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Anonymous wrote:I'm South American and we also believe that new moms and newborn babies should go outside after a bath or without a covered head until 6 months. And yes it's because your pores are open. I have no idea why that is but my mother freaked out when I took ds out at 3 months with no hat.....some of the other stuff you wouldn't believe!
I struggled with our south American nanny about this. She would bundle the baby up in the dead of summer. I work from home and had to demand he only be in a onesie. She was convinced i was killing him. She was sincerely distraught and worried. Visibly disturbed That i would not bundle him in August.I'm convinced that when she took him out of the house she smuggled hats and sweaters out with her and wrapped my poor sweaty baby up.. I'm sure she prayed the rosemary each night for him. I'm sure she thinks its a miracle he has made it 4 years without dying of pneumonia.