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MIL judging me over hat...

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Mammie81 · 11/02/2011 08:14

Popped into MIL's yesterday - baby was in snow suit as it was a bit nippy out.

We were only there for 15 mins and baby was asleep so I took his hat and mittens off and undid the suit and left him laying in it, as to remove it totally would have woken him up and we'd have had hell to pay.

Her house is always sweltering as she thinks that babies should be kept with at least 2 layers and a cardigan, and then a blanket, while the central heating is on (we've already had words about her overdressing him, then putting him down to bed with 2 blankets on when the heating is at over 24 degrees)

When I went to put the babies suit on properly, I found he was sweating alot. So I said I wasnt going to put his hat on for the walk to the car so that he could cool down a bit (the car was on the drive perhaps 10 steps from the house, and still warm as we'd only been there for 15 mins)

She looked at me like I had spat at her. 'You ARENT going to put his hat on?! He will get a COLD'

Then in the hall she asked why he had no blanket on either and I said 'Because hes cooling down! He is sweating hot!' FIL put his arm around MIL protectively like I was Satan.

AIBU? Honestly?

OP posts:
plupervert · 11/02/2011 22:51

My DS makes his (foreign) granny proud. When we go outside, he moans to have his coat on, his coat zipped up and his hat, and he moans at me for not wearing a coat when it's 10C and we are only nipping to the shops! Confused

CarGirl · 11/02/2011 22:54

There is a funny photo of dh as a newborn in with his sister stood by the cot, he has clothes, cardi and layers and layers of blankets.

It was mid June Grin in a newbuild home!

castleonthehill · 12/02/2011 12:59

Mine never wore snow suites in car-seat as you can't get them in tight enough. so mine just had a blanket on them that I could take off as the car warmed up. There are other threads on here about coats and car-seats.

MsScarlett · 13/02/2011 18:01

Our carseat is very enclosed. When I took dd out of it yesterday which was a mild day, she was sweating. It was only a short journey and she was only wearing a vest, babygro and cardi and covered loosely with a blanket. She wasn't even wearing a hat. So just goes to show how easily they overheat...

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