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to really hate seeing

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Deliainthemaking · 11/03/2011 17:31

Babies/toddlers in buggys when its cold nothing like a blanket covering their legs

its pretty dull/cold where I am atm
today I was out with my DS in buggy I saw this other little girl in a buggy, short skirt, no blanket
all that was between her and the cold was a thick piar of tights ..poor thing :(

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iamthere · 11/03/2011 17:33

YANBU - me too. And when it's freezing cold, kids with no hat or gloves or even coat on! If anything Im guilty of wrapping mine up too much!

winnybella · 11/03/2011 17:33

Hmm. DD's often dressed in thick tights and skirt now...as long as it's more than +5 degrees, I think it's ok, tbh.

FabbyChic · 11/03/2011 17:33

I don't like seeing that either, what ever happened to foot muffs? They were toasty.

squeakytoy · 11/03/2011 17:33

she had a thick pair of tights on you say? dont really see a problem then..

Bottleofbeer · 11/03/2011 17:34

My oldest son must have looked shocking in his bare feet then. He would not keep shoes and socks on. I lost countless pairs of socks that were chucked out of the buggy AND shoes too. In the end I'd just wrap his feet in a blanket which he often kicked off himself.

moonstorm · 11/03/2011 17:47

BoB - that's what footmuffs are for - not being able to kick them off. It doesn't matter if he then takes socks and shoes off.

Bottleofbeer · 11/03/2011 17:50

I'm daft, it never occured to me to buy one. Tho to be fair in cold weather he'd have an all in one snowsuit on. It's just not always what it looks like is it?

My daughter spent a full day last Summner in a Mrs Xmas dress that she insisted on wearing. Sometimes you just gotta let them do it!

thefinerthingsinlife · 11/03/2011 17:51

BOB stick him in tights, we had the same problem with DS and I got sick of buying new socks.

craftynclothy · 11/03/2011 17:57

I'd have probably said that when I just had dd1 but with dd2 it's a different story. She usually hates having hat/gloves on and just screeches (she's 18m and I mean full on screeching, you'd think she was being murdered the noise she makes).

Similarly it's a huge struggle to even get her in a pushchair, I often use the smart trike instead cos she's willing to go in that. I don't think I'd manage to get her in one with a footmuff on

Bottleofbeer · 11/03/2011 17:57

I will do Thefinerthingsinlife. Do you think he'll object now that he's 15?

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Deliainthemaking · 11/03/2011 18:06

Well they were thick baby tights but in northern cold weather not very warm tbh

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SeeJaneKick · 11/03/2011 18:10

how old was the blanketless child?

worraliberty · 11/03/2011 18:12

As long as she had a coat and thick tights perhaps that's all she needed. Some kids refuse blankets and kick them off.

NestaFiesta · 11/03/2011 18:43

I get looks because DS2 always has cold pink hands. I have tried and lost endless mittens. Last week he kept his Dad's gloves on (which were massive) but this week he takes them off and chucks them on the floor. My next step is seweing gloves onto his coat. Don't judge til you know the background OP!

pozzled · 11/03/2011 18:46

That could have been my DD you saw today, if it was a toddler rather than a baby. She was fine. She doesn't stay in the pushchair long as she prefers to walk, and even on some of the coldest days she will refuse a blanket when it is offered.

sevendwarves · 11/03/2011 18:56

Could the child have had a fever perhaps? I got some very judgey looks on a hot day in the summer when DS had a cold and a very low temp (35.4). I had to take him to the chemist and had him wrapped up in a thick jumper and blankets.

controlpantsandgladrags · 11/03/2011 19:19

I have just given up on the footmuff with great relief......1yo DD2 hates it with a passion and kicks and screams whenever I put her legs in it. I've decided that a few more degrees warmth means I can get rid of it! She's much happier and trips out are a whole lot less stressful.

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Deliainthemaking · 12/03/2011 10:25

the child was bout 18months

it just bothers me when the skirt barely covers their knickers etc

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SeeJaneKick · 12/03/2011 10:59

When I put my three year old (turned 3 lst week) in her buggy because we are going on a long walk, I always feel like people will look all if I tuck a blanky round her.

I do...but wonder if people think "look at that 3 year old in a buggy and a blanky!"

But she can't walk all the way to the shops....she just can't do the three miles and I feel terrible if she's cold.

MrsBloomingTroll · 12/03/2011 11:18

DD is 2.7 and refuses to wear jeans or proper trousers at the moment, even on bitterly cold days, only thin leggings. No tights underneath - she refuses. Kicking and screaming. She has been like this for some time. This is why she has no skirts in her wardrobe!

She often removes her shoes and socks when we are out in the buggy. And the blanket is kicked off. She often also takes off her coat and cardigan and, now she's into choosing her own clothes, sometimes chooses short-sleeved t-shirts in winter in spite of my/our protests. She would honestly be quite happy butt-naked. 'Tis her Geordie blood (from my grandmother) coming through.

I have one buggy with a footmuff and one without. I bought a footmuff for the one without and she haaated it. It had to be taken off before she ripped it off.

I do get funny looks from other people when we're out if she has half-undressed herself (there was a memorable pre-Christmas shopping trip where she did just that), but I'm pregnant at the moment and don't always have the energy to fight her (and it's a full-on physical fight) to get her to wear more.

Just wanted to share the other side of the story. My DD is capable of saying when she's cold now and does so, even if it's not very often.

We're at home at the moment and the heating's off. DD is resplendent in a nappy and nothing else, took off her pyjamas a while ago and has so far resisted all attempts to get her dressed.

Ryoko · 12/03/2011 11:55

To an extent I agree, but too an extent I don't kid with a skirt obviously a no no.

but I've had people moaning about my son because he's not in a coat, he's got his vest top, t-shirt and hoody on thats good enough and he doesn't like wearing his mittens, your better off pulling his sleeves down over his hands.

I take offense at bizzy bodies making comment, I have hands I can touch him to see if he's cold or not, the number of kids I see in buggies cocooned with nothing but a bright red face visible is beyond stupid.

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Deliainthemaking · 12/03/2011 15:02

my son has one of those things lol

but he doesnt have a thick coat on with it.
probs me being judgey but I do think they must be so cold.

and like I said its usually with short skirts so no protection

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sims2fan · 12/03/2011 17:13

I understand that some children don't feel the cold as much as others etc, but I do think often it is just a lack of common sense by the parents. I went to an open air family friendly concert last summer, held in the middle if a field. It was light and still warm when it started, but as I stood there with a coat I looked at a lot of small children in just t shirts and thought, 'they're going to be freezing if they stay until the end.' sure enough, when walking home at about 10pm I was surrounded by shivering kids complaining to their parents that they were cold. Their parents just didn't plan ahead and I think that happens a lot. My husband and I wanted to take our 3 year old nephew out for a trip to the park when he was at my PILs the other week but couldn't as his mum had left him there without a coat and he just had a t shirt and long shorts on and it was a cold day.

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