To insist on coat or blanket from car seat to house with 6 month baby?

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It’s 7°C outside and DS (6 months) needed to go from house to car, about 20 metres. He was wearing a cotton bodysuit/onesie with no vest underneath.

I thought he needed a coat/blanket and hat even for that short distance, especially as he’s just getting over a chest infection.

DH thought it was fine for such a short trip and that I was being over the top. He took DS out as he was- no hat, no coat, no blanket.

Am I being overprotective? Do babies really need full outdoor clothing for literally 30 seconds outside? Or is it important even for very short distances?

Is this something worth insisting on or am I overthinking it?

It’s 30 seconds it would take longer to faff with a coat or blanket

Its fine for short trio

Well coats are dangerous in car seats... He could pop a blanket over- but again unnecessary from going from a warm house to a car

Of course it was fine. It was literally seconds. Babies are tougher than you think, otherwise the species would have died out long ago.

Honestly for less than a minute I never bothered. They won’t freeze if they’re going from warm car to warm house.

Aren’t coats a bad idea for babies in car seats?
Id put a blanket on him and maybe a hat - because it’s not just the walk to the car, it’s also cold in the car, especially initially. It takes seconds to bung a blanket on. If you’ve got one with car seat “holes” even better.

Presumably your DH was holding your DC close to his chest, so that would keep DC warm. I wouldn't worry for a few metres.

It’s fine not to wrap them up for that journey but were they just going to be put in the car seat like that? Was there a blanket or something there as presumably the car would also be quite chilly to start with. You can get these great star blankets which are super easy to pop the baby in and could also stay on them in the car seat too - a lot easier than faffing around with coats and all in ones

you are being overly anxious, warm car to warm house with 30 seconds in chilly but not freezing temps is fine.

Fine without down colder than that.

Seriously?

Yes you are being way overprotective. What on earth do you think is going to happen? We are warm blooded creatures - that means we can adjust to hot and cold temperatures and it is good to do so.

The time spent faffing getting him out of the car seat and into a coat / hat / blanket would be far longer than the walk between the two.

Coats must not be worn in car seats as has been above.

I'm with you. I'd have popped a hat on quickly, and put a folded blanket over the car seat.
Blanket and hat are then easy to whip off once in the car.

He doesn’t need a coat or blanket to be carried that distance.

Why didn't he have a vest on? The rule of thumb is putting an extra layer on them to what we have on. Additionally, you would have to take the coat back off again to put him into he car seat so even longer in the cold. Next time, vest and cardi if you're worried.

no harm in having a blanket in the car to chuck on but equally fine without. No coats in car seats!!

Yes, enormously over the top. Carry your ds in your arms and he will be warm enough for 20 metres.

@Runklebecause he had soiled the one he had on and I didn’t have a spare

Sorry to clarify, I didn’t expect a coat on in the car seat but once the car was stationary either a coat OR a blanket

I’d probably have had him in an extra layer (rule of thumb is one more than you, so a vest under a onesie for a baby is ideal) but you’re definitely overthinking the walk to the house, it’s seconds and it’ll cause no bother at all!

I agree. I think a vest would be advisable. A cotton onesie is summer wear.

I would have used a blanket to be honest for that journey but what we used to do was have a thin fleecy jumper that dc wore in the car. it takes while for a car to warm up and this worked for us.

I would have quickly draped a blanket over the baby to keep the chill off.
As an adult or older child, you can brace yourself for the short burst of cold. A baby cannot do this and whilst nothing bad will happen, it is just a bit of consideration and kindness that only takes a moment to do.
I know if was asleep in my pjs and someone suddenly wheeled me outside for 30sec in 7degree weather without warning then I would be very upset.

I had a sort of footmuff thing for the car seat so it could be open in the car and then done up when outside.

When I asked DH to put a coat and hat on him, he said no because he didn’t want to wake the baby up. But when I said “okay, I’ll do it then” or “let me take him instead,” he refused and wouldn’t let me.

I’m struggling to understand why it had to become an argument at all? If he didn’t want to dress him, why not just let me do it as his mum? It feels like it became about proving a point rather than what was actually best for DS. Just feels unnecessarily combative when it could have been so simple.