Infant snow suits

essential for babies on family ski vacations

We’d have bought one anyway - even if we weren’t going skiing. Our children all wore cosy one-pieces at home here in the UK when we were out and about on cold winter days.

Just pop them in, zip them up and they're ready to go outside.

Choosing infant snow suits
There's not too much to complicate the choice, but let’s start with the essentials. All good garments should be:

• Well insulated
• Waterproof
• Breathable
• Have a hood that will fit over a hat - you can keep these in place with a pair of baby sized ski goggles

There, nice and easy, right? Well, there are a few other things that will ease the whole process of actually getting your child into the suit.

There, nice and easy, right? Well, there are a few other things that will ease the whole process of actually getting your child into the suit. Through trial and error whilst looking for something that was easier for us to dress a baby in, we found that our favourite one had:

• Long zip
• Detachable booties and gloves

We found that having detachable booties and gloves really did make it easier to get a wriggly baby ready for outdoors. You can make sure that the layers underneath are comfortable with no wrinkles. Plus it is much quicker to guide legs and arms into the right place if you put the feet and hand parts on separately.

What size should I buy?
There should be plenty of space inside, so definately a size or more larger than your baby's regular clothes so that there's room underneath for layers. Yes, we all know not to over-dress babies - but when they're out and about with you in resort, they'll not be moving around and active like their elder siblings, so will need to be warmly wrapped up. On particularly cold days our children would wear a fleece all-in-one suit underneath one of our infant snow suits.

What about hands and feet?
Even with the boot and glove part, we found our children got chilly hands and feet at this age. The problem was easily fixed by putting on an extra pair of socks underneath the suit, or even a pair of regular ski socks over the top.

Are suits for toddlers the same?
If you’re taking older non-skiing children on family ski vacations, you’ll need toddler snow suits designed especially with the active child in mind!

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