Babies taking docks off...arrggg

[giraffe]

I use robeez too, or worse case I just teach the babies to at least bring the socks to me (so i dont loose them).

[sunnydays]

Since I have had all my kids wearing Robeez type slippers, I never have this problem anymore. I now have a basement daycare with laminate and ceramic floors and although it isn't freezing, the floors do get cool, so I require them to keep socks and slippers on. I don't think at the age of one year, natural consequences of having cold feet will work...they are too young to really make the connection and it isn't good for them to have cold feet all day as we know that having cold feet makes you cold all over. I would ask the parents to suppl Robeez. I have one parent who has some great Robeez-like slippers (I thought they were Robeez) and she told me she got them from a company online that sells them for $10/pair and only a couple of dollars for shipping! And they are great...not like the cheap Zellers version...they are like real Robeez....really good quality! The child who has them is sleeping with them right now, but when he wakes up, I will look at the tag and post the brand in case you want to direct parents to it

[Dreamalittledream]

I have one parent who has some great Robeez-like slippers (I thought they were Robeez) and she told me she got them from a company online that sells them for $10/pair and only a couple of dollars for shipping! And they are great...not like the cheap Zellers version...they are like real Robeez....really good quality! The child who has them is sleeping with them right now, but when he wakes up, I will look at the tag and post the brand in case you want to direct parents to it

Yes please

[crafty]

This is one I let go coz I HATE socks and am always barefoot. So if a child takes them off all I do is take them away so we don't loose them. I also take the socks off at nap time as I find they use it to play instead of sleeping. Am I wrong by doing this ? I always tought barefeet are healthy feet ??

[sunnydays]

I guess it depends on the temperature of your home and your floors especially. I wear socks and slippers inmy daycare area myself because the floors are cold...I would not want anyone going barefoot and cold footed all day. But, if your floors are warm and your house is warm and their feet are not cold, then you are probably fine! In summer I let them go barefoot

This is one I let go coz I HATE socks and am always barefoot. So if a child takes them off all I do is take them away so we don't loose them. I also take the socks off at nap time as I find they use it to play instead of sleeping. Am I wrong by doing this ? I always tought barefeet are healthy feet ??

[Momof4]

You just took me waaaaaay back. My middle daughter was like that. The second she got home from anywhere the socks and shoes always came off, even in the middle of winter. We are barefoot here all summer but I like socks on the daycare children all winter because my house is cool. If I have a child with a problem the parents usually provide tight fitting little slipper shoes of some kind to keep them on but I don't know the brand names.

[apples and bananas]

My daycare in on the main level and it's a cushioned floor in the daycare area so cold feet aren't really a concern here. I have one little one that wakes up from her nap and will take her socks off and make puppets on her hands. Then continues to talk to them until quiet time is over. She's 20 months.

[mamaof4]

Have you ever heard of the hanna andersson slippers? they are warm, have grippy bottoms and are hard to get off. Best invention ever.