids’ Face Mask
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DCJ says
Oooh I’m excited to share my recent find on this: https://www.swimspot.com/collections/covid-19-face-masks/products/assorted-kids-laser-cut-face-mask-6-pack-final-sale
We’ve tried several masks for my 5yo and 3yo, including Joah Love, Etsy masks, etc., but these ones are the first ones my 5yo will tolerate (and even wear voluntarily!). Also, the price is more than right. I saw these recommended on a FB group I’m a part of, and so far I am very happy. They’re not beautifully made (kind of roughly cut), but they do the trick and are relatively breathable swimsuit material.
buffybot says
Help! We have entered the dreaded stage of tantrums (my son is 2 1/2). I did some reading back when he was 1ish but not what I would call comprehensive (How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen; How Toddlers Thrive) and probably need a refresh. My husband in particular seems to be struggling so would love to come up with a joint strategy/toolkit that doesn’t look like me telling him what to do.
To that end, any suggestions for books/articles that you think provide a good toolkit for tantrums? I’m also trying to suss out whether the kid does better having someone narrate his feelings and offer calming techniques (it sounds like you are mad, mad mad!) versus leaving him alone to de-escalate.
AnotherAnon says
It’s hard to give specific advice without knowing exactly what you’re dealing with, but I’ve had good luck with many How to Talk strategies. I’d encourage you to re-read that, and maybe ask your husband to do the same. Janet Lansbury was helpful for empathizing with my kid, but I don’t follow any of her strategies. My kid usually tantrums if he’s hungry, angry, lonely or tired, so I try to address those first. I also like the book The Connected Child. It’s geared toward kids from hard places (trauma) but the “rules” (families stick together, parents are the boss, stay safe) seem pretty universal.
anon says
With little ones, it can be easier to avoid the tantrum by making the activity a game or by overt distractions. Pretend the clothes are his space suit and he needs to suit up to blast off. Pretend their are monsters between his teeth and try to get them with the toothbrush. Pretend his stuffed animal needs to buckle up in the car too so they can go for a ride together. Pull a forgotten toy out of your pocket to distract from whatever is likely to get resistance. It’s more work at the outset, but makes the whole day smoother. Save the tantrum management for times when the tantrum is unavoidable, and even then focus on sleep and food, as those are often the real issue.
Cb says
I agree with this but think it depends on temperament. My son can be cajoled out of a snit, but I know some kids just need to let it all out and just need a parent to support them.
anon says
For my kids the trick is to start the game/distraction before there is any sign of a snit. Once the snit starts, game over.
Anon says
Not books or articles, but rather techniques. My kid watches a lot of TV – and we make a point to talk about and repeat deep breathing – Esme and Roy has a lot of little jingles which I sang when she was younger, as does Daniel Tiger. Generally I let her cry or sob for a few minutes on the floor and then I offer a hug. Sometimes she says yes, sometimes she isn’t ready and I try again in a few minutes. Now that she’s almost 3, she will affirmatively come to me and ask for a hug (while sobbing – the cutest thing ever). After a minute or so of hugging, I ask her what we do when we’re upset (and then answer my own question with “Deep Breaths!”). And then we take a couple deep breaths together (lots of non COVID friendly loud blowing out) and I ask if she feels calmer (if not we repeat). Then we talk about the problem – this morning for example “Daddy is going to help you with your chicken nuggets, not mama. Mama is working”. Repeat the explanation (we don’t hit, we’re not going to do that right now, whatever it is) and then send her on her merry (okay, sassy and huffing but generally compliant) way. My kiddo has lots of big emotions, and while we try to help her name them, she seems to do best with the deep breathing techniques. She generally tantrums far less for DH (and when I’m not home), which is good because her tantruming upsets him and he isn’t as blase about it as I am (but we’re working on that).
CHL says
I guess this is what we’re doing now. I recently ordered some from MargaritaTees on Etsy and my sons really like them. Comfy, StarWars.
Anonymous says
I got some from Vistaprint, and they’re fairly comfortable. We also just ordered some from Primary but haven’t received them yet, so I don’t know how nice they are.
AwayEmily says
Following these mask recommendations with interest…I have a 2yo and a 4yo and both are on the small side, so I’m worried about finding ones that aren’t enormous (a lot of the kids ones seem more designed for the 8-12 range).
Clementine says
After just under 3 months of aggressive social distancing, we opened up our ‘bubble’ this weekend. I needed to take one kid to an appointment and the best option was to have the grandparents (who are amazing and have been following best practices 100%) watch the other kids. So… because we were already intermingling, I let the preschooler go spend an overnight at their house and then they watched all the kids after the appointment while I tacked a house project.
It was so, SO restorative. For just a couple hours I was able to zen out and not have my ears perked to hear if anything was crashing. I missed my village and it was so nice to have some help.
Clementine says
Facepalm. Nesting fail.
Boston Legal Eagle says
We ordered our first kids’ masks from Etsy – they are nice and not too big, fun colors. The seller doesn’t seem to be making these anymore though. Also ordered from some from Cubcoats (they look cute at least!) and Old Navy. TBD as to how these will fit. I like primary in general and may try their masks too.
AnonATL says
Any suggestions for postpartum belly support bands? The site I bought my breast pump through insurance with only has a full on shorts/suspenders/girdle thing that just looks like a pain to wear.
I have the Azmed pregnancy support band that I wear now (from amazon). Would that work for postpartum support as well? Trying not to spend much money on it if I don’t need to.
Thanks all!
Lana Del Raygun says
I got the Ingrid & Isabel Afterband from Target and liked it a lot. I wanted something with no boning or velcro, because my support bands from the hospital had those features and they were starting to annoy me. (Since the band is totally straight/cylindrical and I’m not, I had to match the velco at an angle and the velcro would stick out and scratch, and the boning was awkward to slouch on the sofa in.)
Anon says
I found it impossible to breastfeed in the postpartum band I had as a hand me down, it was uncomfortable without perfect posture. I wore it like once. It offered no benefit I could feel anyway (uncomplicated v birth).
KatieWolf says
Not a band, but I really like the compression leggings off amazon in lieu of a girdle/band. Homma is the brand I got, they also have compression shorts, which I will be using for this July baby. If you want to splurge, baobei has really good compression leggings as well.
Anon says
I have adult-sized masks like this (that my workplace handed out) and I don’t like them as much as my hand-made pleated ones. The jersey cotton is soft, but it’s warmer to wear outside than quilting fabric and it seems to trap/absorb moisture more easily. It’s probably fine if you’re only wearing it for under an hour, but I wouldn’t want to do much more than that.
Anonymous says
Love my homemade masks with quilting cotton and ties. Cool, crisp, and cute!
Anonymous says
We have handmade pleated ones, too, and I like them a lot. My family is full of quilters who have excellent fabric scraps and have sent us masks in all kinds of fun patterns. Combined with the duvet cover that I cut up, I doubt we’ll ever bother with a store-bought mask. I might try a pattern with ties, though — the elastic is definitely the weakest link in our existing masks.
Anon says
All of mine have ties and I love it! It’s more annoying to quickly take on/off, but much more comfortable to wear for long periods of time.
Anonymous says
My husband sewed about 50 masks to donate to local healthcare workers (we’re in NYC), most of which were made from the fabric that was covering our headboard before a recent change. We kept a few for ourselves, and it reminds me of a much darker Sound of Music “play clothes” situation. I agree that the pleated kind with ties–meant to be large enough to cover an n-95 mask–are pretty comfortable, although I think the kind with ear elastic may be better for maintaining your hair style. I know someone who was using old T-shirts cut into strips for the ties rather than making DIY bias binding, which sounded much easier and potentially more user-friendly. I definitely recommend adding a bit of pipe cleaner or something similar on the nose bridge for a better seal.
EB says
We moved to a new house last month and there is some kind of fruit fly infestation. I bought some little traps and special fruit fly attractant on Amazon, which caught a bunch of them, but was expensive. So I tried apple cider vinegar, which the internet claims will catch them…and I caught NONE. I can see them walking around the edge of the trap but they aren’t falling for it. What am I doing wrong?
AwayEmily says
Hmm…did you put a couple of drops of dish soap in the apple cider vinegar? That (I think) increases surface tension and so makes it harder for them to escape.
Clementine says
What I do is take a jar and put in a bit of cider vinegar and a little dish soap. Then I blast a bit of warm water from the tap so that I get bubbles up on top. I think you’re missing a way to trap the fruit flies once you attract them – the dish soap does this.
Anon says
This.
Anonymous says
We put a piece of fruit (about a 1/2 inch of banana works great) in the bottom of a cup or glass. Make a cone out of paper and put it upside down over the cup. The flies go in but can’t get out. We use a disposable cup a lot, because the flies like it best when it is a day or so old, and it can get pretty gross in there. We release them outside once a day or so. Or if we’re busy and forget, they just die.
Anon says
Did you cover the apple cider vinegar dish tightly with cling wrap and then poke little holes in it? They can figure out how to crawl in through the holes but then have trouble crawling out, may take a few days but should work unless you have some mutant fruit flies.
Anonymous says
I’d also try to find the source of infestation. They have to be attracted to/eating something right? Did you scour every kitchen cabinet? Put all your fruit in the fridge? My DH had them once and they finally found some old onions in the way high cabinet above the fridge.
Anonymous says
You can bring new ones in every time you go to the store though; we tend to have a low-grade infestation for most of the summer.
Anonymous says
We are moving to a new house where the master bedroom is upstairs and the two kids rooms are on the main level. My kids are young baby and 2.5 – the 2.5 year old is great with stairs. Any tips for this? I’m mostly thinking about the toddler and just making sure she stays safe while we’re upstairs. I don’t want her getting into things overnight somehow…she doesn’t get out of her bed overnight now, but who knows what will happen in a new place and as she gets older.
Anonymous says
Okay to Wake clock and alarms on the doors to the outside.
anon says
gates on the stairs and potentially a gate on the door of her room until you get to overnight potty training. otherwise, childproof everything
H13 says
Can anyone direct me to resources and share experiences of how to manage hitting in a 3 yo? I’ve looked at Janet Landsbury but I can’t find (or haven’t looked deep enough to find) resources on this specific situation. I have a 3-year-old and an almost 7-year-old who have been home together for 3 months now. They’ve learned to play together but the 3 years old will often throw things, hit, jump on his brother, etc. Sometimes it is fun and they play rough and laugh. And sometimes it isn’t.
Timeouts don’t work and my husband and I are having a hard time finding consistency since we trade-off childcare while the other works. I need them to play together and some roughhousing seems ok, but the little one will also just body slam the older who is in general a more sensitive kid. It is hard to walk the line of encouraging them to play independently, keeping an eye on the hitting, etc. I’ve been trying to use the “I’m going to help keep you safe and hold your hands” method per Landsbury but the 3yo is very strong and I have a hard time physically removing him from a situation if needed.
I feel like we keep messing this up. Help.
CCLA says
We bought a few different kinds of masks for 3.5 yo (old navy, something from etsy, and sedge). Clear winner is the old navy set, which was something like $12 for 5, and machine washable. They are basic pleated fabric, shrink very slightly in the wash, and fit her well. The pleats seem key for her as the non-pleated ones were more difficult for her to keep over her nose. She likes them so much and wears every day to school so I’m about to order more.
Boy names says
Anyone have baby boy names they love and want to share with this internet mom-to-be? I have ALL THE GIRLS names but am struggling with boys names!
Cb says
Theodore and Benjamin were top of my list. We went with Theodore because Benjamin sounded like a Beatrix Potter character with our double barrelled surname.
AnonLaywer says
I also like Bennett as a way to get to “Ben” as a nickname.
AnonLaywer says
What girl names do you like? That may help us match style!
Personally, my “boys” list when I had my daughter was:
August (nn Gus)
Samuel (nn Sam)
Jack
Griffin
I like but didn’t really consider Leo and Liam – those both feel a little trendy to me though. Or Hugo is kind of coming back and is cool too, I think. What about Lincoln? As far as classic names go, I like William which doesn’t feel dated to me the way something like Michael does.
I don’t know that there’s a common thread there but I do think boy’s names are harder than girls names!
AnonLaywer says
(I gave you a list that went to moderation but the salient question is – what girl names do you like? That may help us come up with ideas!)
Jeffiner says
Malcolm was top of my boy name list.
NYCer says
I know it is popular right now, but I like the name Liam. Also James and Patrick.
Anonanonanon says
Our last was a girl but I liked the name Otto for a boy. My husband did not.
I’ve always liked James. Daniel. Owen. Asher. Miles (or Myles, I know people named both). I’m medium about Finn or Caleb but kind of like both.
for H13 says
Reply won’t thread. I wouldn’t make them play together. That seems terribly unfair to the older one. At the very least, I’d instruct the older one to leave the room immediately whenever the 3-year-old picks on him. I would not permit any roughhousing at all, because the younger one doesn’t seem able to distinguish between roughhousing and battery. Ideally, I’d keep them separated unless they are being supervised, and make liberal use of screen time to occupy the younger one if necessary.
H13 says
Thank you for the reply. I have talked to the older one about immediately moving out of the path of danger. He does it sometimes. We are just struggling with so many weeks of everyone trying to do everything. Also, today is just a bad day, you know?
AnotherAnon says
I don’t think this will nest correctly but I love the name Malcolm; adding that to my list. My current picks are: Isaac, Asa, Jack, Levi. My 3 y/o’s name contenders were: Bernard, Abraham, Adam (DH’s name), Robert (family name). Names that are popular in our circle: Colt, Hayes, Wyatt.
Anonymous says
I have had 3 girls so I have a pile of unused boy names. If I’d had a boy, it would have been a Matthew, Charles, Benjamin or Daniel. Middle name would be my dad’s first name which is a fairly mainstream name (Paul/Scott/Anthony level of mainstream). I also like the names Christopher and Nicholas but they are too religious for me (yes, so are a Matthew and Daniel, but they don’t have the word “christ” or a direct affiliation with christmas!).
Anonymous says
Completely agree with everyone else. I had extended labor and then a c-section with my first (so, worst of both worlds) then emergency c-section with the second, and while I thought a binder would help (I tried the complicated three part one off of amazon), none of the combos really helped since I spent so much time hunched over feeding. It’ll sound silly, but just getting into tight/structured pants/leggings (NYDJ ponte slip on, jeans, compression leggings) did the trick of making me feel supported while not adding additional bulk and allowing movement.