to think this is a bit strange?

[MrsDeathOfRats]

Last night I had a weird sort of bicker with DP.

Last week, in Lidl, I bought loads some kids clothes. Namely the fleece leggings for girls and some of the 2 packs of tops.
The tops had one round neck in and one turtle neck. I though this was great. Warm for winter.

I out one on her for nursery yesterday, and DP saw when she came home. After she was in bed he told me not to put turtle neck tops on her or ds again.
His reason is 'they cause illness'. He claims that they keep the throat warm and then the next day when you go out without it the throat is exposed and vulnerable and therefore you catch an illness.

AIBU to think that is a total load of crap?

I can almost see his thinking.

Certain bacteria thrive in warm conditions and virus' are more easily passed from person to person in colder climates as these conditions keep them more stable during transit through the air.

The flaw in his logic is that a turtle neck will only keep the surface of the skin warmer. It doesn't have an affect on the temperature inside of the throat, which is controlled by the hypothalamus, or the likeliness of your child inhaling or ingesting bacteria or viruses in our surroundings.

Dd was born in a heatwave and one of our constant arguments was him going in to put another blanket on, then me going to take it off.

When we came home from the hospital he (somewhat tentatively) produced a fleece snowsuit to put her in. It was July.

He is better with ds. I honestly don't think he realises how crazy some of this stuff sounds while its in his head. And then once it's out he is too stubborn to back down and say 'actually that is fucking insane theory!!'

I just sort of argue the point in a light hearted way and then giggle all evening once he's in bed!

Purple hahaha

My ex wouldn't let me squeeze his spots because he thought it caused cancer..... He was a bright man apart from this little blip! He could be friends with your DH?!

Aramynta we do have struggles over where illnesses come from and how to treat them etc.

He puts immense store by food. He will get beside himself with stress and worry if the DC don't eat well. The moment one of them rejects dinner he is all up in arms and will run around finding anything They will eat.
Dd was ill a few weeks back and didn't eat for 3 days. Drank gallons but no actual food. I didn't worry but he was convinced she couldn't be well again if she didn't eat as she would have no energy.

Of course she got over it and ate like a king for a day or 2. But that's just how he is!

Is he aware that if he's pulling a face and the wind changes...

I always thought turtle neck was American we call them polo necks

??

I've just remembered that my Syrian dad (a highly intelligent man, works in a medical capacity now but also an engineer for 40 years) told me that I shouldn't have the fan blowing on DS2 (born in a heatwave) because he would catch a stomach chill. He didn't.

He also told me that DS1 would get 'bandy legs' if we let him try to put his weight on his legs aged 4 weeks we were only letting him push off the bed and marveling at his strength!

I think it's sweet, really. Better for him to care and get it a bit wrong than to not care at all. Frustrating to live with though, I can see that!

zoobaby

Tell him never to unscrew his bellybutton or his bum will drop off.

Sounds like the sort of thing my MIL would say. A while ago, DH just mentioned in front of her that he had a bit of a sore throat. Later in the day he said he needed to go for a haircut. She turned to him and shouted angrily, "You are NOT getting your hair cut if you have a bad throat!"

Does he wear one all the time to prevent illness?

anothernumberone to me they're completely different things - a polo-neck is a higher collar and usually folds over, whereas a turtleneck is lower and just one layer, like a continuation of a high crew-neck.

oh no hahaha, iv'e never heard that one before!

OP I am sorry to be derailing this very serious thread although it seems to be unanimous that your DH is in fact talking a load of codswallop but my American cousins always referred to what we called polo necks as turtle necks, are they something different in the UK. Fascinating. This is the one I thought we were talking about.

polo neck

I feel totally unqualified to discuss anything else in this thread since clearly I don't even know what item of clothing we are talking about.

Anothernumberone that is in fact what I am talking about.

I called it a turtle neck as we have polo necks on dp's and DS's t shirts:

Ah no Mrs Death that would in fact be a polo shirt a completely different piece of kit altogether .

HAHAHHA no. YANBU. But maybe record a few things he comes out with, and compile a book of medical advice and ancient sayings handed down from great grandparents.

That's a polo shirt.

Hang on. I'm confused . The item of clothing he's complaining about doesn't cover the neck?!

this is a polo neck

my nan used to claim i would catch cold from going round in bare feet, same sort of bollocks

Libraries, it's okay OP means polo neck, not polo shirt. I think.

Anneka - not in the photo she's posted.

Gosh, who would have thought so much confusion could come from the name of a shirt?!?

Turtle neck and polo neck appear to be the same thing? So that one!

The book idea is great! Might start that now!

she has explained why she called them turtle necks, but is referring to polo necks.

As for OP, polo neck shirt = polo shirt in picture - but original OP was about turtle necks, aka polo necks

What is it called when it's like, half a polo neck in neck- length - coverage? is that turtle neck?

Now I am feeling very guilty for bringing a whole level of complexity to this whole already sensitive discussion.

I think we can all agree that a polo neck and a turtle neck are one and the same and return to the discussion at hand. [santa]z[santa]