Please cover your baby's heads and ears. It's cold out there!

[Anonymous]

OMG people. A person (of any size) without hair is BALD.

Not balled, bold, whatever.

BALD.

The rest of the ridiculousness about overbundling babies is absurd. If they're not newborn or dealing w/ a chronic health condition some chilly air for a few seconds is perfectly fine.

Can't believe this thread is still going w/ this ridiculousness.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Chronic sniffles is a good sign that your kid is usually underdressed. Chronic sniffles are likely to lead to chronic ear infections.

Is this true? I'm a non-bundler for short periods like the other non-bundlers. No one is talking about extended periods of exposure, except people who have kids who take the stuff off. I'd disagree with you that kids removing their layers is a new phenomenon--it goes back at least 35 years because I distinctly remember doing it myself. And we aren't talking about being in frigid weather for hours at a time. We are taking about no more than 3 minutes walking to the car. Sheesh!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you my MIL?

She's constantly chasing after my kid and trying to bundle her up.

Ha! Mine too. And simultaneously making me feel like a bad mother.

OP- you are annoying.

[Anonymous]

What are you afraid will happen? The baby will die between the car and the store?

[Anonymous]

Seriously, my baby would cry if she was cold. MYOB people

[Anonymous]

Wild guess, but I think she meant "bold".

I'm proponent of bundling babies. Here are reasons:

Their heads are usually bold or have very little hair. Babies' heads are large, compared to their tiny bodies. I think it is like 40% larger then adults, so more heat loss there.

Babies do not walk or move around as much as adults do. Compared to adults, babies bodies aren't as good at regulating and maintaining proper temperature.

Babies cannot help themselves by covering up when they are cold, that is your job.

You have to put at least one more layer on your baby then what you are wearing. Think about it, your hair provides you with a natural "hat", does your kid have it?

Chronic sniffles is a good sign that your kid is usually underdressed. Chronic sniffles are likely to lead to chronic ear infections.

Unsurmountable problem of babies taking off their hats only affects very few kids and is completely new phenomenon in a human history.

This is one of the (unintentionally) funniest posts ever. First, while a baby may in fact be bold, hairless on his or her head = bald. With an "a." Plus, someone needs to brush up on the causes of the common cold and ear infections. Hint - it isn't chilly temperatures.

[Anonymous]

Why does mom have a hat and kid doesn't? Because I don't throw my hat on the ground every two feet and yell NO. NO hat. NO HAT! OP do you have a toddler?

[Anonymous]

Weird.

My 2 YO loves to wear his hat! Especially when it's cold. He loves hats so much that he literally has 4 winter hats so far....and I just ordered another one online last week from Zulily. That will probably take another month to get here though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MYOFB.

When's the last time you tried to keep a hat on a baby that HATES hats? Seriously, my 18-month-old is more likely to spontaneously start speaking in Latin than she is to keep her damn hat on for more than five seconds.

Keep on judging, though. That's the holiday spirit!

That's my child! No hat lasted more than 5 seconds before being tossed into the slushy dirty snow... Definitely not going on him now!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MYOFB.

When's the last time you tried to keep a hat on a baby that HATES hats? Seriously, my 18-month-old is more likely to spontaneously start speaking in Latin than she is to keep her damn hat on for more than five seconds.

Keep on judging, though. That's the holiday spirit!

That's my child! No hat lasted more than 5 seconds before being tossed into the slushy dirty snow... Definitely not going on him now!

Have you tried disciplining your child so that he will know that he needs to wear his hat?

[Anonymous]

This thread may also have to go in the THUNDERDOME category.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:MYOFB.

When's the last time you tried to keep a hat on a baby that HATES hats? Seriously, my 18-month-old is more likely to spontaneously start speaking in Latin than she is to keep her damn hat on for more than five seconds.

Keep on judging, though. That's the holiday spirit!

That's my child! No hat lasted more than 5 seconds before being tossed into the slushy dirty snow... Definitely not going on him now!

Have you tried disciplining your child so that he will know that he needs to wear his hat?

I tried beating him for not wearing his hat, but the lady at whole foods called CPS and they advised me not to beat my child.
Seriously, not wearing a hat is not "wrong" for a child. There is no need to "discipline" a child for taking off a hat.

[Anonymous]

I've always wondered why kid here don't wear hats when it's cold outside.You can see kid sledging for hours without having hats.I've yet to figure out why.
Maybe they don't get sick or you have really good medicine in case they do.

[Anonymous]

We walked from house to car and 2 yr old refused her coat. We were freezing but she was determined.

This was in Maine it was 19 degrees. Yet no frostbite.

And the whole hat thing and most heat loss, check out 'Because I Said So' which discusses how it was a military study where they bundled up soldiers without hats and measured where they lost heat. Obviously, they lost heat in the only part that was uncovered: their heads. There is nothing special about hats other than keeping ears warm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've always wondered why kid here don't wear hats when it's cold outside.You can see kid sledging for hours without having hats.I've yet to figure out why.
Maybe they don't get sick or you have really good medicine in case they do.

Because having a cold head does not cause illness.
Because their body is warm in the coat and they are not cold.
Because hats can feel itchy.
Because it's funner to feel the wind in your hair. Or on their bold bald head.
Because some kids don't like liver and onions, or hats. They fall into the same category.