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We're moving to the Chicago area in the middle of winter this year. DDs 1
and 2 will be in a school district that requires uniforms, so that's one less thing I have to worry about. But we're moving from the Pacific northwest where it gets cold but not *cold*, kwim? I'm getting ready to put some clothes on layaway at the Navy exchange for all the girls for school here, but I'm debating whether or not to put anything like sweaters and jackets and such because I have no idea what they'll actually need up there. Does anyone have any suggestions on what kind of cold weather clothing I should invest in before the move for DDs ages 6, 4, 3 and under 6 mo? TIA, Denise |
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"Denise Anderson" wrote in message
Does anyone have any suggestions on what kind of cold weather clothing I should invest in before the move for DDs ages 6, 4, 3 and under 6 mo? Hi Denise, I live in Michigan so about four hours away from Chicago. Their weather is very similar to ours. Yes, you will need very warm coats, scarves, mittens, snow pants, boots, sweaters, lol. It can get extremely cold in the winter and sometimes the windchill factor goes way below zero. So for your school-aged kids make sure that they are bundled up warm because if they are like our school, they go out to play everyday unless it goes below 32 degrees. For the 6 month old, you probably should get a snowsuit for her. -- Sue (mom to three girls) |
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Denise Anderson wrote:
Does anyone have any suggestions on what kind of cold weather clothing I should invest in before the move for DDs ages 6, 4, 3 and under 6 mo? It's all about layers. In upstate NY where I used to live, it got pretty cold in winter (I remember plenty of days of near-zero F). In that kind of weather, I'd wear a few pairs of socks, because it's hard to keep your feet warm. I hated long johns (they just feel weird on me!) so I'd wear a pair of cotton tights under just about everything. Leggings are also good for adding layers. If you see flannel-lined jeans, those are nice. Long sleeve knit tees and turtlenecks are good for adding warmth under sweaters. And of course gloves, scarves, and hats are a must! Gabe had the polarfleece snowsuit from Land's End. It was warm without being too bulky, and the hands and feet have little fold-over flaps. When driving I'd just layer a few fleece blankets over him until the car warmed up. tristyn www.tristyn.net |
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On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 20:35:20 GMT, "Denise Anderson"
snuck out of the ether to utter: We're moving to the Chicago area in the middle of winter this year. DDs 1 and 2 will be in a school district that requires uniforms, so that's one less thing I have to worry about. But we're moving from the Pacific northwest where it gets cold but not *cold*, kwim? I'm getting ready to put some clothes on layaway at the Navy exchange for all the girls for school here, but I'm debating whether or not to put anything like sweaters and jackets and such because I have no idea what they'll actually need up there. Does anyone have any suggestions on what kind of cold weather clothing I should invest in before the move for DDs ages 6, 4, 3 and under 6 mo? I'm in Indiana, about 3 hours east, and we have about the same weather. A lot will depend on when you'll be moving. While you're going to want warm clothing once you're here, you can probably get by with layering and perhaps a sweatshirt/pants outfit or 2 for each (warm blankets for the baby, all in one outfits with feet). In the name of saving packing and moving space I'd wait to outfit them until after you've moved, and depending on when you move, you can find great sales on lots of winter items starting in late Dec. Boots, winter coats, snow pants all go on clearance after Christmas. Nan -- "when the sun goes down we'll be groovin' when the sun goes down we'll be feelin' alright, when the sun sinks down over the water everything gets hotter when the sun goes down" ~Kenny Chesney |
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"Denise Anderson" writes:
| We're moving to the Chicago area in the middle of winter this year. DDs 1 | and 2 will be in a school district that requires uniforms, so that's one | less thing I have to worry about. But we're moving from the Pacific | northwest where it gets cold but not *cold*, kwim? I'm getting ready to put | some clothes on layaway at the Navy exchange for all the girls for school | here, but I'm debating whether or not to put anything like sweaters and | jackets and such because I have no idea what they'll actually need up there. | Does anyone have any suggestions on what kind of cold weather clothing I | should invest in before the move for DDs ages 6, 4, 3 and under 6 mo? It's already been said, I'm just echoing it: put aside the money to buy the clothes once you get to Chicago, if at all possible. The selection will be better there. As to what you need, that depends on how much time the kids will be spending outside. Where I live, kids are outside every day at school and daycare/preschool; it takes really severe weather before the teachers keep them inside, particularly once they're in school. So they need to bundle up. For that situation, at a minimum, the kids need: - a snowsuit - a winter jacket - good boots - a hat - two pairs of mittens or gloves - a scarf or substitute - a warm sweater - a set of long (woolen) underwear A child who doesn't play outside in bad winter weather will need less - the long woolies, for instance, only come out when it's REALLY cold. I like a separate snowsuit and jacket, rather than a two-piece snowsuit (jacket and pants), for two reasons. First, the opening in the middle of a two-piece snowsuit can let cold air, even snow, in. Second, this means the child can have a good warm snowsuit for playing outdoors, but a thinner jacket, maybe Polarfleece, to wear in the car, so the seatbelt fits better. Boots are important. If the boots leak, the child's socks get soaked, her feet will quickly get cold, and cold wet feet in the wintertime are just miserable. I said two pairs of mittens because if just one thing gets lost all winter, I can almost guarantee you it's going to be a mitten. Also, mittens are the first things to get wet and it's good to have a dry pair handy. Scarves on younger kids tend to come unwrapped or get caught, in fact my younger son's preschool asks that parents not use scarves because of the possibility of the tails getting caught in something and hurting the child. I don't remember what they're called in English, but if you can find the separate "turtle necks" that can be pulled over a child's head, those are a much more practical substitute. And one bit of advice from someone who has seen this from the point of view of both parent and (substitute) teacher: label all this stuff! It's going to end up in a pile on the floor at school together with the hats and mittens of all the other kids in the class. If your child's name isn't written in there somewhere, you may never see your child's favorite hat alive again. At least, not until after spring break. Good luck with your move! - Cindy Kandolf, mamma to Kenneth (10) and Robert (4) ****** Bærum, Norway Bilingual Families Web Page: http://www.nethelp.no/cindy/biling-fam.html |
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Denise Anderson wrote: *We're moving to the Chicago area in the middle of winter this year. DDs 1 *and 2 will be in a school district that requires uniforms, so that's one *less thing I have to worry about. But we're moving from the Pacific *northwest where it gets cold but not *cold*, kwim? I'm getting ready to put *some clothes on layaway at the Navy exchange for all the girls for school *here, but I'm debating whether or not to put anything like sweaters and *jackets and such because I have no idea what they'll actually need up there. *Does anyone have any suggestions on what kind of cold weather clothing I *should invest in before the move for DDs ages 6, 4, 3 and under 6 mo? Well, I'm in Philadelphia, which has fewer bitingly cold and snowy days than Chicago as far as I know. I was also traumatized as a fifteen year old by visiting my aunt and uncle in Evanston, IL one weekend when it was something like -25 F (that's NEGATIVE 25!) although I think that was a record temp at the time and I think it still stands today . So I would definitely get the sweaters and jackets and stuff. My kids here in Philadelphia (ages 4 and 2 this winter!) have sweaters, polyfleece-lined jeans (usually bought at Old Navy), socks, snow boots, lots of turtlenecks and sweaters, at least one decent waterproof snowsuit per kid (sometimes I have extra from gifts or whatever - last year one neighbor gave me a gazillion pounds of stuff from her son, I may not need to buy snow clothes for my son for three years ), mittens (the lands end kid mittens with the flap are the BEST), lands end squall jackets, scarves and hats. FWIW. -- hillary israeli vmd http://www.hillary.net "uber vaccae in quattuor partes divisum est." not-so-newly minted veterinarian-at-large |
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- two pairs of mittens or gloves
About the mittens and gloves. If the children are going to be playing in the snow, buy the gloves that repel water like Therma- something (sorry I can't remember it exactly) or gloves by Columbia. Mittens and gloves that don't repel water get really cold and icy and you might as well not be wearing anything at all. ) -- Sue (mom to three girls) |
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"Nan" wrote in message
I'm in Indiana, about 3 hours east, and we have about the same weather. Hey I'm coming to Indiana tomorrow to go camping at the Jellystone in Freemont. ) Are you close to that at all? -- Sue (mom to three girls) |
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(Hillary Israeli) wrote:
In , Denise Anderson wrote: *We're moving to the Chicago area in the middle of winter this year. DDs 1 *and 2 will be in a school district that requires uniforms, so that's one *less thing I have to worry about. But we're moving from the Pacific *northwest where it gets cold but not *cold*, kwim? I'm getting ready to put *some clothes on layaway at the Navy exchange for all the girls for school *here, but I'm debating whether or not to put anything like sweaters and *jackets and such because I have no idea what they'll actually need up there. *Does anyone have any suggestions on what kind of cold weather clothing I *should invest in before the move for DDs ages 6, 4, 3 and under 6 mo? I'm currently in Maryland. When dd#1 was born we lived in Norfolk which was cold and very windy but didn't have much snow. After dd#2 was born we moved to Monterey California (fairly temperate), and then to Key West Florida where dd#3 was born. We then moved to Philadelphia in January. DD#1 was 7, dd#2 was 5, and dd#3 was 8 months. I had no suitable clothes for anyone but dd#3 (snow suits that her sisters had worn in Norfolk) and me (stuff from when I went to college in northern Ohio). DH of course wore uniforms. I also had to buy a dryer. One of my first purchases (from Sears along with the dryer) was quilted winter jackets with a hood (this was in the late 60s before a lot of high tech fabrics - I thought I had a photo of them but I can't find them). Later I got other clothes like http://p.vtourist.com/649226.jpg which was an Easter outfit. Well, I'm in Philadelphia, which has fewer bitingly cold and snowy days than Chicago as far as I know. I was also traumatized as a fifteen year old by visiting my aunt and uncle in Evanston, IL one weekend when it was something like -25 F (that's NEGATIVE 25!) although I think that was a record temp at the time and I think it still stands today . So I would definitely get the sweaters and jackets and stuff. My kids here in Philadelphia (ages 4 and 2 this winter!) have sweaters, polyfleece-lined jeans (usually bought at Old Navy), socks, snow boots, lots of turtlenecks and sweaters, at least one decent waterproof snowsuit per kid (sometimes I have extra from gifts or whatever - last year one neighbor gave me a gazillion pounds of stuff from her son, I may not need to buy snow clothes for my son for three years ), mittens (the lands end kid mittens with the flap are the BEST), lands end squall jackets, scarves and hats. FWIW. http://www.landsend.com/cd/index/fp/...47550476128000 Think layering. http://p.vtourist.com/1523577.jpg is a picture of us going to the Army Navy game in the late 50s - I am wearing a black fake fur coat which I still have and which I was glad to have when we moved to Philadelphia, and a scarf. My dad is wearing a flannel shirt, an overcoat and a hat. You want to be able to take things off when you go indoors. I used to go to Chicago for training periodically (actually Des Plaines but whatever), and they'd send me in January. I would wear things like corduroy pants (because I don't like wearing wool although it is warmer), turtlenecks, a vest (which I got from WearGuard which makes less expensive work clothing that unfortunately doesn't help to http://www.wearguard.com/category2.h...rt=wg_blizzard much with children's clothes), a winter coat (uniform coat from work), and I always had gloves and a thermal hood which I got from Damart. (they have good thermal clothing but unfortunately now only sell in the UK and Europe). The problem with thermal underwear is that it is too hot if you are indoors but I think it is important to keep the head warm. grandma Rosalie |
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On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 09:21:37 -0400, "Sue"
snuck out of the ether to utter: "Nan" wrote in message I'm in Indiana, about 3 hours east, and we have about the same weather. Hey I'm coming to Indiana tomorrow to go camping at the Jellystone in Freemont. ) Are you close to that at all? I've heard of that, but have never been there. I think it's a good hour-hour and a half drive. Nan -- "when the sun goes down we'll be groovin' when the sun goes down we'll be feelin' alright, when the sun sinks down over the water everything gets hotter when the sun goes down" ~Kenny Chesney |
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