Put a f*cking blanket over your baby

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It’s horrible day- freezing light rain that sticks to your & face ice cold wind.

Nevertheless, am I still seeing 6 month old babies being strolled around in the pram wearing nothing but a coat, jeans and socks. No blanket, no raincover. Meanwhile their parents are dawdling by wearing a nice thick coat, a hat and a pair of gloves.

Are these people stupid or lazy? AIBU?

I must admit, I do worry about babies that are out and about without blankets in this weather. I saw one yesterday without socks on, and whilst I appreciate the issue of babies pulling their clothes off etc. he did have purple feet! I stopped to talk to him, and he smiled at me, the parents were really friendly too. He didn't cry and didn't look uncomfortable. I guess if a baby is in distress he/she will let you know about it! Babies will certainly howl if they're too cold

A few cases have shocked and angered me, that’s all. I’m not a judgemental person- a few pp have taken this very personally. Even pulling the hood of the pram down would have helped. I don’t like to see a baby shivering while waiting for the bus. If a baby’s lips are turning blue then I doubt it’s warm enough. I should have said something instead of ranting about it on mumsnet.

I’m not a judgmental person As you judge on the internet

You can’t make this shit up

I have a hat and blanket refuser and she runs hot. She's never needed many layers and I dress her in thin-looking wool when it's cold to regulate temperature better. So to some she might look underdressed for the weather but she's perfectly fine.

I don't particularly like seeing babies bundled up in puffy synthetic snow suits because it's so easy to overheat in them as they're not breathable, but parents know their babies and maybe they run cold and are just fine.

Toddlers are not babies
Use a cozitoes or a sleep suit
Put tights on them
Put a hat on them

It's the parent's responsibility to keep them warm

It's not that hard
If they are pulling stuff off then find something they can't pull off

I see this all the time, and also the people who bundle their kids up too much. I always made sure they had gloves, hat, blanket and footmuff. Or when they were younger an all in one coat. Now my son is hardly ever cold.

I used to have a hot water bottle tucked down their backs when it was cold and they were in the pram, because they hated blankets and layers. You would have judged me too.

I love that British people want babies in clothes Canadian children would only be in in -30 weather. When there's a light wind and it's 10 degrees. Soft as shite.

There used to be a mother at my grand childrens school who would walk her baby in the pushchair in just a baby grow in the middle of winter
The poster who says cold babies cry .
I have also noticed some babies/ toddlers on days out who have obviously been dressed for a chilly start , but as the day has warmed up , parents despite stripping off due to getting warm have failed to realise their kids may also now be feeling the heat

OP ignore the posters having a go at you , they just like to post to be contrary , another day another thread they will post the opposite

MrsTerryPratchett I’m with you

It doesn’t stop when they’re very small.
The number of kids in my class (7 year olds) who don’t come to school in coats really saddens me. And yes they complain of being cold.

Did you bother saying anything to the mother or did you just save it up for her? I can't take posters seriously who are so irked at something they've seen that is dangerous/careless, etc. ... who do and say nothing about it when it might matter.

I love that British people want babies in clothes Canadian children would only be in in -30 weather. When there's a light wind and it's 10 degrees. Soft as shite.

Well it’s all relative isn’t it? British children aren’t raised in -30 weather. Their bodies are used to windy 10 degree days making them cold. Just like they’re used to 30 degree days making them hit when other countries cope fine with 40+ degrees.

It’s not soft to put a coat on when you feel cold. It’s common bloody sense.

*hot

I once saw this newborn baby (must have been literally a week or so old) in FREEZING weather wearing no socks whilst the mother was wearing full coat and hat and boots. It was literally like 2 or 3 degrees outside and very windy. I mean who takes their newborn out that quickly in such weather just to go to the pub?

As long as they're fully dressed with a coat and shoes I wouldn't even notice there not being a blannket. They might just be having a quick walk or only be a few minutes between places. They might have a wriggly baby that throws off blankets, temperatures in this country are not likely to get life endangering.

Could you see through the coat? Maybe there was a vest, a t shirt and jumper underneath that coat.
They may kick off the blanket. They may have lined jeans on, or leggings under the jeans. Mine wears thick socks that go up to his knees under his lined jeans.

My baby doesn't need a blanket if he's wearing a snowsuit over an outfit with hat and mittens on. I don't want to cook him. Guidelines say put on one extra layer than what you are wearing, I don't wear a thick snowsuit so that's his extra layer.

Mine refuses to keep a blanket/hat/gloves on so I put her in an all in one snowsuit with a hood. She won't wear socks so she has tights under trousers.

YANBU

as they are not moving, they should be wearing MORE layers than the parents. "It's not that cold" but the parent are not wearing tshirts either, are they.

How hard to buy a footmuff that can be unzipped in shops or warmer places.

Same when mummy is wearing sunglasses but happy to leave baby blinded by the sun. If you need a coat, so does your baby - and more because they are colder.

Just sit outside for 1 hour doing nothing and come back to tell us how it's "not that cold"

I always think the reverse and how hot most babies look when they're out in hundreds of layers and a pram suit and a hat and a blanket. Their poor little red faces! DS usually wears a fleece star wrap over his normal clothes (today = jeans, vest, jumper and socks) and he's normally a sweaty little bugger when I take him out the pram.

Guidelines say put on one extra layer than what you are wearing

inside... not when you are moving, walking and pushing a buggy and the baby is sitting still!

You try it..

It's even worst when the babies are carried by parents and keeping them warm whilst baby is left freezing.

idiots.

We're not somewhere actually cold...they'll be fine.

Mind you, I also think a lot of adults are overdressed too. My dad and brother came over earlier and they were both sweating by the time they got here as it's so mild out and they'd got big coats on.

We're not somewhere actually cold...they'll be fine.

but if it's not that cold, why is the parent wearing a coat?

Yay it's a "let's all judge people based on seeing a snapshot of their lives" thread.

MN is so good at these.