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I'm sure there was a thread on this last season, but I can't find it, so apologies for the repetition! I am currently (over)planning our first family ski trip in January. The baby will be 10 months old and will mostly be staying at village level with her grandma, but I imagine they'll come up to meet us for lunch a few times and I'd also like her to have the chance to play in the snow if she likes it. I'm looking at things like this but I can't figure out what to put on her feet - she will be far too small for proper boots but none of the baby shoes I can find are up to temperatures well into the minuses. Will warm socks and the fold-over feet of a snowsuit be sufficient? Or is there some other solution that I'm missing?
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LittleRos, We used layered socks and the soft boots that came with a Trespass onsie for the Sideways Juniors and they were fine. they poppered onto the legs of the suit.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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LittleRos, we had our latest grand-daughter here with us for about 5 weeks, with her parents, when she was about 3.5 to 4.5 month, in January, s and then for another week which must have been in late March/April. Our daughter had got a really good suit which was Patagonia which had built in feet, it could either be as a leg/foot version, or I think could be made into more of a bag.
She was younger than your little one will be though and I think that last winter when she was here twice she had little boots rather like those mentioned above. They seemed to be a complete nightmare to get on - but then that's going to be down to grandma most of the time isn't it.
Don't forget the sunglasses.
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They seemed to be a complete nightmare to get on
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the contrast between how hard they are to get on, and how easily a small baby can "crawl out of them" is one of life's mysteries. Once they are walking everything becomes far easier. But I wouldn't worry too much - the length of time a crawling baby can be left to play on the snow in January is pretty limited, especially as one of life's other mysteries is how to make them keep those dear little mittens on.
French babies keep their sunglasses on and look cool and cute. Mine usually pull them off crossly, making light work of the elastic around the head.
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We took our daughter when she was 12 months and bought an all in one and some boots from ebay, figuring that we wouldn't get a lot of use of of them. We re-sold both for pretty much the same amount as we'd paid the following year - plenty of use out of the boots throughout the winter going to nursery/walk on the weekend etc. She walked on the snow for maybe half an hour all week that year so the boots weren't much of an issue.
This year we did the same and for next year we've bought a jacket and pants in the Muddy Puddles sale as she'll be off to lessons in Feb.
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Thanks all I'll get her some of those padded booties I think; they will also come in handy for wearing in the buggy if it gets really cold. She is quite good about her sunglasses, although it may be that she just hasn't worked out that she can take them off...
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