Socks on baby's hands

CheyenneShaw

Ive only bought one thing of mittens because I figured socks on the LO's hands would do the trick. Is that really a bad thing? they are basically the same thing to me! flame away. Guess I'll be a bad mommy.

CinemaGoddess

We put socks on the girls hands.  They stayed on about .05 seconds before the girls went all Mussolini hands and the socks went flying. 

pnwmama11

We never needed to use any type of mittens honestly. I found that trimming his nails while he was eating or sleeping was the best way!

ReneeDerek04

I never put anything on DD's hands, but only because she pulls a Houdini on anything we put on her extremities. Hats, socks, mittens, even the HUG tag from the hospital... I think some people get eeked out by it because they think you're putting footwear on your kids hands, but to each his own. Not like your kid is hopping around in puddles or getting confused and walking on their hands...

618mom22boys

ReneeDerek04:

I never put anything on DD's hands, but only because she pulls a Houdini on anything we put on her extremities. Hats, socks, mittens, even the HUG tag from the hospital... I think some people get eeked out by it because they think you're putting footwear on your kids hands, but to each his own. Not like your kid is hopping around in puddles or getting confused and walking on their hands...

Well duh you're suppose to use duct tape!

Ananke

Kimber314:

We never needed to use any type of mittens honestly. I found that trimming his nails while he was eating or sleeping was the best way!

This for us too.  Even when his nails get a little long, they are still pretty soft, so he rarely scratches himself.

ReneeDerek04

618mom22boys:

ReneeDerek04:

I never put anything on DD's hands, but only because she pulls a Houdini on anything we put on her extremities. Hats, socks, mittens, even the HUG tag from the hospital... I think some people get eeked out by it because they think you're putting footwear on your kids hands, but to each his own. Not like your kid is hopping around in puddles or getting confused and walking on their hands...

Well duh you're suppose to use duct tape!

So THAT'S where I went wrong! I started out with scotch tape, then electrical... Never tried the duct tape, I just upgraded to rubberbands

ougrad1

I've never used anything on the babies hands and we keep the house pretty darn cold since we live in the far south.  I also am not afraid to cut their nails so, I trim all their nails about twice a week.  It takes ten second per kiddo.

I honestly don't care what other people do with their babies hands.  lol-

 

Katemarie1

Hahaha. The whole socks on hands debate is ridiculous. I haven't used socks (or anything for that matter), but if your babe is scratching his/her face go for it! Not sure why socks on hands are bad. People get all bent out of shape for weird shiit.

acesup

We use mittens sometimes. She claws at her face although it doesn't usually leave a mark. Plus her hands always seem so cold. About a month before she was born we almost used her mittens on my dog because she was scratching under her chin and had a raw spot lol. So would that be flameworthy?? Lol

New_MrsP

I always use socks for mittens, they seem to stay on better. And for going outside, most of his socks are thicker/warmer than those little cotton mittens.

mocklerja

It did not matter how short I kept Jake's nails for a while...he would just rake his hands across his face.  He constantly was scratching his face up.  I used the onsies with mittens, but he grew out of those, so we moved onto the mittens.  That got us through the phase.  If I had to, I would have used socks....anything to keep him from looking like the birds got to him!

Ninjamom730

I read a very reliable study that said if you put socks instead of mittens on your baby's hands, they will be doomed to repeat the third grade. 96% of sock hand babies in the study did!         

 

Really......who cares. 

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katie277s

I put socks on Lo's hands (as you can see in my siggy).  I trim his nails, but he still scratches me and himself.  I don't see what the big deal is.  I put clean socks on him, and only at bedtime. 

Yules

mocklerja:

It did not matter how short I kept Jake's nails for a while...he would just rake his hands across his face.  He constantly was scratching his face up.  I used the onsies with mittens, but he grew out of those, so we moved onto the mittens.  That got us through the phase.  If I had to, I would have used socks....anything to keep him from looking like the birds got to him!

This. We keep E's nails pretty short, but those things are still razor sharp. I just want to have some baby pictures of him where he doesn't look like something out of the texas chainsaw massacre. When we run out of mittens, I'll use socks. Does this really cause controversy on the bump? If so, I think I'll go back to my township's thread and read about who vandalized the trash cans at the park.