It's our first real winter and I want to know what your must haves are for surviving winter in the city. We walk everywhere and take the subway everyday. Kids will be 2.5 and 9 months old.
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7 am enfant 212 evolution stroller muff and stroller gloves--amazing!!
Zutano fleece booties for the younger baby.
For me, hunter boots with fleece wellie socks--so warm and water/snow proof.
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Warm, waterproof winter boots for your older LO and a snowsuit for the baby. A footmuff for the stroller. If you do a lot of baby wearing, maybe one of those baby wearing coats for you?
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I got the new Polar jjcole bunting--it's also very warm and adjustable sized like the 7 am enfant. But now that my LO is walking, I know I will have to invest more in actual winter clothes--last year in the stroller she was so bundled up and never got mittens or scarves or any of that.
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Second the Hunter wellies. DD also wears Uggs whenever it isn't snowing for the warmth and comfort factor.
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A Bundleme or some other type of stroller blanket
Stroller muff/gloves for your handsWaterproof snow boots
Some other type of boot (LO has Ugg-type boots)
Snow suit or snow pants at least
A few sets of hats./gloves because we always lose some. -
@hilsy85: I really want one but they are so $$$! Do you think they are that much better than say the jj cole bundle me?
@plantains: are hunters ok fur walking around? What about on ice?
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@luckypenny: yup, they have great traction in my experience but I have never had real snow boots so don't have anything to compare to.
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@luckypenny: hmm I don't know, the jj cole polar was not out when I bought our 7am, so I can't compare them...they sell them at buy buy baby so you can use a 20% off coupon there, and they also price match amazon (i think it was cheaper on amazon). I'm sure you'd be fine with a jj cole one though! Not the urban though, I personally don't think that's warm enough for winter. Or maybe check a local listserve? What area did you end up moving to? If you're by me, I have a GREAT local list serve--I'll wall you
Hunters are great for walking around, although I guess running can be a little awkward in them? They're ok on ice--not amazing, but they have okay traction, in my experience.
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we didn't use our stroller bunting last year when olive was 2 because it didn't fit on our double stroller. we just bundled them up.
our must haves for city life:
- snow boots
- waterproof pants
- waterproof gloves
- fleece gloves
- hats & scarves
- rain boots (snow boots are heavy so we only used them for snow play)i bought a used 7am enfant and sold it for about the same price. they have a high resale value. i bet the jj cole arctic is probably fine though!
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