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...taking 15 week old DS outside on a cold day?

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mamaGool · 01/03/2011 13:51

Waiting at the bus stop to take 15wo DS swimming. He is in a sling, with my body heat, a bobble hat on, cashmere shawl & silk cardie wrapped over the top of that & snoozing happily.

I notice a woman staring at me/him (this happens a lot), so I smile.
HER: it's windy for baby.
ME (thinking she's making conversation): Yes it is, isn't it? That's why I've got him so bundled up.
HER: Tsk!

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hogsback · 01/03/2011 18:31

Mahraih - nice save on the PFB front there

susall · 01/03/2011 18:36

My twins were 7 weeks prem, born november, 4 weeks in hospital, out on a thursday and were snuggled up in their pram to take DS1 to school on the monday. Thats why we bought snowsuits and blankets to go with the cosytoes. We now have kids (4yo) who are very rarely ill as they have been out in all weathers, being in Scotland they would never leave the house otherwise its only when you get that driving rain that they hate it.
The lollypop lady always used to say 'wheres their hats?' when they were a bit older to which she was told that they left the house wearing one and if I was to stop and put it back on everytime DS1 would eventually get to school by lunch time!

Zippylovesgeorge · 01/03/2011 19:01

Bless the old people who know so much

Both mine were winter babies. We went out most days to go shopping/toddler group/park etc. Often when we got home I'd leave them in the pram outside the back door for a little while. Never did either any harm.

When my eldest was about 2 we had a harsh winter so he didn't get to walk as much as he liked (sat on the pram seat). So he'd often be wrapped up and let out to play in the garden - my MIL was seriously not impressed. My niece was never allowed to do the same - spent most of her time in an over heated house - guess which one was more healthy???

Yep my boy

mmmmmchocolate · 01/03/2011 19:05

This has made me chuckle when DD1 was a few weeks old MIL had overstayed her welcome so we said we were popping out to Toys R Us. She said "you CAN'T take her out today! It's far too cold" DD was born in June by the way......

MIL is also kind enough to look after DD while me and DP are at work but I spend 9 months of a year listening to her say to DD "oh you can't play outside today it's too cold/rainy/frosty/snowy/dull" but then comes those 4 weeks a year when the sun comes out and all is glorious and she says "Ohhhhhhhh it's too hot for you to play out there today, we will just stay inside today"

googoomama · 01/03/2011 19:09

When I was a newborn my mum left me with my grandma for a couple of hours. I was born in December, so it was winter obviously. When she came back to collect me, I was wrapped up in my pram outside the front door. My grandma was giving me some air :)

NorthernSky · 01/03/2011 19:18

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kitkat1000 · 01/03/2011 19:34

I took my 20 hour old baby out in november to feed the ducks with my 2 year old - totally wrapped up and fine - midwife said that you can take babies anywhere straight away - i was worried it was too early but she said the only person she would have been worried about was me walking about that early, the baby wasn't a concern at all!

Dakiara · 01/03/2011 19:46

Think I must have gotten off lightly - worst I got was the lady in the local shop repeatedly asking if I was still breastfeeding post 6 months.

She eventually stopped asking after two years.

For the lady at the bus stop I'd have been tempted to agree with her but explain that apparently there's been new research done that says that if you don't take them out as babies in all weathers then they end up overly precious and very nosey as adults.

PrincessScrumpy · 01/03/2011 19:47

I plan to take my twins to Canada next winter to visit my brother - they will be about 15wo and temperatures get to -32 degrees easily. I will wrap them up warm.

How did they cope in the days before central heating?! Stupid woman.

booandbump · 01/03/2011 19:56

When my daughter was 6 months old I had to sell my car and we walked everywhere. One day it was chucking it down and obviously pram had a rain cover on. We got to the shop and a lady came up & said "Poor little mite, it's too wet for her to be out" I was . Daughter was DRY warm & fast asleep.

I however looked like a drowned rat!

redandyellowandpinkandgreen · 01/03/2011 20:48

My mum was worried about me taking DS for a walk in the fog and seemed to think you weren't meant to do it. She wasn't sure why. It must have been advised at one point but we concluded it might have been to do with smog more and it being harder to breathe or something?

She also had a big list of foods not to eat while bf and is alarmed that I can eat grapes and drink orange juice.

Itchywoolyjumper · 01/03/2011 20:58

On the train on the way home from Christmas shopping I'd taken my baby's hat and gloves off as the train was boiling. A woman had started a conversation with me about the baby and about 5 minutes in she actually put her hand into the pram and pulled his little hood up, telling me that I had to keep him wrapped up or he'd get pleurisy!
I'm sure if we spent 10 minutes looking at these people we'd find plenty of things they were doing that we didn't agree with and perhaps we should start telling them :)

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mamaGool · 01/03/2011 21:54

Oooh, you've made me giggle with your stories of similarly interfering bints! Thanks so much to all of you

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