Mittens help

gymnst1013

How the heck do you get your 18 month old's thumbs into the thumb holes of mittens???

LadyXaverian

This made me actually LOL. Last year, I got her mittens with no thumb holes. Not sure what we'll do this year.

Monsieur_et_Madame_Ha

Ha see my problem is not putting the mittens on, it is KEEPING them on. Even the thumb-less ones that clip to her coat, she undoes in about 0.5 seconds.

blush64

I would try a few times and then give up. His whole hand fit in the larger part so sometimes his thumb just stayed there. It didn't bug him.

bgf1

You can buy mittens that open up wider with a velcro catch over the wrist or a zipper.  We got ours at MEC (like REI only canadian).  Then you have enough room inside the mitten to reach in and slide your LO's thumb into the mitten.  If it is mild weather we also have some thin cheap mitts that are made out of stretchy fabric so you can pretty much just do the same thing with.

The ones we have are sort of like this.  They are warm and stay on well. 

https://www.mec.ca/AST/ShopMEC/Kids/GlovesMitts/PRD~5028-704/gordini-wrap-around-mitts-toddlers.jsp 

Wufroggy79

blush64:

I would try a few times and then give up. His whole hand fit in the larger part so sometimes his thumb just stayed there. It didn't bug him.

This is what we do too.

grr_aargh

Hand together through the cuff, then I tell her "STICK OUT YOUR THUMB!" and I work the mitten over it.  I use VERY CHEAP MITTENS though, to be fair, so it's easy to find her thumb. 

 

Hesterlicious

I stuck my thumb inside with it and slide it over to the thumb hole or I slide it from the outside with this years mittens

missyishere

I Heart The 80s:

I thought this was someone pleading to Mitt Romney (based on the title). 

Knowing the Parenting board, I assumed the same...