Many mothers argue that it is better for a child to separate trousers and a jacket or overalls. The overall is comfortable, it does not inflate and does not bully anything. But also the jackets have their advantages, it can be removed indoors or in transport. And one of the advantages is that the jacket serves longer than the overalls.
How to choose a jacket for a child?
For children up to one year it is more convenient to use overalls in the warm season, including in winter. A kurtochka is required when the child begins to actively move.
Every season I need my own jacket
- To choose a jacket for your baby, you need to pay attention to the climate in your area.
- For winter, you need to choose an elongated version, then the child will be comfortable on the hill and on the sled.
- Lightweight jacket with lining is useful for your baby in the spring, when it will be warm and will need to part with the winter clothes.
- Summer cool evenings will help a jeans jacket without lining.
- In autumn, a warm jacket with an upper water-repellent layer and a heater is needed. This jacket is useful for the child in the spring.
For each season you should buy 2 jackets, if one gets dirty or gets wet, then you can replace it with another one. Wardrobe can be made in such a way that the jackets complement and replace each other, they should differ in length, insulation and so on. Modern manufacturers produce different children's jackets with special impregnations and coatings, which increase the durability, so as not to penetrate pollution and moisture. This jacket will be cleaned with a brush.
Requirements for children's jacket
- It should not impede movement, be free, easy. Under the jacket should be a place for free movement of air.
- The normal length is considered to be slightly above the middle of the thigh.
- Good thermal insulation. Inside the sleeves should be crocheted cuffs, and at the bottom of the jacket should be a kulisk. This will save the heat and protect it from snow if the child decides to play snowballs or ride from a hill.
- On the jacket should be not one clasp, outside the strap on buttons or buttons, inside should be a zipper. These fasteners are additional protection against bad weather and wind.
- The outer part of the jacket should not be rustling, but soft. Practical clothes that consist of membrane materials, they from the inside let in air (the child does not sweat), and outside are an obstacle to snow and rain.
- Lining should be made of natural materials: cotton knitwear, flannel, fleece. They are pleasant to the skin and have hygroscopic and heat-saving properties. In clothes with synthetic gaskets it is uncomfortable, it is hot in summer and cold in winter, it does not let air in.
- As a heater use synthetic fillers or goose down. The most practical synthetic fillers, they are unpretentious in storage, withstand a large number of washings. Children's clothes are better to buy with a quality insulation, from well-known manufacturers.
- The insulation of the jacket must be quilted and the fluff should not be collected in one place.
- You need a jacket for a child with reflective stripes.
- The hood must have a kulisk along the outer edge and must be unfastened.
- Pockets can be external and internal, which is convenient for the child.
Bib
- This trousers with back, straps and breast. For autumn and winter it is a convenient option, even if the jacket is bulging up, the baby will not freeze.
- Pants can be with lapels, due to them you can adjust the length. Inside the pants should be cuffs on the elastic band. The overalls can be fastened with buttons or on the sides on buttons, or in front with a zipper.
- The straps need to be adjusted in length. It will be convenient if they will be fastened with a latch. In cold weather, a semi-overalls are very convenient.
It is possible for a child to choose a jacket according to these tips, so that your child will be warm and comfortable in it.