to be fed up of people commenting that my baby looks cold?

[Sophiesworld]

I know this is a constant bugbear for parents but DH and I have just had it one too many times over the last couple of weeks!

Today DD was wearing a fleece sleepsuit over her normal outfit and covered up with a blanket folded in four so quadruple thickness. Admittedly no hat (she went into meltdown when I tried to put that on before we left the house) but she has a nice padded head protector and she wasn't crying. And yet an elderly couple felt that need to comment that she looked cold.

Now, had they said DD looked hungry (permanently sucking fists/sticking out tongue - 12 week growth spurt) or tired (rarely sleeps during the day - life is far too exciting!) they might have had a point!

How about 'That mum looks tired/hungry/worried that despite constantly striving to meet her baby's needs she is somehow failing miserably' for a change?

Sorry - rant over :o

I often wonder if people ever consider the fact that small children may not feel the. Old because their nervous system isnt fully developed yet? Just because they don't feel or act cold, doesn't mean that they aren't cold.

Feel the cold

We might not lose heat quickest from the head (I can't quite believe one of the great unshakable truths of the world has been snatched away from me) but the article seems to suggest if the head is the bit left uncovered then covering it is the only option in terms of increasing potential warmness. Therefore if the baby is potentially cold then a hat needs to go on.

I used to find that snaffling the hat on once out whilst child was distracted worked best. That, and staples.

I could put a coat on top of the sleepsuit Miette, but she was already wearing a vest, a cotton sleepsuit, a fleece sleepsuit and had four layers of blanket covering her. I regularly check her temperature at the nape of her neck and so I am fairly confident that she was not, in fact, cold. That's why the comment was irritating! :)

Saggy - I always assumed babies would cry if they were cold because that's one of the things on the checklist of reasons why your baby might be crying.

I seem to have started a hat debate, which really wasn't my intention! :o

Intefering sods + cage = jobs a guddun'

Just smile thank them and say 'yes, I'll have to see about getting her a hat'. then ignore. They go away thinking what a nice mum and baby and yiou don't sit stewing over it!

Practice saying: "When I want your opinion I'll ask for it." It works a treat when coupled with a cat's-bum-fuck-off-face.