Sophie seems to have inherited her father's cr@p circulatory system. No matter what we dress her in we can't keep her hands and feet warm. She is complaining now of 'cold hands' or 'cold toes'.
For the last few days in the snow it has been cold, but not as cold as it will be later on. If her fingers and toes are freezing now, what will they be like in February?
Her gloves (mittens) are Reima Tec ones that haven't leaked yet. I put on a pair of wool mittens underneath but that isn't helping. She has 3 pairs of winter boots (Kuoma, Kavat and some German make) that are all lined and fully waterproof. I put on her tights, wool socks and her boots and again cold (but not wet/damp) feet.
Her body is warm with her clothes, wool suit and Reima Tec snowsuit and her head is fine.
Any extra ideas please,
Thanks,
Hannah
Keeping their hands and feet warm- help!
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scoobymcdoo
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I have same (cr@p) problem, and to be honest I don't think there is much to cure it. Goretex works best for me. Wool gloves inside Goretex mittens. In France the ski instructors swear by soft silk gloves (as in real silk) inside mittens/gloves. You can by silk gloves in sportswear stores (I think I have seen them here). They are very thin so you can even wear them inside thermo gloves (if you prefer gloves to mittens).
Heated gloves are available on the internet. I bought a pair for my dad (so yes, this is obviously a hereditary father to daughter thing
) his hands turn blue when he is in Finland. But he complains they are bulky to wear (require batteries).
As for feet.... you can buy sheepskin inner soles in most supermarkets. They are nice and soft and warm. Again Goretex boots are best IMO. I wear two pairs of socks (but not Famo's handknitted ones cos they itch). The thicker the sole the better the insulation.
HTH.
Heated gloves are available on the internet. I bought a pair for my dad (so yes, this is obviously a hereditary father to daughter thing
) his hands turn blue when he is in Finland. But he complains they are bulky to wear (require batteries). As for feet.... you can buy sheepskin inner soles in most supermarkets. They are nice and soft and warm. Again Goretex boots are best IMO. I wear two pairs of socks (but not Famo's handknitted ones cos they itch). The thicker the sole the better the insulation.
HTH.
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We just bought our daughter's Viking branded winter boots from K-City market in Sello for €65 and another one in the Intersport in Sello (not Gore TEX but said that it was waterproof and guarantees against protection upto -32 degrees ) for around €32 ( initially it was €42 but we got a 20% discount last Sunday using the K plussa card).scoobymcdoo wrote:Do they make the silk gloves in 1-2 year old sizes and the inner soles in size 22? I will look in CM or Prisma this week. Maybe a pair of goretex boots for her as well...it is going to be an expensive winter especially as she needs a new snowsuit!
Thank you.
Hannah
Our daughter has similar issues and so we decided to invest in Gore Tex, Reima Tech etc.. Will inform my SO about the silk gloves..as my daughter is more prone to sweating ( so inside becomes wet and then cold) than anything else.
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I used to have the same problem, but keeping the level of anti-freeze in the blood and keeping inside helps 
I wear those fingerless fisherman's mitts inside even and wool socks all the time... The wool mitts with the 3m 'thinsulate' lining do the trick. The felt-lining is also quite the invention...
And then theres the same other problem - *too much* clothing in other parts. It was an eternal fight when I was a kid, my mother always stuffed me up and I was ripping off the clothing as it was around the wrong parts always. My fingers and toes freezing but my shirt wet like a dishrag. It still is that way, so I have a "layer dressing" principle of having jerseys big enough I can "ventilate"... I'd rather need extra sleeves than a bodywarmer
And yes, be it an old wives' tale, if I get "wet feet" I get sick.
So for some odd reason I think people moving to Finland "for the winter" to be quite mad
I wear those fingerless fisherman's mitts inside even and wool socks all the time... The wool mitts with the 3m 'thinsulate' lining do the trick. The felt-lining is also quite the invention...
And then theres the same other problem - *too much* clothing in other parts. It was an eternal fight when I was a kid, my mother always stuffed me up and I was ripping off the clothing as it was around the wrong parts always. My fingers and toes freezing but my shirt wet like a dishrag. It still is that way, so I have a "layer dressing" principle of having jerseys big enough I can "ventilate"... I'd rather need extra sleeves than a bodywarmer
And yes, be it an old wives' tale, if I get "wet feet" I get sick. So for some odd reason I think people moving to Finland "for the winter" to be quite mad
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Cheers, Hank W.
sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.
sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.
My finnish wife has the same problem.
It goes that bad that the skin starts cracking under the heels and the end of the fingers. Sometimes, the cracks go as deep as the veins, and it is awfully painfull. She buys some special bandages from the pharmacy. Very often, she has the 10 fingertips surrounded by bandages, it looks like little dolls
She has had this problem since her first winter, and has hated the finnish winter since then. No proper solution found so far, just cursing at it, and looking in her work-schedule when she can escape for one week during the winter, to some nice and warm country.
/Paul
It goes that bad that the skin starts cracking under the heels and the end of the fingers. Sometimes, the cracks go as deep as the veins, and it is awfully painfull. She buys some special bandages from the pharmacy. Very often, she has the 10 fingertips surrounded by bandages, it looks like little dolls
She has had this problem since her first winter, and has hated the finnish winter since then. No proper solution found so far, just cursing at it, and looking in her work-schedule when she can escape for one week during the winter, to some nice and warm country.
/Paul
L'équivalent francais de ce forum: http://www.salutfinlande.net/
Has she tried the Dr Scholl's moisturizing and the softening creams. former helps to moisturize the skin and latter keeps it soft.Paul_D wrote:My finnish wife has the same problem.
/Paul
Other things might be vaseline
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Ah, thats more due to the dry air. The solution is just grease grease grease, old women'rs remedies sometimes help. Its really bad sometimes if you have a skin condition to start with, rashes or thin skin. I've gotten it occasionally, and really it is one of those things that makes your jovial Finn just a tad bit extra-grumpy in November...Paul_D wrote: It goes that bad that the skin starts cracking under the heels and the end of the fingers. Sometimes, the cracks go as deep as the veins, and it is awfully painfull.
Cheers, Hank W.
sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.
sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.
Ah, ok! Damn, you are a living encyclopediaHank W. wrote:Ah, thats more due to the dry air.
Life is cynical, because one of the reason why I have chosen to be in Finland is precisely the dry weather, since my lungs have a minor malformation and they can't stand wet/polluted air.Yep, that's exactly what she does.Hank W. wrote:The solution is just grease grease grease
/Paul
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If you don't mind mittens, then yes. http://www.ruskovilla.fi/tuotteet.cfm?action=lapsetscoobymcdoo wrote:Do they make the silk gloves in 1-2 year old sizes and the inner soles in size 22? I will look in CM or Prisma this week. Maybe a pair of goretex boots for her as well...it is going to be an expensive winter especially as she needs a new snowsuit!
(Lapaset merinovillaa, silkkivuoret, päällinen pehmeä interlock-neulos)
They also have undergarments in silk, too.
-enk
I never had dry skin before coming to Finland. If you put a good lotion on and sleep with cotton gloves on your hands and cotton socks on your feet it helps a lot. I just read that one good and inexpensive remedy for dry skin is vegetable fat (Crisco type). You put a good thick coating on and then do the hand/sock thing at night and supposedly you get really soft skin in the morning!Hank W. wrote:Ah, thats more due to the dry air. The solution is just grease grease grease, old women'rs remedies sometimes help. Its really bad sometimes if you have a skin condition to start with, rashes or thin skin. I've gotten it occasionally, and really it is one of those things that makes your jovial Finn just a tad bit extra-grumpy in November...Paul_D wrote: It goes that bad that the skin starts cracking under the heels and the end of the fingers. Sometimes, the cracks go as deep as the veins, and it is awfully painfull.