I'm in love with Babylegs!

[Julia24]

I have to admit - I was a skeptic. Bought them on sale (one pair) and they have sat in the drawer until TODAY. She ran out of lightweight jammie pant type things to wear under her clothes and it is COLD outside! So I grabbed these on a whim and figured - they're better than nothing, but now I'm hooked. I'm quickly adding a few more pairs to her xmas list These things are awesome - like a onesie for her little legs!

[ElliesMomma]

where do you get them?

[Julia24]

I got hers at Target before the babies were born. For like 3 bucks. (regular 10 - but I remember some ladies getting deals on babysteals.com) Wishing I had bought more now!

[darcytrue]

I got DD some at Target a few weeks ago. They were a little bit big on my girl but I love them!

[cristeen]

Right now the Babylegs are far too long for even my long-legged guy. But the Hugalugs are a great length. The Hugalugs will probably not last past the first year length-wise, but the babylegs will last for the first couple years for all but the tallest.

I have quite a few pairs, but honestly I've been keeping him mostly in longies.

[2boyzmama]

hmm...i have a pair i haven't tried on him yet...

i actually bought a few pairs of tights--yes tights--and put those on him. no one can tell, it just looks like socks under his pants, but they keep him warm. and socks were falling off all the time.

[Julia24]

one of my friends does that with her boys, samantha....apparently they market such things for boys in winter in europe, but not here. (her mother told her to do it and they are from Montengro which is next to Serbia and Croatia)

I have the '1st Babylegs' so although they are big, they're not gigantic. They definitely won't make it past the first year, I think. But they're perfect for right now.

[Siobhain]

We luh-uv baby legs here, we get them on babysteals.com when they have them there. I also bought some at a local diaper store. She is getting 5 new pairs for xmas to add to her stash, I think *I* have an addiction to them! They are great under dresses for the girls, or just with a onesie for the boys (or girls) and when these kiddos start to crawl they will be great knee savers.

Here is Soleil in a couple different pairs of her babylegs

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...1&id=762353355

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...8&id=762353355

We LOVE them. If I had discovered them when our 3 yr old ds was a baby we would have put them on him for sure!!

[JessicaTX]

I put the babylegs halfway over the foot and all the way up the thigh. They keep the socks on!

[2boyzmama]

Okay, I put the pair on him that I have. They aren't Baby Legs brand, they're Skid Pants or something like that. They're cute, and it's nice that his legs stay warm when I change his diaper. But they're way too long, and they're too loose to keep socks on (which is why they were recommended to me. I told a friend that I was putting him in tights because I couldn't keep socks on, she said to put the baby legs on to hold up the socks) I have to fold the extra up and it goes all the way to his knees! And he's no shrimp, he was 24 inches long already at 8 weeks. Maybe it's a brand problem? These had no size on them, do Baby Legs brand come in different sizes?

[darcytrue]

Originally Posted by Siobhain

They are great under dresses for the girls

great idea! I hadn't thought about doing this.

My DH saw the baby legs on DD the other day and didn't like them. Not sure why. He said they didn't look right. lol.

[MichelleAnnette]

Susanna wears BabyLegs every day - usually a onesie and babylegs. I live in FL, though. If it's cold, I put pants over them. I got Susanna's on babysteals when they had them $3/each (I posted it on here when they were on sale). I used them for Gabe too - got his from various places online when I bought diapering supplies.

Baby Legs are all one size and they are long but it is okay. They don't have to be just the right length - they just bunch up at the bottom. Her thighs are getting chubby for them so I sort of fold them over but they still cover her whole leg. She is a big baby, 17 lb now, but I have been using them since about 6 weeks I think.

They are not awesome for holding on socks. I use Robeez for that. I have Robeez in all sizes - got all but 1 pair at consignments sales for $5-$15 each.

[tzs]

i love them too! but i have a baby with chicken legs so i'm anxiously awaiting some chunk so we can sport them

[Lula's Mom]

I don't know why they would be too long- you just put one cuff down at the ankle (or halfway over the sock, mine are tight enough to not slip off) and one cuff on the thigh, and they gather up in between. They are bunchy like 80s legwarmers, not smoothed out like tights.

There is one type of onebrand of baby socks that I found always stay on. I've used them through 3 kids. They're Carters bubble socks. Not just any Carters, they have to be this kind that fold down and have the contrasting 'bubble' elastic trim. Cormac can wear a pair for days and they'll never come off.

[Julia24]

ITA with Kristi about socks - those ARE the only ones that stay on! THE.ONLY.ONES.

But we just use robeez too. (except we buy the Target ones - they're only like $13) We bought the 0/6m and she's finally big enough to wear them - they're going to last all winter, I think. I put them on her every morning and she wears them until she puts a sleeper on at night - otherwise she ends up with bear toes and when it's negative 25 windchill like it was this week, that's just NOT okay, yk?

Heck at bedtime she's got on a onesie, the legwarmer things or light pants, socks, a footed heavyweight sleeper and THEN she's swaddled and has another blanket over the bottom half of her bassinet. (making a little tent like, yk?) Her room is the coldest in the house, and 70 just doesn't feel like 70 in the winter, yk? I hate winter with newborns!

[JessicaTX]

I cannot find shoes that fit this little chunky guys feet. The robeez I bought him are the perfect length, but I can't squeeze his fat little feet all the way in them, If I can get his feet into the shoe, the elastic is usually stretched to the max around his cankles and he has like 3 inches of extra leather hanging off his toes. I think I'm going to have to learn to make custom sized baby shoes.

[Lula's Mom]

You could cut out the elastic and put longer elastic in the ones you have. Just put a safety pin in the end and work it through the casing. I had to do that with some I had for ds1.

[cristeen]

Originally Posted by tzs

i love them too! but i have a baby with chicken legs so i'm anxiously awaiting some chunk so we can sport them

Mine has them too... long and skinny. The Hugalugs fit him, but the Babylegs are still really loose. The one time I put the babylegs on him they all slid down - the bands stayed at thigh and ankle (sort of), but the rest just slid down to dangle off the ends of his feet.

Originally Posted by JessicaTX

I cannot find shoes that fit this little chunky guys feet. The robeez I bought him are the perfect length, but I can't squeeze his fat little feet all the way in them, If I can get his feet into the shoe, the elastic is usually stretched to the max around his cankles and he has like 3 inches of extra leather hanging off his toes. I think I'm going to have to learn to make custom sized baby shoes.

I just picked up a sewing pattern book for baby booties a couple weeks ago. They're actually really easy, and you could easily customize them to fit your little guy. They're from sewbaby.com, and they give the options of elastic ankle, ribbed ankle, tie on or snap on

I have to use toddler socks for my little guy. His feet are far too long for infant socks - they were too big the day he was born. But his feet are so thin that they're baggy. So I use the ones with ribbed tops, and pull them up to his knees - they stay on pretty nicely. I also have 2 pairs of booties with elastic at the ankles - one's made of stretchy knit and one of corduroy lined with flannel. That's how I keep his toes warm when he's not in a one-piece.

[mauiwith3]

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Aloha

[2boyzmama]

ok, gavin must be skinny then, because there was no way the cuff would stay at his ankle, he has verk skinny ankles/feet. So there was like 4 inches hanging off at the ends of his feet! they also didn't stay up on his thighs, i kept having to pull them up over and over.

he's not really that skinny. his weight is good. he doesn't have a ton of fat rolls (really he doesn't have any rolls, he does have thigh creases, but not rolls) because he's so long. but still the legs didn't fit him.

hmm...maybe i'll try again in a month or so.