Saturday, May 18, 2013

New gloves

With the wheelchair comes a whole new level of grimy, dirty hands for Miss Addy, so we went to a sporting goods store to look for tiny gloves for her. We tried T-ball batting gloves, but they all had full fingers and were way too big. These princess bike gloves were the smallest ones we could find and they're the half-finger style, but even they are a tad big on her (and they came with bonus knee pads, which we probably won't ever use):

Bike gloves (aka, wheelchair gloves)

We also had a pair of leather crib booties that we aren't using anymore. I had gotten them to protect Addy's toes so she wouldn't accidentally chomp too hard on them during that disgusting developmental phase where babies start sucking on their toes. Nora kicks too much and won't leave anything on her feet, so she doesn't wear them either. I cut off most of the side and heel, and cut three holes along the outer edge of the sole (1 for her thumb, 1 for her pointer and middle fingers, and 1 for her ring and pinky fingers). Voila, tiny finger-less wheelchair gloves:

Repurposed Glove

(At first I tried having individual holes for each finger, but she's 2.5 and she has tiny fingers that wiggle. A lot. Leaving some of the leather between her middle and ring fingers should help keep them from slipping off, and it was tons easier to get them on her.)