Re: Hoods and hats for cold/wet weather

[Guest guest]

Last year we bought a winter hat that was larger than her size and just fit it over the helmet. It worked fine. This year it fits her without the helmet.

, mom to , 28 months

STARBand grad May 2009

Chiro and CSt

land Hoods and hats for cold/wet weather

How can I keep my girl's head dry and warm in cold and wet weather? We always use beanies and hoods but that may be a challenge with the helmet.- Zoey 8 months gets STARband in 3 days

[Guest guest]

For Christmas we received a snowsuit labeled " zeroXposur " with a hood

that fits over Clara's helmet. (Try Overstock.com, Kohl's, Sears.)

A hood is the way to go, IMHO, an easy alternative that looks a bit

odd is a stretchy knit hat. (I got one with matching toddler-size

mittens at Dollar General.)

Perhaps your locale is more " wet " than " cold. " I don't know if it's

a rule, but we had a reversible fleece/vinyl that took us through

November, and that hood did not accommodate the helmet. Maybe the

snowsuit people leave more room for thick knit hats. But before

snowfall, I felt the helmet itself was warm enough, and babies don't

spend much time out in the rain.

--

Thad Launderville

Montpelier, VT

Clara age 21 months, in Starband 4 1/2 months

On Jan 1, 2010, at 7:02 PM, Dizzyrey wrote:

> How can I keep my girl's head dry and warm in cold and wet weather?

> We always use beanies and hoods but that may be a challenge with

> the helmet.

>

> -

> Zoey 8 months gets STARband in 3 days

[Guest guest]

Adult hats are big enough to cover my son's helmet (but they look awfully

weird).

 

You may be somewhere way colder than us, but we have found that his helmet keeps

his head plenty warm for most situations--we did a Christmas Light walkthrough

where it was about 40 degrees for 2 hours--and he wore mittens and a coat, but

his helmet was his hat.  I think I draped a blanket over his head to cover the

holes when he was in the stroller.

 

One warning--don't do hooded shirts during naps--at least for our helmet, they

can get tangled around the neck up under the edge of the helmet.  I went in

after one nap time and he was fine, but the hood was all jammed up around his

neck--very scary.  We're saving hooded shirts for post-helmet.

 

Betsy

From: Dizzyrey <dswift29@...>

Subject: Hoods and hats for cold/wet weather

Plagiocephaly

Date: Friday, January 1, 2010, 6:02 PM

 

How can I keep my girl's head dry and warm in cold and wet weather? We always

use beanies and hoods but that may be a challenge with the helmet.

-

Zoey 8 months gets STARband in 3 days