I am very finicky when it comes to Edie's comfort. Temperature is an especially hard aspect of comfort to figure out with babies. When we go for a walk, I have to consider the temperature outside, which baby carrier I'll use, what I'll be wearing since she will be smooshed up against me, the wind, etc. She can end up looking a little odd in the end.
Case in point. Yesterday, we started the preparations for a walk. She spit up on her shirt, so I had to change it and I found this cotton cardigan with snaps that close it up in a slanted fashion. She looked like a baby massage therapist in it. Then, I decided I wanted warm mittens because she's been sticking her hands out a lot. So, we put on the green ones. And then she looked like a massage therapist with lime popsicles for hands. Now I became concerned that her legs would get cold because her pants get hitched up and the were footie-less. Thus, the leg warmers. Now we have a lime popsicle-handed massage therapist who moonlights as a jazzercize instructor. Last, her head. I'm no longer convinced that the red knit hat is soft enough, so I put her white cotton bonnet with the chin ties on. Which, alone, makes her look of the Mennonite persuasion.
And finally, the Mennonite masseuse with popsicles for hands who loves to Get Physical (ala Olivia Newton John) and I went for a walk.
A wise word from the woman in the cold country; wool. If she wears that next to her skin, she'll always be fine when its cold out, even if it gets warm, it breathes and insulates better than anything. I am not sure she will look as adorable in it though as the massage therapist etc look.
ReplyDeleteLOL--that's too funny. She is going to miss a few school buses if you keep this up.
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