| Author | |
Maria in WI
Forum Rookie
Joined: Jan 10 2008
Location: Wisconsin
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 55
|
| Posted: Oct 19 2009 at 8:52am | IP Logged
|
 |
|
The weather is turning cold and my baby boy, who has been barefoot all summer, will not keep anything on his feet. I have tried the robeez-style shoes that target sells,which is what I used with my last two babies, but he pulls them right off. I tried regular shoes, but you would have thought that I was torturing him- he crawled around crying and trying to pull them off his feet. 
He just turned 1, so I am not worried about him walking outside, just keeping his feet warm during a Wisconsin winter.
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
joann10
Forum All-Star
Joined: Feb 10 2007
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3493
|
| Posted: Oct 19 2009 at 9:36am | IP Logged
|
|
|
I have always used thick cotton tights for my babies that wouldn't keep anything on their feet. Even baby boys can wear plain black or white tights without anyone the wiser 
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
JodieLyn
Forum Moderator
Joined: Sept 06 2006
Location: Oregon
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 12234
|
| Posted: Oct 19 2009 at 10:40am | IP Logged
|
|
|
the thin footie jammies under clothes also work.. you can even put socks inside the jammies you might also try bigger socks so that they aren't stretched against toes.. if they can be loose on the toes some babies will leave them be.
oh and yes, tights can't be pulled off.. but they may go about with a good 12 inches or so of tight pulled off the end of their foot I've definately used tights for both boys or girls for warmth.. I even have one pair of tiny white tights just for use by babies (boy or girl) who are born in the colder months.. so they can wear those under their baptism gown
__________________
Jodie, wife to Dave
G-18, B-17, G-15, G-14, B-13, B-11, G-9, B-7, B-5, B-4
All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
-Sir Walter Scott
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
ekbell
Forum All-Star
Joined: May 22 2009
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 747
|
| Posted: Oct 19 2009 at 6:12pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
For outdoor wear, you can look for snowsuits with feet.
My MIL gave us a OshKosh toddler snowsuit with soft button on booties, a while back and it worked quite well for the children who didn't like footwear.
I live with the fact that as long as I don't bother to put socks on in the house (winter or summer), I can't expect my children to keep something on their feet in the house.
I survived my youth where I went sockless in an drafty old farm house in Ontario, Canada; my children will survive going sockless in Calgary, Alberta in a much less drafty townhouse.
[I even survived going barefoot when fetching something from the unheated summer kitchen as a child, my children haven't tried doing anything that foolish  ]
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Maria in WI
Forum Rookie
Joined: Jan 10 2008
Location: Wisconsin
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 55
|
| Posted: Oct 20 2009 at 8:16am | IP Logged
|
|
|
Thanks for all the ideas! 
I do have a snowsuit that has feet in it, but I only like to use it if we are going to be staying outside, because otherwise it seems to be very hot for shopping/ church, etc.
I will have to go through my little girl clothes and see if I have any plain tights, otherwise I will definitely pick up a couple of pairs... and maybe see what I can find for thin jammies that would fit under clothes. I hadn't thought of that.
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
JodieLyn
Forum Moderator
Joined: Sept 06 2006
Location: Oregon
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 12234
|
| Posted: Oct 20 2009 at 11:44am | IP Logged
|
|
|
Maria, they also have fleece snowsuit types.. they're not as heavy as an actual snowsuit.. and it's what I generally use for taking a little one out but not being outside for too long.. they also have feet in them.
__________________
Jodie, wife to Dave
G-18, B-17, G-15, G-14, B-13, B-11, G-9, B-7, B-5, B-4
All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
-Sir Walter Scott
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
|
|
4Real Forums : Mothering and Family Life
Topic: Keeping little toes warm
