Taking newborns out in the cold.

I'd have mentioned the lack of hat too. It's too cold not to have a hat - Elizabeth HATES hats but even now she wears a hat whenever we leave the house - hat on inside, into carseat, she takes aht off. Hat back on when I get her out of the car, she takes the hat off as soon as I put her down inside. Maybe you could buy the newborn a hat as a present? Then she might feel guilty if she knows she is going to see you and put it on him then. (sort of like we all get those ugly knitted cardigans that stay at the bottom of the drawer unless we know we are seeing great aunty Doreen)

When I was in hospital I was told my baby should wear a hat at all times for the first 3 or 4 weeks, so Chelsea always had a hat on (and she was born in Feb!). Even now she's 3 months old she always has a hat on to go outside.
Like you, I'm not an argumentative person so not sure how I would have handled your situation, sorry train of thought derailed by my screaming baby!

DS slept with a hat on when he was tiny as it was freezing when he was born and our house was cold (pre heat pump) and we were so concerned, at 2 weeks in this weather, I would think outside he should be wearing a hat.

LOL FionaandFinley, I remember Maya sleeping in hats a lot over her first winter coz we didn't have good heating.

I probably would have commented too, altho a friend and I frequently have debates about how much clothing is necessary lol, I tend towads overdressing my kids, whereas she is more relaxed.

Mine always wore hats for the first few months, poor lil miss used to get bundled up in layer upon layer when I took her out lol coz she was born in the middle of winter.

I've just bought her a lovely woolly merino hat from Three Bags Full and my sole reason for buying it is that it has a tie on it so she can't get it off.

well it would depend - if the baby was in a pram all rugged up with blankets and there wasnt a blizzard howling about the baby then i dont see why not. all you can do is mention it...you cant force people to put hats on their babies!

I always but DD in a hat even now she is 4 1/2 months old.

i would think its common sense lol

Caden always had a woolen beanie on when he was really little when we went out. If he was in his pram and all covered up and I had the storm cover on Id take his hat off usually, but if we were out in the cold it was always on, as babies lose so much ehat through their heads.

Even now when Im out, I put a beanie on Caden, he pulls them off a lot but I put it right back on his head! Beanies keep the wind out of their little ears as well.

Henna79 wrote: I so think it's better to overdress than under

ah, but its not. the below info i got from a google search:

Parents could be putting their babies at an increased risk of cot death by overheating them without realising it, research finds.

The survey, by the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, found 56% of parents did not know the correct room temperature for their baby.


and this from another site:

Overheating is not so innocent. I myself considered it a minor risk and thought that it is more risky to let the baby cough and get cold. It turned out that overheating is an important risk factor for sudden infant death syndrome.

When overheats, the baby's heart, lungs and sweat glands must work harder to cool down.

Even though thermal stress has proven to be fatal for babies all around the world. There is a lack of information on the topic. Dr. Warren Guntheroth, with the department of pediatrics at the University Of Washington School Of Medicine, in Seattle, said that this is one of the important features of prevention aside from the "Back Sleep" program (an educational initiative which reduced SIDS deaths by about half).

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and i myself gave my boy heat rash in the middle of winter. babies cant regulate their temperatures, putting a hat on them makes it even harder as there is no release for the heat! (of course this wouldnt apply if they were outside in a blizzard etc.! )

Around here you see mums all rugged up in jackets and their babies in nothing but a light dress with no socks or cardi - surely if you need to put a jacket/jumper on yourself you should do the same for your baby

In this part of the country its far too cold to go with out hats.

Might be different in Akl but with the wind its very cold.

My boy slept in a hat for his first few weeks, and that was in February! It was a crappy weather month though, and he was born 4 weeks early.
These days he usually has his thin merino beanie when we go out on cold days - have to be careful I don't overdress him because he's a hot-blooded little boy!
I would say though that at 2 weeks old, the bubba should have a hat in this weather.