How Young Is Too Young - Bothell,WA

If anyone comes to my house in costume, ANYONE...they're getting candy.

I love those proud parents carrying their costumed infant around. I wouldn't care if she were 2 months old. Shoot...those parents NEED some candy!

Enjoy!

Absolutely! Most people know that the parents don't let 22 month olds have free rein with the candy later... 2 years is one of the cutest times for people to see them!

The younger the cuter!!!! I love the wee ones coming up to the door I dont care if they never eat the candy or if they do its soo cute!

Is there actually too young? It's for kids, and she's a kid!! Go, she will have such a blast. I can't think of why anyone would look down on you. They'll be too busy saying how cute your daughter is :)

I think 8kidsdad said it great! If they can walk and hold a bag, go for it!!!

My son trick or treated at 1 year old! He is an early October b-day, so his first Halloween he was only like 3 weeks old, but the next year, he had just turned 1 and had a great time running up and down the driveways with his cousins (he was walking at 10 months). He did not stay out nearly as long as the big kids, and his dad ate all his candy, but he had a great time! At 2 years old you would have though he was a pro! Age 3 we kept pace with his 4 & 6 year old cousins the entire night. :0)

Who cares what all the Judgy McJudgersons say anyways!!

To me, If they are old enough to walk and hold a bag, they are old enough to trick or treat.

If you have to help her grasp the bag while at the door, that's fine.

Hope you have a wonderful time. Good luck to you and yours.

I personally would not look down on you unless your daughter AND YOU had trick or treat bags.

I LOVE seeing all the babies and the costumes come around here and would welcome your daughter. My daughter had a ladybug when she was about 2 and it was so cute. I still have it... it was from Lillian Vernon.

I'm taking my 9 month old! Any candy she gets is being donated to troops overseas:)

Of course she can go!
Just don't trick or treat YOURSELF lol!!!

2 year olds are the cutest trick-or-treaters EVER. I think any child who can walk up to the door on their own two feet is old enough. My oldest first went trick or treating around our neighborhood when she was 2. My youngest went at 16 months (mostly because she threw a FIT when she realized her sister was getting candy and she wasn't getting any - not that she wanted to eat it, but it was just the idea of it that offended her!) People thought she was adorable, and a bunch of them even took her picture.

I am 50. I love, love, love seeing the little trick or treaters!

I would take her out! Its the cutest time! Who cares what others think, take her and have some fun!

I personally would give candy to the parent holding a baby. If your kid can toddle to the door and you allow it, I'd give her candy. DD did not go out her first Halloween since she was 2 months old. But she has done the mall trick or treat since and will be going door to door in our friend's neighborhood this year. If someone looks down on a 2 yr old in a cute costume, then they're no fun, IMO.

When my first was that young I didn't take him out but number two always came along when we went out, and so on and so on.

If you were walking around with just a toddler it may look strange but not when they are with their older sibs.

I think that's a fine time to take your daughter. I took my now 5 almost 6 year old son trick or treating from a young age. He is nonverbal and yes even one year was in a stroller - he was 2 and due to his abilities could not handle all the climbing in the cold. He would do his own version of trick or treat (just the T sound) but would laugh and smile as big as a mile whenever we went to someone's door. In our case we had more people actually be more empathetic about his situation than give us dirty looks. I also have an older child so no I was not going solely for my youngest. Take her out and enjoy the night! :D

My oldest went trick or treating for the first time when she was 20 months. She held her own bag, knocked on the door by her self (although we did ring the doorbell for her if no one heard her) and said her version of "Trick-or-Treat." We actually practiced for a couple of weeks ahead of time in the house... :) We started her a year earlier than we intended to so my husband could be there for her first trick-or-treating, and it worked out just fine. My current 16 month old will be trick or treating this year, although the candy for both girls will be redistributed based on what the 16 month old can't have yet. I think you're good!

my daughter went out at 1 and she was an only kid...she went out with other 1 year olds too and they had tons of fun doing it

everyone loved seeing them all waddle around and the next day she yelled AGAIN! Trick Treat Again! and we did=) because we could ...we went back to our parents houses and she collected her candy and said trick treat!
she could barely eat candy but loved the experience of getting it and meeting people

She is the perfect age :) So adorable!

Oh L. - Your daughter is NEVER too young to participate in your family/children activities! If ANYONE ever looked down on you for including your wee one in your activities - shame on them! My daughter went trick or treating when she was 1 years old - and she LOVED it! (And so did our neighbors!) As little as she was, she knew EXACTLY what to do, and was going to get to every door like all the other kids in our group no matter how tired her little legs got! Ofcourse she's not going to eat all the candy she gets (and she got more than the rest did!) it was about the tradition and participating and the pushing the button on the doorbell, the decorations, the costumes the people - so much FUN! It's so fun to watch because we forget how much they learn on their own at such a young age. A little bit of advice we all need to be reminded of this sometimes - Try to worry less about what other people "think" and more about the happiness of your own family unit - they are the ones that truly matter. Happy Halloween!! It's going to be a blast!

I'll tell you what I did.

I took my daughter to friends and family at 2. Then general trick or treating at 3.

Yes! I think old enough to walk and hold the bag too! I DON'T like to see kids (babies) in strollers while their parents trick and treat and you KNOW they are just getting the candy for themselves!!!!

YES take her to show off her cute costume! If I was your neighbor I'd be disappointed if you didn't, even if she didn't have older siblings.

SOOOOOOO cuuuuuuute!

My son was 10 months old for his first halloween. Of course he went trick or treating! The neighbors loved it. He seemed to enjoy it. WE loved it! We ended up giving almost all of his candy to a neighbor boy down the street that was handing out at the door of his house instead of going out on his own that night.

I love toddlers coming to my door in all their adorable cuteness. Anyone who doesn't should probably just have their light off Halloween night.

She's the perfect age to go. If the weather is warm enough you should take her in a wagon or something and just follow the big kids around. That way when she's too tired to walk you can pull her.

Last night I saw a wagon decorated as a pirate ship and the little one was the cutest pirate!

i have taken my daughter trick or treating since she was 7 months. what i have for babies and toddlers at my house (for trick or treating) is goldfish instead of candy. however one year i did do dum dums for the toddlers.

I took my son last year when he was only 22 months. Everyone thought he was an adorable Pirate.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE when the teeny tiny ones come to my door! They're much cuter than the 10 year olds. Definitely take her, and bring some joy to the neighbors!

I did take my daughter dressed up as a bumblebee in a stroller at 14 (almost 15) months and everyone loved it! I took her again at 26 (almost 27) months, walking on her own holding my hand, and she had a lot of fun. She maybe only made it to 10 houses and everyone thought she looked really cute (she was dressed up as a fairy with wings and a tutu and a wand). I doubt they cared that she was getting candy that probably wasn't going to get eaten by her. I just looked at it as practice for when she was older! I get what people are saying about adults expecting candy for themselves, and that would really frost my nuggets too, but a toddler in costume and in tow with older siblings, I would be fine with. It's just a few pieces of candy!

I would be ok with a toddler going with the family.

If they were an only child and you weren't with friends and weren't from the neighborhood and the baby was CRYING then i might look at you a ltitle funny but i would probably still give the kid candy.

In my book, if they can walk, then they are ADORABLE! And if they are accompanying older siblings they are just that much cuter.
Take her.
:)

My son has been trick or treating to the close neighbors house since he was walking.

Now what makes it hard for us, is that he can not have candy with dyes, or chocolate. Which really does not leave a lot. which is why we only go to 4 houses.

Take her. Took mine at a year. People love little ones in costumes. Take pictures and enjoy the moment.

Lots of parents take the little ones out in a stroller. I LOVE seeing the little ones. I would hope that she's not going to eat all the candy.

Personally, if she can walk and keep up with you and actually say "trick or treat" when prompted, go for it. :)

i think 22 months is fine!

in fact i think last year would have been fine, as long as you took big brothers along. now a mom trick-or-treating with just an infant all by herself would seem like "um...who's going to be eating this candy?" but to me if the whole family is there, well yeah, that makes perfect sense!

Who cares what others think. You have three adorable children, and you take them trick or treating. How fun and sweet. What a great memory. My daughter first went at that age and her sheer delight at the just the act of it was soooooo worth it. Have fun!

My older son was two when he first went trick-or-treating. We did not go to nearly as many houses as he would now, but he still had a great time and enjoyed getting some treats. My younger son stayed home the first year (when he was an infant), but went out with us every year after. When he was one and two he would get tired, but then he could sit in the wagon while his brother went to the door. Take her, let her have fun, and a few treats won't hurt. Take her home if she is cold or tired, or have a stroller or a wagon for her to sit in.
(He didn't get candy unless he went to the door. I didn't collect for him. I would just stand on the sidewalk with the wagon while his brother went to the door.)

The first time we took my son he was almost 4. We did not give him candy prior to that.

I took my kids on their first Halloween. Everyone thought they were so cute. They gave them candy and what was really sweet is they would try to find soft stuff a lot of times that wouldn't coach them. And they were too young to eat much of any of it. But some people had goldfish and stuff like that set aside for little ones. I say take her out and show everyone how adorable she is!!!!

Let her go for the experience. Doesn't mean she has to eat the candy---that can be for you or her big brothers :)

I took my daughter at two and no one had a problem with it. They should be able to enjoy it as well as the older children.

I aagree with Amanda--go buy your own candy for her and for yourself.

I know we took my son out when he was 19 months. I also think we took him out when he was 9 months old. It was great...we love Halloween and people loves seeing the little ones. No, they didn't think that we were candy moochers...at least I hope not!