If you are like most parents, you don’t give a lot of thought to minor details about your baby’s day. You may enjoy shopping for clothing and dressing up your little guy. It’s even possible that you obsessively track your baby’s weight gain and eating habits. However, few parents give extensive consideration to what is covering their baby’s toes. Baby socks can be a fun part of your little one’s wardrobe. There are plenty of fun options to add interest to this basic item of baby clothing.

Tiny Tenderness

One of the most enjoyable parts of dressing your baby is how tiny everything is. Baby socks are probably the epitome of this cute factor. A newborn sock is just a few inches long, providing an adorable visual picture of how sweet and precious your baby is. As your baby grows, so will his little feet. Those first few baby socks are a keepsake to treasure.

As your baby grows, you will notice that versatility and style are a concern. There are many different types of baby socks. Many babies don’t like the heavy feeling of a full shoe, so socks provide the perfect substitution. Luckily, styles and colors abound.

Booties- Baby booties are still a best-selling type of baby socks. Booties are a cross between a sock and a shoe, providing a soft covering for baby’s feet. Look for features that allow the bootie to be securely tied to the baby’s ankle so they can’t kick it off.

Johnny Socks: Some parents aren’t thrilled with the traditional and old-fashioned look of standard booties, especially for baby boys. For this reason, baby socks that look like shoes are growing in popularity. These sweet and somewhat comical baby socks may look like a sneaker or other type of shoe. It’s common for these baby socks to have non-slip bottoms, allowing baby to move around as mobility is developed.

When you are a new mom, one of the best gifts to receive (besides time) are items that are homemade- whether that means cooking, gifts, or clothing, it always seems to leave a very favorable impression. What could be more special for your brand new baby than having them all dressed up in a handmade pair of booties, a sweater, or wrapped up in a sweet blanket that has been specially knitted by yourself, a friend or a family member.

The art of Knitting is not as difficult as you might think, and it will be a fun hobby you can master while your little one is growing inside you, and you might just find that it will be a great stress reliever to engage in once the baby has arrived. Its a quick trick to pick up and with your newly founded skills you can create some amazing baby gifts, including super sweet baby shoes or booties to cover babies wee little toes when they are exposed to the world. Plus when you create them yourself, you can choose the color, the style, the material, and more, plus your effort and love will literally be sewn into every stitch of the booties themselves.

I am quite sure that you will find knitting to be one of the easiest crafts to learn, even for total beginners never holding a pair of knitting needles before. After a bit of practice it will take just a few hours to create super sweet baby booties, and a few days to create a baby blanket. Think of the money you will save as well creating your own blankets, clothing, and such.

This hobby is great to partake in with other family members as well so you can grow and develop your skills. Just think about when your best friend has a baby and can present her with a pair of baby booties you knitted yourself- as a parent yourself I am sure you know how much this means! Once you have honed your knitting skills you can learn to create more elaborate designs and creations and if you really enjoy the hobby, you can sell your pieces and earn a bit of extra cash or donate your items to babies and families in need, even more of a special gift.

Grab some free Baby Bootie Knitting Patterns (along with tons of additional free patterns) and start making cute baby boy booties, sweaters, blankets and more.

Johnny’s sneaker socks aka ‘the socks that look like shoes‘ are the hottest socks around for baby boys! And, they even have sock shoes for girls now too called ‘Jenny’ socks. These lil’ socks are great for babies… so sad that my son has grown out of cute things like this. Actually these are one of the few baby clothing items I kept as a memory from when my son was little (these and those peepee teepee’s are my favorite… those just make me laugh though!

The Johnny socks by Trumpette come in pairs of six with all different color combination to match any outfit. As seen on the toes of many celebrity babies, Trumpette baby socks have lead the market since opening in 2002.

One of the reasons these baby socks are so popular is just the fact that they are so unique and also very reasonable for six pairs of baby socks… about $22 plus or minus. They come packaged up in a a very creative display and make a really special baby boy gift for expecting parents. The only downside to these socks is that they are small so I suggest you go for a larger than average size which allows the baby to wear them longer and makes mommy and daddy able to put off buying actual shoes for that much longer.  Honestly, if they had these in MY size… I’d totally wear them around too.

You can find Johnny socks at many department stores now, such as Nordstrom’s or online at Amazon.com and other baby shops.