So an attempted achievement we had was going ice skating yesterday. There was a toddler class where the ice wasnât clean from the previous dayâs practice and kids could go out on their street shoes. They have sleds to pull them around, mini hockey sticks to hit around pucks, Pom-poms to throw in the net, and other activities to get them used to the ice surface. Then they put on skates off-ice and get used to the feeling.
My child took three steps onto the ice and stated âI need all done iceâ.
We tried for about thirty minutes to get her comfortable in various ways and she wasnât having any of it.
I think a big part of the problem was for whatever reason she was literally the only kid there. So it was her and three adults, two of whom were complete strangers, in a completely new environment, with no other kids to feed off of.
So while it didnât go as I had hoped, she did step on the ice for the first time and hopefully when we go back in a few weeks sheâs more comfortable with the idea.