Padded Pants for Toddler Learning to Skate?

[Cheetodust 4]

Both of my children have started ice skating lessons but my 2 year old keeps falling on her hips and tailbone. She takes it in stride but starts crying after a while when she falls. I know it has to hurt. Do you have any ideas to help pad her backside for those falls? Thanks for any ideas or help.

[AIREAYE 248]

padded bike shorts? you could always sew a little extra padding on there to help as well

[ktang 34]

Maxipads.

[Stoop 1]

Maybe she's too small, but I put my little guy in hockey pants with suspenders from the get go. Just throw them on over the sweatpants or whatever, add a helmet and a sweatshirt or coat and you're set.

He was the only little one with breezers out there, but they all fell on their tailbone literally dozens of times and there were a lot of tears. Now he falls less and less but still wears them. He thinks they're cool.

[akravetz 29]

Both of my kids started when they were three. What we used was those bib overalls that are snow pants. You know, the snow suit from "A Christmas Story" but in bib overalls. It works great, has padding but isn't too bulky that they can't move. We also put bike helmets on them and told them that was their "gear." Both kids (boy is now 6 and girl is just 3) ate it up and are doing pretty well on the ice. Strongly recommend snow pants And we also do the sweatshirt as well.

[Jordan 13]

Both my kids were in snow pants when very young...around 2 yrs old. stuck with the snow pants for a couple of years.

[pelikano 1]

We just used snowpants. She was four then.

Remember too that little kids are sort of ... rubbery. They bounce. The crying is often more from hunger, frustration, fright, etc.

[ahbroody 1]

Little kids roller pants. Mission has pants with a nice huge tailbone pad.

I padded my son up and he learned to skate without fear. Helped him to skate faster and try more earlier because he was not worried about falling. They are kids and more sensitive then us. Pad her up and let her go for it

[Monty22 833]

I used youth hockey pants, and have sewn additional foam padding (normaly the stomcah pad from shoulder pads) to the tailbone area. It's been great, no complaints when he does fall.

[AlphaSierra 1]

I have used snow pants to this point, kid turns 3 in june. Only supplemental pads I used were a helmet and elbow pads.

[mlobitz 0]

When my kid was learning we tried to do the snow pants thing and he was very reserved when he skated (because it still hurt whenever he fell). Then we suited his ass up in youth gear and let him go. The progression was 10x faster and we had to pry him off of the rink. The fact that it didn't hurt when he fell allowed him to go balls out on the ice and as a result he is easily one of the top two skaters in our association at his level. For the minimal cost of gear at that age I don't see the benefit of cheaping out and using inferior padding. Give him the full experience and watch him excel...