Homemade Babylegs

Until a few months ago, I had no idea what BabyLegs were.  I'd never seen them, never heard of them.

When I started researching different types of cloth diapers, I kept running across BabyLegs.  They're essentially leg warmers for babies.  They protect little knees from rug burn once your wee one starts to crawl.  They also make diaper changes a breeze because you don't have to take them off each time as you do with pants.

Unfortunately, BabyLegs aren't cheap.  The average price I've seen for a single pair is $12.

For $12 I'll deal with the inconvenience of taking Gene's pants off at each diaper change.

One day a friend of mine directed my attention to a tutorial on how to make your own BabyLegs using a pair of knee-high socks.  So today while at Target I picked a pair up.

Using the tutorial as my guide, I chopped up the socks and reassembled them.  Here's what I came up with:

Probably not the best looking BabyLegs you've ever seen, but I like them.  I don't have any action shots of them on my little man yet (he's asleep, thankyouJesus!), but I will definitely try them on him tomorrow!

So there you have it, homemade BabyLegs.

Retail cost: $12

My cost: $2.50 + 10 minutes of my time

Savings: $9.50!!!

UPDATE: They're gigantic, but Gene will grow into them... eventually.