Our guest blogger today is calendar editor and freelancer Laura Cech.
We live in a time when cars can give you directions and cell phones can play poker, so it’s disappointing to me that no one has invented a sock that will stay on a baby’s foot.
I end up putting my infant in footed pajamas almost every day to avoid this vexing – albeit minor-problem. But sometimes I want to put her in a cute outfit.
When I do, she manages to lose at least one sock, usually in a matter of minutes.
Brand doesn’t seem to make any difference. She’ll lose a Baby Gap sock just as quickly as she does a Carters sock.
She’s barely two months old, so it’s not like she’s crawling anywhere or pulling them off herself. At least not yet.
I know I’m not the only mom who has had this sock problem. What surprises me is that someone hasn’t marketed a solution to it. I mean, someone thought to make velcro tennis shoes and electrolyte-enhanced popsicles.
A pediatric nurse told me that the mittens made to keep babies from scratching themselves actually make the best baby socks. I’m ordering a few pairs with high hopes.
Any other suggestions from you moms out there?
I feel like I remember Gymboree socks staying on pretty well, and buying a little bigger than I thought maybe was strictly ‘their size’. I guess if it’s pulling up higher on their legs, then there is more ‘sock real estate’ to pull off before you lose it. Also – putting on little slipper shoes like Robeez helps keep the sock on. That’ll also help w/ keeping tiny piggies warm in the winter months.
Another “see-myself-there” article, Laura! Thanks for the flashback to those years of babies just 34 and 39 years ago!
Aw, this was a really quality post. In theory I’d like to write like this too – taking time and real effort to make a good article… but what can I say… I procrastinate alot and never seem to get something done.