When you have little people in your house experiencing Christmas for the very first or 4th time, it's best to put away all of the sacred breakables - your vintage ornaments, that keepsake china Santa from grandma, the West Elm glass reindeer. There will be years and years of displaying your finest and making your home a fabulous winter wonderland. These are not those years. Think of this as Basic Christmas. In fact, remove everything off the first couple boughs of the tree so little fingers can experience the joy of tugging on needles safely. One family routinely tied a rope around the top of the tree and attached it to a hook in the ceiling to give the tree a fighting chance of staying up if the toddler used it to pull herself up. Invest in one set of plastic non breakable decor for baby to hang on the tree or maybe even put up a baby gate.
I want to give you permission to do whatever you need to in your home to allow you to relax during this season and let your baby have her own relationship with your decor. Simplify!
Check out this site for paper ornaments designed for a Jessie Tree that would work great to print out (for free), color together and stick on the tree using good old scotch tape. The more your preschooler touched and created the ornament, the more she'll be content to let it sit on the tree. It won't be so mysterious and inviting. Merry Christmas!
https://catholic-inspired.com/collections/advent-christmas/products/printable-jesse-tree-ornaments-free-and-easy
I want to give you permission to do whatever you need to in your home to allow you to relax during this season and let your baby have her own relationship with your decor. Simplify!
Check out this site for paper ornaments designed for a Jessie Tree that would work great to print out (for free), color together and stick on the tree using good old scotch tape. The more your preschooler touched and created the ornament, the more she'll be content to let it sit on the tree. It won't be so mysterious and inviting. Merry Christmas!
https://catholic-inspired.com/collections/advent-christmas/products/printable-jesse-tree-ornaments-free-and-easy
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