Kids not wrapped up in this cold weather!

[bluesteakandcheese]

I know it is nothing to do with me how others see fit to dress their children. But it really gets to me when I'm walking round town and see young kids and babies with no gloves or hat on.
Why do parents not think it is appropriate to wrap their children up against the cold? I just don't understand it!

My children take their coats and jumpers off. They’re old enough to ask for them back when they get cold. My eldest is a proper hot bod though and doesn’t like to be wrapped up, even in bed.

When mine were little they wouldn't wear hats/scarves/gloves until they were already shivering (still won't actually, but they're old enough to take responsibility for themselves). The only thing that worked for me was the gloves on ribbon trick, and not everyone has the time or ability for that.

I had to take my DD hat off earlier as even outside she was just too warm with it on (flushed cheeks,warm chest).
If I leave it on her anywhere else she has a tendency to pull it down over her face

As for gloves. She is teething. Her hands get eaten so the gloves would get soaked in minutes and her hands would then get even colder, wet and being outside.

YABU to judge other parents. DS doesn't feel the cold at all, he prefers to wear shorts all year round if allowed. His teacher told me the other day she had to keep asking him to put his jumper on as he was going round in just a polo shirt. All children are different.

Some DC won't wear them, and some don't seem to feel cold like we do. My dc1 send to run about 10° hotter than the rest of us, even as a baby she complained with bring wrapped up and is the same now, whereas dc2 loves being bundled up and "snuggly warm"

I don't feel the cold (don't often wear coats, even in winter) and get hot very easily. My two year old DD is the same and will wear a hat and gloves but refuses coats and/or blankets.

Felt extremely judged while out today, to the point of feeling tearful, because she wouldn't put her coat on to play outside (she said she was hot) and I could see other parents looking pointedly and muttering

I have my kids wrapped up before they leave the house, my eldest (11yrs) comes home dressed like it's the summer months-jumper, coat and hat in the bag. My 2nd one(9yrs) just carries his coat. I don't get it. It's baltic out there

How cold actually is it?

It's been 2 degrees and sleet here managedmis

My DD also rarely wears a coat if we are in the buggy. Fleecelined footmuff makes it very toasty for her

It’s common for children to refuse to wear hats and gloves and pull them off, especially under the age of three. My DC all hated hats and gloves so have all protested by pulling them off and throwing them on the floor. They only started wearing them after the age of 3/4 but still now would prefer not to. My DD’s don’t like them messing their hair up so we compromised with ear muffs.

Oh and my DS (9) hates hats because he says they’re itchy. He’d rather have his hood up than wear a hat. HTH.

My youngest would have a screaming fit at being expected to keep shoes and socks on in the pushchair let alone a hat and gloves. He was positively apoplectic when I zipped up the cosy toes, I'm surprised nobody called social services on me - his reaction was as if he was being expected to put his feet into a nest of vipers.

Also depends where you are in the country. Where I am in the deep sw of England it would be too warm for gloves and hats etc if just popping to the shops. But can imagine it's a different story in the far north of Scotland

I was in town without a coat today.

My son wore shorts year round - I had to do battle with the school to allow shorts in winter but he was much happier in shorts. Other than when in Antarctica or at work, I don’t think he’s worn a hat to date. Never did as a child. He would never wear coats, gloves or hats as a child.
Some children just don’t want to be trussed up and unable to move.

My son won’t wear a coat. Ever. He’s 7 and has special needs and just hates the feel of them. I end up putting about 3 hoodies on him instead. I’m sure other parents must think I’m a dreadful parent. I’m really not.

Are there some stealth boasts on here from people who live in much warmer parts of the country or are they "well 'ard?"

My DD would not accept a blanket from 4 months to about 2.5 years. Now she loves them.

If I was at home I'd be in shorts and a t-shirt and having a bbq on the beach. That enough of a stealth boast for you @Ginfordinner?

My eldest wasn't too bad with hats and gloves - until he got to school. He went through a pair of gloves a week, just kept losing them. Turns out he really hates wearing them.
My youngest has, from the moment he had control of his limbs, been a hat and glove remover. Remover and chucker. I haven't over forced the issue unless really cold and at that point he does comply. He's like me, gets very warm. I hated being bundled up as a child, I can remember feeling unable to enjoy myself as I was sweaty and itchy. But I had asthma so apparently I needed boiling in my own juice for my own good.

When mine were babies I didn't do snow suits in the pram as they were too bulky, too faffy to put on/off, and if we were in and out of shops then I could remove layers as needed. They would wear a long sleeved vest, long socks or tights, sleepsuit over the top, and a thick, borg-lined hooded cardigan. With a blanket over the top, they were more than warm enough in the carry cot.

I have only had one child out of four who would tolerate hats and gloves. My youngest won't wear them at all, sneakily drops them out the side of the pushchair. I've tried all the tricks (this is DC4 and not my first rodeo) and she can remove them all including socks used instead of mittens, I even made a pair of extra long mittens to her exact measurements and they were off within minutes. She won't stand for the raincover being on either end will hang her arms and legs out the sides of it in protest, head too if she can pull the cover far enough to one side.

I'm busy, I've got places to be and can't be stopping every five seconds to put gloves back on, adjust the raincover, and retrieve sneakily dropped items. If she's cold, she will let me know and is then far more likely to keep the gloves/hat/raincover on.

Perhaps if all adults set a good example it would be easier. I have seen a man in shorts and a woman with a short dress and bare legs today.

My DD often walks (runs) home from school with no cardi and no coat in this weather. She says school is too hot. I think she should have autonomy over what is comfortable- to a degree.
You don’t catch a cold from the cold.

Should adults wear more layers despite being uncomfortably hot just to ‘set a good example’? Surely a good example is teaching children to listen to their own bodies and decide that they’re comfortable with??

I'm sure if they were cold they'd have put long trousers on.

Yesterday DH and I went for a walk. I was wearing thermal gloves (reynauds), a scarf, and what my mum calls a 'proper' coat - thermal, insulated, waterproof one from the outdoorsy shop. DH was wearing a hoodie. It was around 1C.