Mum covered baby totally in 26 degrees heat

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I was shopping today at the local shop when I came across a mum, she was wearing very summery clothes, a light airy short dress.
She had a baby in a pushchair, I would assume around 18 months who was in a full on baby grow- hands covered and feet covered. It is currently 26 degrees where I am. She took the pram out and was pushing the child in direct heat the sun shining on them whilet the poor child was rubbing their eyes trying to get the sun out - not crying or anything. This made me feel so uncomfortable and im kicking myself for not saying anything.

I got comments from the health visitor when my second was born, he was in a bassinet in our sitting room which is a very cool room even in 30+ degrees as little sun gets in, in a full babygro with a blanket on. I checked his temp constantly but take off that blanket, or have bare skin and he would cry his heart out. Wanted to be constantly cuddled as well.

Now he is the child in shorts in December.......

I’d be more weirded out by the fact that this ‘baby’ (18month-old toddler) was being dressed in a babygro at all (especially one with integral hand and foot mitts, which tend to be for very new babies). Are you SURE this ‘baby’ was around 18months old?

When my daughter was born in the 80s we were in the middle of a heatwave. Our flat was cool inside as it never got direct sun. We had our first HV visit and she came in saying "oh my goodness, why is this baby so bundled up, she must be boiling?" She immediately started stripping off the layers and then stopped and said "how old is she?" (something you might have thought she was aware of). When I replied "less than 24 hours", the layers went back on pretty smart-ish.

My ds suffered with a suncream allergy as a baby/toddler so I often had him in long sleeve tops and trousers to keep him covered from the sun.

I am covered head to toe throughout summer as bare skin makes me excessively hot and sticky and miserable. I'm always asked "am I not hot in tights and long sleeves". No, nowhere near as hot as I am when I don't have them on!

As quite a few posters have pointed out, eczema suits look like baby grows with hand and foot mitts.

I used to have to cover my Son's feet and hands year round as he had severe eczema and would use his hands to tear at his ankles and face and anywhere else he could reach, risking infection. His skin was often open and bleeding. He didn't wear a vest and shorts until he was 3 and lived in baby grows so that his skin could be covered at all times. I would dress him in thin cotton baby grows but yes he would wear these in 30 degree heat. I had to wet wrap him at bed time in very hot weather too. It was an unbelievably difficult few years. Got a lot of stares during his first holiday to Spain where he was wearing his scratch sleeves. His skin is much better now follwing allergy testing and keeping away from his allergens and he is able to wear vests and shorts. Could this have been a similar situation? I wouldn't have been best pleased if someone had reprimanded me for how he was dressed as it was honestly such a difficult time for us but I do understand the want to speak up for a child when they can't. No excuse for pushing the baby with full sun in their face though

Mine were cooler (and safer) from the heat with full length cotton protecting their skin from the sun, absorbing sweat and preventing rubbing.

A toddler covered up that much sounds very much like one who needs emollient - but that means they absolutely must not be exposed to sunlight, as fried little legs would be criminal (and sunblock not only doesn't protect the atopic skin barrier or stop itching, it's likely to sting like mad). If they were also rubbing their eyes, that also suggests allergies - my hayfever is going wild at the moment - and the mittens stop nails damaging the face or getting ointment in the eyes.

ETA: I was not particularly happy about the 'helpful advice' from randoms about my choice to cover my legs with tights in the heat a couple of years ago. I didn't want to explain, much less show them, the Psoriasis extending from toes to arse and above that burned like a thousand fire ants unless it was kept under gentle pressure and sunburn would not improve the situation, whatever they thought.

Also had one with severe eczema. Often covered up head to toe. Even in the heat. She was allergic to sun creams as well.

This actually annoys me a little to read. We seem to have an obsession with getting our bodies out in the sun.
Suncream shouldn't be the main protection from the sun, loose thin clothing and avoiding the sun should be. My 13 month old will be going out in a thin long sleeved top, with a fan on her on the buggy. By all means, less clothing to cool down when in the shade, but the sun can be so dangerous.

I think it's weirder when you see people in jeans this weather also all black clothing.

Yes it’s actually better to be fully coveeed with lightweight natural fabrics than. It is to base all your flesh most of the time, but it’s something we don’t seem to do in 2 UK for some reason.

It's the kids boiling whilst stuck in their car seats on wheels that upset me :/ a car seat acts as an extra thermal layer not to mention the risk of positional aspixation. Been for a lovely walk around a lake today and 90% of young babies are all stuck in the car seat prams, it's awful.

I hope you actually mean a babygro and not a full on pram suit with gloves and feet that is usually seen on babies in winter!

Baby gro’s are pretty thin, but not really appropriate for an 18 month old to be wearing during the day outside! I’d expect a toddler that age to be wearing normal toddler summer clothes ie shorts or dungarees and a t-shirt or a dress. I wouldn’t say anything though.

She might have been going straight from the shop to an air-conditioned car. Someone once told me to put a hat on my baby in autumn, I was just walking from a shop to a coffee shop about 30 seconds away, I found it very annoying.

This gets me too. We have a car seat compatible with pushchair adapters. I've never done this. The thing is so dam heavy I normally pick the baby up and leave the seat in the car.

we were in a big regional hospital for a few days recently and I think I saw one other actual lay down flat pram. In contrast to here 30 miles away were people don't use them like that.

My 6 month old has eczema and has been put on an immunosuppressant cream. She is not allowed sunlight on her skin. It’s very hard to achieve unless she’s covered up or has a muslin over her. I have a pram umbrella as the cream makes her skin highly sensitive to UV light.
Sorry but if you’d have said something to me I’d of been really angry. I think a lot of kids have eczema and you shouldn’t just assume that the mum was dressing their kid inappropriately.

Saw my friend last week with her 2 year old the other DC were in shorts and t-shirts or summer dresses, it was around 24 degrees but felt warm, her DC was in trousers boots long sleeve t shirt and asked for his jumper. They live in Australia, so 24 is cool to him. She has a UK accent so you wouldn't necessarily know that from observing

26 degrees isn’t even that hot! much better for them to be covered and protected from the sun.

Similar to above, I remember a couple of years ago getting very dirty looks while pushing a baby in full baby grow around the park, it was the hottest day of the spring so far and I was sweating in a little summer dress. But my niece had arrived from Australia only a couple of days before so could probably have done with an extra layer. Obviously not all covered babies are Australian but sometimes there is a reason and they’re fine

@Ree730 Have you tried a SnoozeShade?

https://www.snoozeshade.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoqDTUwiyXjaV-swzQ0qB5e-FoOdDt7jFMRoXnbwIjIFx0tX3Qj_

It's difficult to know what to do but I sympathise. Many years ago I saw a mum with a very small baby and the mum was sat on some steps crying and the baby was screaming so I asked if she was ok and she said the baby wouldn't stop crying and she didn't know what to do so I asked if she wanted me to have the look. It was about 24 degrees and she had on a babygrow, cardigan, hat and a blanket, no wonder she was screaming. I said she was overheating so we took everything off except a vest and nappy. She did have a parasol luckily. They both calmed down and I suggested giving her a drink and going home. She was grateful and apologetic but I said it's all a learning curve just remember if you're hot baby is hot too.

All babies need this week is a nappy and perhaps a small pair of shorts. No point covering them up.

I was out today belfast 25 degrees and a toddler in a pram with a winter coat on and hood of it up.

Tbf a lot of people probably wrongly assumed that they were providing shade and keeping baby cooler. Its massively shared on social media now that it’s not a great idea, but I can see why people wouldn’t realise and genuinely think they were acting in their babies best interests.