Socks

Background my allergic child does not like to wear socks, but she has to wear them in the fall and winter with shoes or boots when outside.

Child: Can you buy me socks made from milk?

Me: Why your feet might become itchy or develop a rash, and you might become sick?

Child: No Mom I am not allowed to have things with milk, and if my socks had milk in them, I would not have to wear socks.

Me: If you had socks with milk in them, they might cross contaminate with your other clothes.

Child: I’ll keep them in a separate area in my dresser and you can wash my milk socks in a separate load. Then I would not have to wear socks!

Me: You have to wear socks, and I am not doing extra work.

I am glad my child has a firm understanding about cross contamination. Here is a link to baby and children’s leggings, made from milk fiber link. Clothes made out of milk fiber are more expensive, so the chances of accidentally buying some are unlikely!