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What's the earliest I can take newborn out of the house in the pram for a walk?

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user1486225077 · 05/02/2017 10:47

We have a six-day-old and I need to give her mum a break for an hour or so. Am I okay to take her out in the pram? She and her mum are dubious, but it's 13 degrees and I have friends who did it in London in November...

Thanks!

Rich

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skincarejunkie · 06/02/2017 21:57

have & to. Fat fingers. Frostbitten maybe?

travellingfamily · 06/02/2017 22:05

Aah - I heard about this breeze on 'From our own correspondent'. I think it was the Slavic version, but it was taken terribly seriously, and not just a problem for babies............

zoemaguire · 06/02/2017 22:10

France has similarly curious attitudes to fresh air.

I remember my mum was seriously worried about me carrying my then 6-month-old DD1 for a 15 METRE nighttime walk between her house and my aunt's house. I hadn't put a hat on her, you see, so was risking her instant demise. It was the South of France, in August.

That same trip, some random stranger (elderly lady) came up to my DH while we were wandering around town and worriedly tucked DDs bare feet up in the spare bits of the cloth baby carrier. They were apparently in danger of freezing off. South of France, August, middle of the afternoon .

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zoemaguire · 06/02/2017 22:13

"As the sun sets the air gets colder"

'Colder' is not the same as 'cold'. It's this strange concept called relative temperature.

Also, as has been really very comprehensively established, babies do not in fact expire from exposure to cold air.

Yup, idiots.

PickAChew · 06/02/2017 22:16

If it's 13 degrees, knock yourself out and have that walk! That's summer here!

It was 13 degrees the day I went into hospital to have DS1 - and -2 the day I finally came out! no way was I staying indoors another day!

skincarejunkie · 06/02/2017 22:27

Oh, the cold air / bear feet / wet hair was a thing with my mum. I'd catch chin cough apparently. Still no idea what this is but it's fatal. Lovely mum laughs now as she has no idea either.

skincarejunkie · 06/02/2017 22:29

Bare feet. I don't have bear feet, honestly!

eurochick · 06/02/2017 22:29

We took our premmie out in her pram to the local market the day after she came home from hospital. It was still 3 weeks before her due date and she weighed around 4lbs, but there was no need to keep her indoors!

OptimisticSix · 06/02/2017 22:43

Took my youngest to a wedding and outside reception at a few days old. He was very well behaved and much admired, I was a leaky mess :)

richiarata · 06/02/2017 23:17

Real shame there's no like or lol symbols in reponse to each of these, some hilarious responses :-).

MrsMeeseeks · 07/02/2017 07:59

I had often wondered why people put the hood up and the plastic rain cover on their pram when it wasn't raining.

Now I know: it's to keep fresh air away from the baby.

MachineBee · 07/02/2017 08:23

Great thread! My kids were both outside within 2 days of coming out of hospital as we visited relatives. They all wanted to come to me but I wanted to get out of the house and doing it that way meant we went home when I'd had enough rather than them coming round and out-staying their welcome!

In response to northernlurker and the sneaky spoon of honey for a 3 month old: never give honey to an infant under 12 months. Honey has a type of botulism that infants haven't developed the enzymes to deal with. I'm a beekeeper and have to label my honey saying that it is not be given to children under 1. Our beekeeping association are really firm on this because this wasn't known years ago, with most beekeepers being of a more mature disposition who had their families circa 16th century

TinyTear · 07/02/2017 08:49

Another Southern European country here... I had shocked friends that I took my 3 week old to baby cinema and on the bus...
I did wait a little bit longer for the tube, but that was just logistics as I didn't need to go further

Youngoldmum · 07/02/2017 09:40

Aww. My little girl was out doing the school run every day from 2 days old and went to her big sister's birthday party at 6 days old. She was fine and slept all the time when we were out. Wrap her up and she will be fine and congratulations. Mum will enjoy the break X

KatyBerry · 07/02/2017 09:46

I love that two posters took their newborns to Asda / Waitrose for fresh air! Did you hang by the chiller cabinet or breathe the country air of the produce aisle?

NarkyMcDinkyChops · 07/02/2017 09:46

In response to northernlurker and the sneaky spoon of honey for a 3 month old: never give honey to an infant under 12 months. Honey has a type of botulism that infants haven't developed the enzymes to deal with. I'm a beekeeper and have to label my honey saying that it is not be given to children under 1

While this is absolutely true, we should also say that it is incredibly rare, and one case of infant botulism has EVER been reported in my country. We have begun to give the message that one spoonful of honey is instant death to all babies, which really makes us no better than the aged mammas warning us all about certain demise from an evil air!

bobthebuddha · 07/02/2017 09:57

Thank you OP for your enlightening thread - suddenly my (German) mother-in-law's obsession that the children will die from a minute's contact with fresh air makes more sense. She spent a lot of time nannying in Italy when she was younger. I'll clutch my neck next time she has a go at me and shriek 'colpo d'aria!' dramatically

BathshebaDarkstone · 07/02/2017 10:05

I didn't take DS2 to Asda for fresh air, we needed food!

JessieMcJessie · 07/02/2017 10:15

Congratulations OP!

To be fair to the poor paternal whose suggestion about putting up the rain hood has been pilloried, it will warm the air a bit around the baby's face. As an asthmatic, I know that cold air is medically proven to trigger symptoms, so presumably the poster is suggesting that a little baby's brand new nasal passages might be similarly delicate.

JessieMcJessie · 07/02/2017 10:15

"Poor poster" not "poor paternal".

MrsMarigold · 07/02/2017 10:26

I went to John Lewis with a one day old, then home on the tube.

KatyBerry · 07/02/2017 11:35

Bathsheba it wasn't you!
"I had a home birth. Next day went to Asda with him for some fresh air."

actually, reading it again it's even better as it sounds like the baby led the expedition and took the mum along for the fresh air

MrsMeeseeks · 07/02/2017 11:40

How would the human race have survived as a species for 200,000 years if cold air was so dangerous? How do Inuits survive?

MachineBee · 07/02/2017 23:22

Narky - it's a legal requirement for labelling if you're selling your honey. I know of people who always used to add honey to their baby's bottles and the worst that happened was they had dreadful teeth. But it's the same as don't give aspirin to under 12s, because if it does affect a child/infant the impact is horrible.

NarkyMcDinkyChops · 07/02/2017 23:23

I know that, My point stands.

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