how do you keep these on? (Scratch Mittens for Your Baby)

Member Name: barbie84

Product:	Scratch Mittens for Your Baby
Date:	05/06/08 (201 review reads)
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Advantages: stop baby scratching

Disadvantages: dont stay on

scratch mittens are tiny little gloves which you will definately need to use with your new baby as no matter how short you manage to get there nails they have a habbit of scratching there own face quite often.

I have tryed quite a few different types of scratch mittens, they sell mittens with out elastic in the tops which are completely useless and fall off as soon as you turn away, they sell scratch mittens with elastic in the top so they do stay on a bit better but are not brilliant with tiny babys as the elastic isnt tight enough so these are better once baby reaches around 9lb

I tryed to buy as many of my baby grows as possible with the turn over mitts at the bottom of the sleeve as these have no way of baby being able to get there hands out of the mitts but i also attached velcro to babys clothes and mittens to attach them together to stop them falling off so easily.

As both my daughters got a little older the other problem i found was that if they culd get there hands to there mouths they would dribble on the mitts which made there skin quite sore so although mittens are a must have with a new baby they are a right pain to keep on.

Another trick i used to use which may sound a little cruel was to pull babys sleeves over there hands as with both my girls being so small i used to have to roll the cuffs of there tops over to make them fit, this used to make it impossible to reach there faces with there nails and worked great, it was also good for stopping them pulling there dummy out as a new born.

Summary: Scratch mitts are a pain to keep on