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TinyPinkBug
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Cheap organic socks???
TinyPinkBug
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This may seem strange, but has anyone found any cheap organic socks online anywhere? They don't have to be good socks because I am going to cut them and put them on Tyler's wrists so they can be seconds or irregulars. I may need them in mass quanities.
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Re: Cheap organic socks???
I don't have any
This is a general question to anyone who reads, and it's not meant as a flame towards you at all (I get that you need them for Tyler's wrists, no big deal)... why in God's name does a child need organic socks? Am I the only person that thinks "organic" is completely out of control?
I actually agree with you 99.9999%. I am not on board the organic fad. However, considering my child EATS his clothes right now I am thinking that organic cotton may be a bit healthier to consume than the plain old Carters, Gymboree or Gap cotton he has been eating the last couple of weeks.
There are a lot of chemicals used in cotton growth/production.
I buy organic clothes if I find them on clearance, but there is no way I can afford to buy everything that way!
Charlie 11.01.07 ~ Paul 05.07.10 ~ Annaliese 02.24.12
Charlie 11.01.07 ~ Paul 05.07.10 ~ Annaliese 02.24.12
MrsWhite, have you ever done any reading on organic vs non-organic? Just curious. You seem to be the first one to bash it but it really isn't about it being duped into spending more money- it's about limiting the amount of toxins that our children are exposed to. No one that has knowledge about this stuff would say anything against it. No one says "I cant believe that mom wants to limit the amount of chemicals she feeds her children." it doesn't make sense. They may choose not to buy it themselves...and that is totally fine. But what is the big deal, ya know?
Mindy- Buy buy baby has a nice organic section. I haven't bought organic socks though.
Yeah, I want cuffs. I ordered some online that are made specifically for kids who chew clothing, they were $6+shipping for two. I put a regular cut sock on him this evening and he chewed it half apart so I am going to need a cheaper option. I may make them, I want to see if they solve the problem before I sew my fingers together. I think I can get 4 cuffs from one pair of socks. He completely destroyed 10 shirts in the last two weeks. I done buying him new clothes have them last just ONE day.
No I haven't done any reading, that's why I asked, lol. Purely out of curiosity. I'll admit I'm totally in the dark about a lot of organic type issues. Even without knowledge I do understand people wanting organic meat or produce, I get it with food. It's not my personal choice, but I get it... but socks? really?!? Like chemicals are just seeping off of socks harming our children?
Actually I consider myself very educated on the topic of organic growing conditions and not just from google. I took a course in college as part of my chemistry degree program( at a very tree hugger college) that included about 3 weeks worth of lectures on organic growing vs non-organic growing conditions. While organic growing conditions have improved in the last !@#$ years since I was in college, organic still isn't as wonderfully magically chemical free as everyone would like to believe. Many harmful chemicals exist naturally regardless of growing conditions. Did you know that just 15 yrs ago when the organic craze began organic farmers could (and many did) use HUMAN feces as fertilizer? They can't do that now, but they call it biosolids, sounds healthy right? Both growing conditions still use animal manure but the organic methods tend to promote more E.Coli growth than conventional methods. The organic farmers have taken great lengths to flood google with information to skirt the issue, and others.
People tend to forget that farming is big business which also means it is about advertising and making money. The internet (also took a class on internet searching including online junk science) is a huge form of advertising through means of offering free information. Most free "articles" you read online that offer information are sponsored by one organization or another usually sponsored by companies that have something to gain by offering certain information.
I didn't mean to start controversy on the organic topic. I don't think organic foods are bad, but I don't think they are as wonderful as ppl believe they are. As for the organic cotton, I would never buy it (unless it was the same price or cheaper than its non-organic counterpart) for wearing. But when my kid is eating cotton, it is definitely a better option.
I have no idea about socks... But as a different thought, what about non-cotton? I know you have more information and knowledge about this stuff because you are involved with Ty's teachers and stuff. But do they make something he can wear that he won't actually ingest? DH wears one of those rubber bracelets (like the livestrong ones, but it's not that). Do they make something like that but it is stronger, but that wouldn't be weird for him to wear? Maybe it could look like a bracelet and give him the chewing he wants, but without ingesting it or ruining clothing?
ETA - actually now that I am thinking about it, this might be a way we can re-direct ellie chewing her nails. We use carrot sticks while she is watching tv since that is a big time to chew for her, but it would be nice to have something that is already on her and with her especially for in the car. Let me know if you know of a good product or if you do go that route and are happy with one.
Yep - the internet is FULL of garbage. And that garbage always does more harm to a cause than good.
Organic is definitely NOT free of anything harmful - I don't think anyone really thinks that. It's not about making sure nothing harmful ever touches our children..it's about limiting what we can, when we can..IMO, anyway. I do what I can because I believe every little bit adds up.
That mom that I am FB friends with (and I complain here a LOT about- the lactivist) always posts EVERY SINGLE article about a recall in this food and that food and ALWAYS says...this is why I buy organic! Well - there was just a recall last week on organic stuff (I don't even remember what it was) but hmmmm...she was pretty quiet about that.
And yes - it all comes down to business...organic too.
Anyway...sorry to hijack here...I hope you find something that works great!!!
Check these out for Ellie.
There are a lot of different items out there. We have many and I just ordered 2 more different items. He likes some of them, and I try to keep a rubber chewy attached to a lanyard around his neck when he is in a chewy phase (it comes and goes) but he can't and wont always wear something around his neck. He chewed up his shirt today while we were at a birthday party where he couldn't wear it, he chewed up a shirt at gymnastics this week, he wont wear it at school becuase none of the kids in his class this year use chewies. The school actually provide a piece of theratubing for them to chew on. He was chewing on the bus and destroyed two jackets by chewing the teeth on the zipper and then destroyed the new jacket I just bought LAST WEEKEND by chewing holes in the top. I have sent a chewy on a lanyard to school with him and asked everyone to make sure he wears it on the bus but they keep forgetting.
Believe me, resorting to giving him cotton cuffs he can wear all day and chew on is an act of despiration. And his OT has been no help, I hate his preschool team this year. I even bought him a sensory body sock for out trip to Orlando next week for extra sensory input while we are away from his swing. The chewing is a sensory thing, I just don't know what caused it to increase so significantly in the past month to be a problem.
Yikes, that is tough. I would be frustrated too (for yourself and him) with all that destruction, and with the lack of help from the school team.
Thanks for the link, we will give it a try!
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