Do you still use a bib?

[booksie]

At what age did you stop using bibs? (Just curious.) We're still using them to protect from stains at almost age 3... wondering if we're weird.

[hmbay]

nope. DS1 started ripping them off around 14 months and I just left it at that. DS2 never wore them--when I put them on him he screamed and ripped them off.

[Rico'sAlice]

This probably isn't helpful- but at age 26 I still need one. I've always been a messy eater. I think it is because I am easily distracted. When I was 10 my mom paid me a quarter every day that I came home w/ a clean shirt... I think I made two dollars the whole year. :D

[blondegirl]

DD is almost 2, and we stopped using bibs many months ago. Not exactly sure when, but like hmbay's ds, my kids rip them right off! I only use one for DS (almost 13 months) if we are having soemthing like spaghetti sauce. Otherwise, we don't use them at all.

[Brady]

Same here, my son is 2 in a few weeks, and I can't even remember the last time he willingly wore one. Maybe he was 13 or 14 months or so? I just invested in a lot of Zout as it wasn't worth the battle. :o

[Marisa]

My son still wears them about half the time -- for example, tonight we were eating soup for dinner, and that spells disaster.

I started making my own, with snaps instead of ties or velcro, and he can't get them off as well. Of course, for the last year or so he hasn't felt the need to fight it.

[Peever]

I think my son was 18 months when he refused to wear a bib. I'd usually strip him down to his diaper if necessary. Now at 3, he's pretty clean when he eats.

[BusyBee]

Don't remember exactly, she was between 12-18 months when she refused to wear bibs. I cut off the bottom of onsies and use those instead. When she wants to eat, she usually asks for a T-shirt. Once in a while she'll refuse that, too, but she isn't too messy anymore.

[booksie]

I guess we're totally in the minority then. DD yanked off her bib for a few weeks a while back but it was just a little phase - we kept making her wear the thing and she just got used to it. She even picks out her own bib now and sets her place at the table. (I guess that's a sign you're getting too old for a bib!) I should stop before she gets embarrased by it at play dates, etc. The other mom's probably all think I'm weird. I think it's saved a lot of nice clothes though. She hasn't had a single shirt stained in the last year that I can remember and she wears a lot of nice white button-downs, etc.

[emschwar]

It's been a while since we used a bib! We keep 1 in the kitchen for extremely messy situations (like blackberries - things that really stain and are near impossible to get out), but on a daily basis we never use them.

[firefly]

I make my own bibs. I'm a bit ocd with crafts so I have a ton and my kids love them cuz they are cute. my girls dont wear them most of the time though. only when the have an inkling

[OctoberPrincess]

At 31 months DS wears a bib about 1/4 of the time, only for things that will be extra messy. We drastically cut down on bib use around age 2, he was much better coordinated at this point and was eating well with a spoon and/or fork. Now he's a relatively clean eater...he hates being messy.

[MizLarner]

We stopped using them when Josiah turned 2. Frustrating for me! He went to see Cars with his brother and dad, so I bought him a Cars bib while I was at the store, with Red (the firetruck) because Josiah was going into his firetruck phase. We had the party the next day and he refused to allow the bib anywhere near him! I found out why a week later, he was mad that it had Red instead of Lightning McQueen. "No want firetruck, want car!" He's been anti-bib ever since.