To be horrified by children in winter jackets on such hot days?

[Luxmum]

It's just been soo hot over this weekend - it was 28 C on Saturday, and yet I kept seeing children (especially babies) in thick winter jackets, winter hats, gloves, in those sleeping bags for prams... while the parents were in the thinnest t shirts, gobbling icecreams. My DS gets really hot, so was in T shirts like me, but how can people think that keeping a child so hot is good for them? Its really dangerous!!

Some peole seem to have no understanding of temperature and small children.

My pet hate is seeing children underwrapped in winter, eg, no gloves, neck exposed, and my particular hate, the bit of leg poking out between bottom of trouser and top of sock when sat in a pram. Those poor kids must be freezing...

I agree. Here in Italy it's the same, everyone under a year is togged up in snow gear until it's officially summer according to the calendar. We're even told it's dangerous, but there are so many people anxious about the slightest draught. And then they wonder why their children get sick all the time when they're older.

I saw a butterfly piss!

Rhubarb I'm impressed!

It was well impressive! I didn't know they pissed and stuff, but this big one just let off this really big piss that went on dd's shoe! Winter shoes in case you're interested, haven't bought any summer ones yet but it's a good job when you consider that butterflies are pissing all over them!

Wow!

I saw a man standing just behind a thick gatepost yesterday, hosing down the path outside - I couldn't see the hose at first and thought he was doing a massive niagra wee!

I'd love to see a butterfly pee

rhubarb, you've made me chuckle

just what I need right now

Hows things with you, not drowning in butterfly piss are you?

Not bad thanks TR. Wish I'd stayed in France though, makes you realise what you've left behind.

I'm getting a stick insect though!

ooooo how cooool
dd1s teacher offered me some of her stick insects, I was very tempted

We always have a battle with ds1 when the seasons change actually. So at the moment he won't contemplate leaving the house without his (thick) coat on. Thankfully we managed to persuade him to do away with his fleecy hat a couple of weeks ago. When winter returns we'll have the same battle in reverse.

A wasp once did a poo on my can of coke.

we were out in town (maidstone) on sunday morning and it was quite warm (23 or warmer) and i saw quite a few children in warm jackets and babies with blankets over them, it bothered me a bit... i dont think it's unreasonable really.

I tend to take a jacket for DS if wwe're going to be out till nightfall but while it's hot he's fine in just a t-shirt, maybe not even a vest. But if he looks hot or cold or complains I adjust his clothing... mind you, when he was younger and we were living with my mum I was forever telling her that he didn't need yet another blanket or wooly, and that overheating babies is more dangerous than letting them get a bit chilly...

DD has gone to nursery in a skirt and t-shirt (complaining because it was orange and refusing to wear a cardigan and no vest). I am sure she will be fine.

Well I left for work at 7.20 this morning, so I have no idea what sort of coat, if any, DD went in. It was left to my DH's discretion....

It's chilly up here just now. Breeze blowing.

I saw plenty of children in prams and buggies in short sleeves and shorts.

Poor bairns.