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Dressing your child appropriately for winter weather sounds simple, but according to my mom, a former preschool teacher, parents don’t always hit the mark. Between temperature changes throughout the day, your child’s activities, and what your child is actually willing to wear, there are several reasons why it’s easy to miss key details in your kid’s winter attire. As a mom to a preschooler myself, I’m certainly not immune.

I asked for my mom’s input and found 12 preschool-friendly winter clothing items to keep kids warm, dry, and comfortable during cold temperatures and fun snow days in between. From colorful merino wool socks to kids’ snow boots and a classic coat (with a removable hood!), it’s safe to say that my kiddo is ready for winter weather. Is yours? Keep scrolling to find out.

Gloves are essential in the winter, especially during recess. Since gloves can get lost easily, my mom recommends buying inexpensive pairs that come in a pack. This knit set comes in a pack of three with 12 different color combinations and multiple sizes (up to 10 years old). 

One grandma bought these gloves for her 3-year-old granddaughter, who “loves the bright colors and was happy to have gloves instead of mittens.” The gloves also “held up very well when building her snowman, and after washing and drying them,” she added.

You’ll want this Miles the Label Snowsuit on hand each year because it’s so warm and cozy. One of our writers received a sample for her 5-year-old, who couldn’t stop raving about the “extra soft” fleece lining and removable faux fur edge on the hood, which “keeps my face warm.” Our writer says she saves the snowsuit pants for snow days and sends her son to school with the jacket nearly every day when it’s cold.

This kids’ coat is wind-resistant and can withstand temperatures down to -22 degrees Fahrenheit. It also features an elastic waistband and cuffs to trap heat and a Velcro cover over the zipper for extra protection. The pants have even more thoughtful features, like reinforced knees, adjustable and removable suspenders, and more. 

Bonus: The parka includes a sewn-on label to write your child’s name. 

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Another explosive wildfire in California, driven by the region’s notorious Santa Ana winds, has burned thousands of buildings and has forced thousands of people to evacuate from their homes. The Palisades Fire began at 10:30 A.M. local time on Tuesday near Los Angeles’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood. Much of the neighborhood is under evacuation orders, which extended to northern Santa Monica. As of Thursday morning, the fire had scorched more than 17,000 acres and destroyed more than 2,000 structures.

Another blaze, the Eaton Fire, erupted on Tuesday evening in Altadena, Calif., just north of Los Angeles. As of late Wednesday, it had burned more than 10,000 acres and resulted in at least five deaths. Both fires had caused numerous injuries, according to officials.

On Wednesday evening, another fire began in the heart of Los Angeles just north of Hollywood. The fire grew rapidly to cover more than 40 acres as it spread downhill in Runyon Canyon. Though winds were not as high as Tuesday night, they were still pushing the fire and carrying embers that started spot fires. Helicopters made water drops, which helped beat back the flames.

Forecasters had warned that the risk of fire was extremely high this week, reaching “particularly dangerous situation” status as the ferocious winds combined with tinder-dry vegetation after a lack of rain during the beginning of what would usually be the wet season.

Gusts around the Palisades Fire were measured in the range of 40 to 50 miles per hour as of Tuesday afternoon, climate scientist Daniel Swain said during one of his regular “virtual climate and weather office hours,” hosted on YouTube. “Right now the winds are not extremely high, but again, they’re high enough,” said Swain, who is at the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources. Gusts were expected to reach 70 to 80 mph as the winds would peak on Tuesday night into Wednesday, with some places potentially seeing gusts as high as 100 mph. Gusts of 99 mph was measured in the San Gabriel Mountains north of Pasadena, Calif.

What Are the Santa Ana Winds?

The Santa Ana winds commonly propel fast-moving, damaging fires in this area; their characteristic dryness and speed can rapidly fan and spread flames. These winds are a result of local geography and a particular meteorological setup in which a high-pressure system sits over the Great Basin in the interior of the U.S. West and a low-pressure system hangs over California or offshore. Winds “want” to move from high to low pressure, and as they do so in this area, they travel downslope from the relatively high deserts. This descent compresses the air, warming it up and drying it out. (Such downslope winds, which happen in other locations around the world, are scientifically termed katabatic winds.)

The Santa Ana winds are additionally funneled through narrow mountain canyons, which causes them to speed up. The hot, dry, and fast nature of these winds makes them perfectly suited to spreading flames from any spark that ignites. The winds blow embers well ahead of the fire front, starting new spot fires. “Those embers are going to follow the wind and burn whatever they want,” Swain said in another video on YouTube on Tuesday.

In a couple of respects, this Santa Ana wind event isn’t a typical one: it “is especially extreme and is reaching lower elevations than usual with strong winds,” Swain said in another briefing on Wednesday morning.

Is Climate Change Playing a Role in the Los Angeles Fires?

The timing of the event is more in line with the norm: Santa Ana events typically happen from October through January. Part of what is raising fire risks from these events, though, is related to the influence of climate change on fluctuations in the region’s precipitation.

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Good morning love! I am yours from the hours of 12 to 3 tomorrow so please let me know how you would like to use me. Here are some options:

1. I come while you hang with the baby and I do laundry, bottles, cooking, buy and put away groceries.

2. I come and take care of the baby while you sleep in your room alone or you go do something by yourself or you guys go out to lunch the two of you without the baby.

3. I come and take you out to lunch with or without the baby.

4. And we sit on the couch and just chat or watch a funny movie with the baby.

You can decide whenever you want, just let me know!

The key here is that there are multiple options to choose from, each laid out clearly so the new parent only has to respond with a single number: 1, 2, 3, or 4. Rogers likes to include tasks that someone might be uncomfortable asking of a friend, like doing laundry or washing bottles.

“Everyone’s like, ‘Oh, let me know what you want. Let me know how I can help.’ You’re so far deep in this world of postpartum ‘whatever’ that you don’t even know how to ask someone for something,” she said in her Reel. “Also, there aren’t many people, other than my sisters, that I would ask to be like, ‘Can you just come over and clean?’”

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