Parenting Sites 411

I know I’ve mentioned Parent Hacks before, but I think it’s such a clever website.  I have it set up in my RSS reader so I can catch all these good ideas as they happen.  And more often than not, I see an idea that I might not have thought of before.  Even better, I might see a solution to a problem that has plagued me for ages.  That’s what happened when I checked the feed yesterday and saw this little tip.  The tip states that instead of worrying all winter about whether your baby or toddler is keeping their socks on all the time, just put them in tights instead.  There won’t be any gap in between the socks and the pants either and their legs will be kept nice and toasty warm.  At first, I blew it off.  After all, my youngest is a boy and boys don’t wear tights.  The article said boys can wear tights as easily as girls can, especially at that young of an age.   As long as you aren’t putting anything on that has a flowery design or isn’t pink, it could be completely gender appropriate.  Think whites, navy blues and blacks.  And little boys are just as deserving of warm legs as little girls are, aren’t they?

And think back to all those times that you’ve been out in the store with your little one, their shoes long since kicked off.  You’re in the checkout line, just about ready to check out when you look down and notice they’re missing a sock.  You don’t have any chance to go back and look through the store and it’s cold outside.  I’m sure this has happened to virtually every parent out there at one time or another.  I know it has happened to me.

Plus think of how easily all those tiny baby socks get lost in the wash.  It’s almost virtually impossible to keep all those wee socks together as they’re getting washed and dried and you almost always lose at least one.

The only issue is that the bottoms of the tights aren’t skid-proof so if you have hard floors in your home, you may want to put slippers on your child so they don’t slip and fall.  That or you could try putting some tape on the bottom or even some puffed paint, as the article suggests.  Still, I think slippers on a baby are just adorable so I would probably take that opportunity myself.