I think we've had about 100 snow storms this year. It feels like it. Some people love the snow. I hate it. Even as a kid, I hated it. It was fun to have a day off from school, but I found snow to be boring and cold. I hate everything associated with snow - the coats, hats, boots, gloves, over-heating, runny nose, red face -- ugh. I would much rather be in the sun. The only good thing about snow is that there are no bugs in it.
So it snowed for two days straight. We got about 24 inches and lost power and heat for almost 12 hours. All of Ava's therapy was canceled for two days. She was happy, but I am worried that she will have a hard time easing back into her busy schedule.
I have been asked by many people, "Does Ava like the snow?" I never took her out in it. Ever. I hate bundling myself up - let alone getting her dressed. I did buy her a beautiful snowsuit from Hanna Anderson last fall, before she was diagnosed. It is very thin, very comfortable and not bulky at all. It sits in her closet, collecting dust, because I could not bring myself to putting her in it. But after this big storm, I decided to take a leap of faith and take her out in the snow. I thought I was being a bad mother by neglecting to give her that experience.
I dressed her in leggings, top and a fleece pullover and tried to put her in her snowsuit. She actually got in it OK, it is very roomy and not constricting at all. But when I put the hat on her head and put up the hood, she did not like that at all. And the boots freaked her out. I ditched the gloves, she kept pulling them off. We took her outside screaming. Charlie tried to get her to touch the snow or hold a snowball - she just clung to him and cried. I called off the torture session and we took her inside and quickly undressed her.
So the answer to the question is: "No, Ava does NOT like the snow." And neither does Mommy. I am not going to subject her to any more unreasonable punishment. She can look at the snow from inside the house.
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How was your Snowmaggedon experience?
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Just so you know you are not alone. I distinctly recall an episode with my oldest son in a snowstorm. He was about 18 months old and we were walkjng around NYC. Now we always dressed him in the basic snow garb and he had never had any issues with it before. however, on that walk around town, it began to snow. Somehow it freaked him out. WHile sitting on his dad's shoulders he decided it was time to take all his clothing off. At the time, I just thought it was a toddler thing. Looking back, it was definitley a reaction to stimuli. But here we were in the middle of a snowstorm with a child who kept throwing away his clothes and us running as fast as we could home. (Before anyone asks why we didn't hail a cab, we were just a few blocks from home and we would have waited longer for the cab than it took to run home)
I love snow but I don't like the feel of snow on my face when it's falling. After it's stopped I love to go out in it particularly when it's sunny.
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