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Every child needs a hat today! It's 40 something.

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Anonymous wrote:I am interested too, I am European, so is my nanny. We often see bundled up parents at playgrounds etc, and their kids are way under dressed for the season. No scarves, hats, gloves, socks etc. Also kids running around barefoot at home, even though its pretty chilly. We don't get it......

Yet these children are often sick with snot.
I'm a teacher.

I'm also European and I thought I was the only one noticing this trend. And also in the summer they wear jeans and long sleeve shirts when it's almost 90s outside and humid. I dress my kids appropriately and they've never had an ear infection, sinus infection, or pneumonia. It's very easy for kids to lose heat when the head is unprotected.

Please tell us where your medical degree came from because they sure are teaching some strange things. None of these things is caused by exposure to cold. Period.

Brown pmle Research the RV replication in the bronchial epithelial cells and H1-HeLa cells and go buy some 7AM infant gear.

In all sincerity, how is rhinovirus replication in bronchial cells related to whether or not the top of your head is covered?

My 12 month old is always pulling his socks/booties off. Ive solved this problem by dressing him in footed pjs when we walk errands. He may be warm, but people now look at me like I'm too lazy to dress my kid for the day.

Franco American mom of a German/French American 12 month old boy who HATES socks, shoes, hats, anything on his head/hands, I have no special Euro secret for keeping those things on...Euro moms here are being obnoxious but then, DCUM is full of snotty obnoxious people so what do you all expect exactly?

Anonymous wrote:Well, OP, I would put the giant puffy coat on my kid, but I'm afraid one of your cronies will then bitch me out for not knowing how dangerous it is to have a coat on my kid when he's strapped in his car seat.

Old, but IDC.

This is a good place for my anecdote-- kid is almost 2, like a furnace. We get picked up from Cold Midwestern Airport in January by my BIL (sent a car seat ahead). ~30 degrees-- so... cold, but not insane.

Given that Furnace DC would be out in the elements for literally less than a minute at a time, and we knew the car seat rules, and DC was dressed in two fleece layers, mittens, hat, etc., we didn't bother with wrestling the puffy coat. Airport door to heated car, maybe 20 seconds. Car to BIL/SIL's door, maybe 5-10 seconds.

SHOCKED FACES OMG IT'S COLD OUT THERE CALL CPS!!!!!!!

Yeah, well, you haven't had a kid in a car seat in 10+ years, and even made a comment specifically about "leaving room in the straps because I knew DC would be wearing a 'big coat.'"-- so I know you have no idea that there was a method to our madness. But that's cool, we're horribly neglectful parents.

Anonymous wrote:I agree that hats and mittens are good for babies, although many will take them off, and sometimes it's just too much of a battle. But sometimes the coat is such a pain when your kid can't wear it in the carseat, and I just don't feel like putting it onto him to walk from car to indoor location. I usually have him bundled in a sweatshirt and a fleece one-piece over the top, but I do not always put a coat on also.

+1. Putting a coat on my kid would mean we're standing out in the cold even longer than if we just ran into the store.

I agree that hats and mittens are good for babies, although many will take them off, and sometimes it's just too much of a battle. But sometimes the coat is such a pain when your kid can't wear it in the carseat, and I just don't feel like putting it onto him to walk from car to indoor location. I usually have him bundled in a sweatshirt and a fleece one-piece over the top, but I do not always put a coat on also.

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Anonymous wrote:How the heck do you keep hat and mittens on a toddler?!!

Honestly I spent one day just putting the hat on each time he took it off, after 10 minutes of this over and over he basically gave up and now he wears a hat. I must start this with mittens. You just got to break em down

How old was he? What do you do in the car seat?

He is 16 months now, but I hat trained him this summer so he was maybe 10 months old? I don't make an effort to put hats on him in the car seat. In fact, I normally take it off when we get in the car seat but now he yells "hat hat" and pats his head.

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Anonymous wrote:How the heck do you keep hat and mittens on a toddler?!!

Apparently American parents are the only ones who could not. Another European here. This is an American thing.

Nope, nope. Let me counter that anecdotal evidence with some of my own. My German sister in law and English cousin both battle their 1-2 year olds over hats too.

I seriously have no idea how I would teach my 12 month old not to pull the hat off. He listens so well for his age, and if I say "no" when he starts to pull it off, he stops. For about 10-15 seconds before it occurs to him to try it again. What more can you expect developmentally for a young toddler?

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Anonymous wrote:How the heck do you keep hat and mittens on a toddler?!!

Apparently American parents are the only ones who could not. Another European here. This is an American thing.

Please share this European secret.

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Anonymous wrote:How the heck do you keep hat and mittens on a toddler?!!

Honestly I spent one day just putting the hat on each time he took it off, after 10 minutes of this over and over he basically gave up and now he wears a hat. I must start this with mittens. You just got to break em down

How old was he? What do you do in the car seat?

Anonymous wrote:How the heck do you keep hat and mittens on a toddler?!!

Honestly I spent one day just putting the hat on each time he took it off, after 10 minutes of this over and over he basically gave up and now he wears a hat. I must start this with mittens. You just got to break em down

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Anonymous wrote:How the heck do you keep hat and mittens on a toddler?!!

Apparently American parents are the only ones who could not. Another European here. This is an American thing.

You speak for all Europeans? Fascinating. Perhaps you just happen to be A European with easy kids?

Anonymous wrote:How the heck do you keep hat and mittens on a toddler?!!

Apparently American parents are the only ones who could not. Another European here. This is an American thing.

How the heck do you keep hat and mittens on a toddler?!!