how to deal with a baby who refuses to wear hats, socks, bibs or shoes?

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Ds is 9 months old. He really hates having anything on his head, feet or around his neck. He just pulls hats/socks/shoes off and he tries to pull his bib off and screams if I don't take it off.

The problem is that we live in a country that gets really really cold in the winter.

The weather is already fairly cold, I dress ds in thermal underwear, clothes and then a jacket and extra trousers, I always put a hat and socks on him but he takes them off.

People have started commenting on ds being cold.

I don't know how to make ds wear things he hates. I gate to think that he is cold :(

Tights instead of socks, hoods instead of hats. In finland i think they have baby balaclavas (with a whole face hole, not gansta stylee) might be worth looking to see if they are available on line?

Instead of a bib, put an extra (larger if necessary) t shirt over him - then you can throw the whole thing in the was after.

I often thought about getting DS some tights as his socks always fell off, but H wouldn't hear of it!

Tbh, I hate anything round my neck too, I suppose its a survival instinct to stop you feeling strangled, so if he doesn't want stuff round his neck I wouldn't worry too much - if he's that cold he will want to put extra layers on, if he's taking them off he obviously doesn't mind too much.

You could always get him some boots for the winter to keep his feet warm as they won't come off as easily as socks and shoes. Gloves you could put them on a string/ribbon through his coat as long as he can't get tangled up in the string (stitch it in place at the armpits perhaps?)

Same problem here with 9m old DD, but in Wales so not so cold!

I just purchased a super warm cosy toes for the pram which resembles a mummy style sleeping bag once done up ready for winter, the top 'hood' can tuck down over the back of the pram so its not all around her head while it is not so cold. Currently I am ignoring the socks issue as when outside I am doing it up enough to keep her feet warm.

Anorak with hood, socks for gloves up to the armpit makes them much harder to remove, but I think I might stick a button on the cuff of her jacket and loop on the mitten itself.

Snowsuit all-in-one with built in feet and hands might be the way forward if it gets really cold, but I can envisage a meltdown from one very pissed off baby when I try that!

Tights, or I had my two in babyros still at that age if it was a cold day - I had some nice daytime ones with soft leather on the soles of the feet that looked like clothes rather than pyjamas.

And for outside you need a snow suit, or some trousers with built in feet.

All 3 of my boys wore tights up to about age 2 when they were more mobile and past that 'Im going to pull off my socks' stage.

Yes to snow suits too.

definitely babygro as a base layer instead of socks. The poppers make it a bit easier than tights for nappy changes under trousers at that age.

Tights, all-in-ones, the snow suits with flaps that fold over the hands (instead of gloves) and when he needs real shoes, get lace-up ones - yes, they are a bit fiddly, but impossible for a one-year-old to take off and chuck out of the buggy without you noticing, unlike velcro-fastened shoes (thank you, DS...).