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Review: The Very Best Stay-Up Mittens
One little mummy lost her mittens, and she began to cry…
Sometimes it’s the little things. Like realizing just after you’ve hopped onto the streetcar, babe in arms, that one lonely mitten was left lying on the street. The good news, my friends: my daycare pick up is now 25 percent easier, and there are approximately 75 percent fewer women bad-momming my son’s cold, naked hands.
I’ve finally found the perfect mitten! There’s an exclamation mark here because I’ve got a commitment problem. I need to know every product out there at every price point and read every review, before I can even start considering a purchase. And while my inability to make a quick decision left us bootless in December, the good news is that all the adorable colours and embroidery of Mimitens are still available. (And far fewer lost singles are hanging off tree branches across the city.)
Mimitens are Thinsulate-lined and water-repellent, and, most amazingly, never come off, whether pulled over or under coats (or our style: shoved-up, scrunched inside). Too, the cotton/bamboo is Oeko-Tek certified, and part of profits go to charities like Right to Play and Sick Kids.
Yep, well worth the $29. But if you’re still not convinced, these are the words of our family tester review:
“These mitts went over really well. They stay on Felix’s little arms and aren’t super-puffy, so each squeezed through his snowsuit wrists no problem. He’d usually be tottering around with his paws stuck in the coat. Poor guy.”
Jacquelyn Francis, mom of 20-month-old Felix
PS: Thanks to the lovely mummies behind Mimitens, we’d like to offer you the chance to win one of these: baby mitts, hat, scarf or mittens. To win, send an email to win@canadianfamily.ca with the subject line “Gimme Some Mittens!” and share your best tips for avoiding lost-mitten syndrome.
—Melissa, CF’s associate editor
Tags: Babies, Best, easy, fleece, mittens, non slip, Review, stay up, thinsulate, toddler, toddlers, waterproof, Winter
These are fabulous! My son and I are always misplacing his mits. Can’t wait to get our hands on these. (pun intended)
Try the bonnet and scarf too. Perfect material so you can give it a good scrub down.
Thanks Michelle, I think I will. I hate that our fleece ones get so grubby and pilly if you clean them.
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my best tip to avoid losing mittens, is to tie a long string around each mitten, then loop it through the jacket, so each mitten is now hanging from a sleeve.