It’s January, Baby. (But inside these Smittens, it feels like April.)
We live in the land of toboganning, snow angels and daily snowman creation, and not much ends a snow-play afternoon quicker than frozen fingers, snow in the sleeves or mittens buried in a snow pile. With our recent discovery of Smittens, from Canadian company January Baby, we no longer have that problem with our two year old. Smittens are no-escape mitten for children between 6 months and 2.5 years that they can’t take off. They come in 4 sizes and 7 different colour combinations. They’re made with soft, warm, Canadian-milled Blizzard brand polar fleece and are made in Canada for Canadian winters. Well, for any cold kid, really, but if they’re good in Canada they’re good anywhere, right?
So how do they work? You place your child’s hand into one pocket, wrap the Smitten around the child’s back and place the other hand in the other pocket. Then put on the child’s jacket or snowsuit, and that’s it! The pockets will come up to the child’s elbows so there is no way the child can pull them off, but an adult can easily pull one off and get it back on for snacking and nose-picking emergencies. Smittens are loved by parents all over North America, and are available online ($15) and in select baby boutiques.
Win it! We’ve got a selection of Smittens to give away to T.O.P. readers. To enter, comment with your choice before noon mst on January 19, 2009. Your choices are (1)size large primary, (2)size medium blue or (3) size small two-tone green.
CONTEST CLOSED & WINNERS EMAILED
January 9th, 2010 at 7:38 am
WOW genius! I have a 1 yr old who will not keep mittens on (socks are a problem too but I solved that with tights under pants but never found a mitten solution!). I guess medium would be the best for us.
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January 9th, 2010 at 9:06 am
oh pick me! size med blue!
January 9th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
i like the pink mverno@roadrunner.com
January 9th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
“nose-picking emergencies” Haha! Very cute product. Much better than mitten clips!
January 9th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
Ooh, I’d love to win a pair, too! (Are they still called a pair when they’re all one piece?) Size (3) size small two-tone green. please. Good luck to everyone!
January 9th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
how neat! … that’s a great idea!…i’d love these…um… medium i think … thanks for telling about these!
January 9th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Such a great idea! Size medium would be absolutely perfect for my little guy.
January 9th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
I’ve never been a first comment. Fun.
These look great – would love the size large, primary!
January 9th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
I would go with size Large primary!
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January 9th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
If they actually keep my kids hands covered they’re amazing! I can use either the Med or Large
January 10th, 2010 at 10:27 am
Great idea! I would love the medium blue.
January 10th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
This would be great for my grandson. We picked up a snowsuit in beautiful shape at a consignment shop, but the mittens were missing. Would need a small–so what if the colors wouldn’t match exactly, his hands would be warm!
January 10th, 2010 at 4:36 pm
size large
I wish I could come up with good ideas like this!
January 10th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
These would be great for daycare! I am not sure what size I would need?
January 10th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
I would like the large primary
January 11th, 2010 at 10:31 am
What cool idea! The mediums would be so perfect for our littlest one
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January 11th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
I like the large and blue. Thanks for the chance.
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January 12th, 2010 at 7:10 am
The large size would be perfect for next winter! Cool product!
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January 12th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
My mom is Anna Redish and I want to say that these are not another type of mitten.
I was the inspiration for this fantastic product and this is not the only product we have newborn hats,normal hats, scarfs that are playground safe and my favourite NECK WARMERS!
Enjoy the products and have a nice warm winter!
January 12th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Awesome! Large Primary for me!
January 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Large please! what a great idea.
January 14th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
large please!
January 15th, 2010 at 12:28 pm
size med blue…these look great!
January 15th, 2010 at 11:39 pm
I would like the medium blue ones, thanks for the chance to win!
January 15th, 2010 at 11:40 pm
I’d love to win the (3) size small two-tone green. Very neat product!
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January 16th, 2010 at 7:15 pm
medium blue blue=these are so cute
January 17th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
I’d pick the size med blue
January 18th, 2010 at 5:42 am
I like the pink med.
January 18th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
2)size medium blue. these are so cute. I have 2 toddlers and its hard to keep up with certain things i cant afford. Its a wonderful product.
January 18th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Finally a pair of mittens that won’t go missing. YAHOO! Count me in for the large pair please.
Michelle
January 18th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
I’d love the small green pair.
January 19th, 2010 at 1:39 am
size medium blue
January 19th, 2010 at 2:17 am
I would like the large primary.
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January 19th, 2010 at 5:20 am
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i would go with small two tone green
January 19th, 2010 at 7:53 am
Such a good idea … I’d like a Medium for little Jordan & ty!
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January 19th, 2010 at 9:35 am
i like the size medium blue
January 19th, 2010 at 9:36 am
Please enter me into the contest for the size large primary Smittens. Thanks!
January 19th, 2010 at 9:50 am
1)size large primary 4 my sawyer:)
January 19th, 2010 at 11:55 am
I’d like the size medium blue pair!