Pandemic has resulted in such novel experiences for new borns that they think that’s how things normally are. For example, in my son’s world view, wearing a mask is the norm or may be even fashion 🙂 since everyone he meets outside wears one and his parents, when they venture out, wear one too! Another thing that my son wasn’t used to until recently was shoes! Our son started walking a couple of months ago but the fact that the only places he ventured to until recently was doctor appointments meant that he hadn’t had the need for shoes. We got him shoes prior to our visit to the zoo coulpe of weeks ago, but when we tried to get him to put them on he was scared of them and started crying. We decided that he wouldn’t need the shoes for the zoo visit as the weather was bad and we did not expect him to be out of his stroller.
To get him to get used to wearing shoes, I put them on him (he was crying for a bit when I did that) and then took him to the park near our house. I put him on the ground to walk and he *would not budge*! He was unsure of taking a step and would frequently sit down on the ground trying to remove the shoes. After unsuccesfully trying for a bit, I brought him back home and let the shoes be still on. After a bit of fussing, he started walking in them. Still unsure, still wobbling – reminded me of how dogs react when you put them in shoes 🙂
After a while, I took the shoes off and decided to give it a try again the next day. Same thing happened again. He cried when I put the shoes on and wasn’t ready to walk in the park. Just stood there. This, was until our neighbours kids showed up and started running around, playing soccer in the park. Once they showed up, all my son wanted to do was run towards them. He completely forgot that he was wearing shoes that he did not like 🙂 .Here is the proof!
Was planning to take him out today again but its that PNW weather – cold, gray and rainy. Let’s see how he does when I take him out to the park again soon.
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