Hats Off to Beckett

As a boy mom I have few accessory options - belts, ties, bow ties, and hats are about it.  Needless to say I have stocked up on many of each.  However in recent months Beckett has shown that he does not seem to share my appreciation for hats.  He doesn't like ANYONE to wear hats.  If a hat is on your head, he will take it off. Promptly.  And then throw it on the ground for good measure.

Occasionally we can get him to wear one for short periods of time.  It requires an Olympian effort of distraction, and it only works for a few minutes.

The other day B was wanting to go for a car ride.  It was the middle of the day so we really wanted him to wear a hat to protect his eyes (He's always looking at the sky for airplanes.  Have I mentioned here that a few weeks ago he started doing the sign language motion for airplane?  We are directly over the DFW flightpath, so he signs this about 80 times a day.  Anyway.....).  So, we try to distract him to get the hat on.  Here's how it went -

We quickly discovered that a forwards hat wasn't going to work.  He would throw it on the ground and snarl at it.  So then we got the idea to try the backwards hat.  

It started off a little better....

And it's off!  So let's try that again...

Now really??!?  Such drama!  Nine times out of ten B is very laid back, but he knows how to throw the head back and have a very good fit.

Don't worry, Mom and Dad are not thrown off by a little tantrum (aka we just like to torture our son and laugh about it).  Dada tries again and even gets a few laughs.

Momma and Dada = 0

Baby Beckett = 10

*Winning*