Mittens for Nighttime

Re: Mittens for Nighttime

• harmonicbabe26 member

  October 2014

  We haven't really used any once we left the hospital, but i've seen recommendations NOT to use the detached ones for risk of suffocation. What's recommended is the PJ's with sleeves that have those end that flip and cover hands.
  I only had one pair of those and didn't go out of my way to replace others.
  
  You could rig something like that by sewing one side of the mittens onto the sleeves and then flipping them over your baby's hands... Or adding snaps, one on the underside, one in top of the sleeve and matching one on the mittens. Don't think that's really complicated, but then I am pretty handy with sewing so maybe I'm underestimating it.
  Oh also, I recently saw a friend of mine stick a pair of baby socks on her LO's hands when it suddenly got cold in the house and she didn't have any mittens handy. You could try that.

  

  
  

  

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• kmc84 member

  October 2014 edited October 2014

  Socks- inexpensive and work WAY better than mittens.

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• sschwege member

  October 2014

  kmc84 said:

  Socks- inexpensive and work WAY better than mittens.

  Yup, that's what I was going to say!
  

  
  
  
  
  
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• LittleFish1 member

  October 2014

  have also heard the reccomendation to avoid covering the hands

  

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• drpayne member

  October 2014

  I wouldn't cover them. At some point you'll have to stop doing it anyway. Also, babies use their hands to self-soothe. They've had access to them in the womb for months. I've never understood covering them.

  

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• ccam member

  October 2014

  Tiny socks work better than mittens!

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