Winter babies

Thank you for all the replies

Kudos to the girls up north in Canada. if It goes below -4 C I'm done
being a tough guy. I may ski or go hiking. I get cold easily. I was
meant to be an island baby. LOL.

6-8 inches of snow is great Lucy. You can go midnight sledding which
is the most awesome thing ever. especially if kids were out on the
hill early melting the trails in the sun, then when night falls the
trails are pure ice. You fly.

We have a 4x4 vehicle that my husband insisted we need, but I have a VW
beetle that is a little tank that just goes through any snow storm.
Hubby always wants to take the truck but we take the car.

Thank you everyone. I feel great now knowing that I can walk my baby
and take my baby on all of our winter excursions we normally do.

I live in the US in southern Pennsylvania. We typically do not get any
snow until at least december. With the exception of a few years ago we
rarely go below 25 F -4 C.

heck, that's not even "cold", at least not in my mind anyway, sounds like
our conditions are fairly similar, on average I guess us Brits walk more
than in the US, where I live lots of people don't have cars and rely on
walking, so it's not at all unusual for a newborn baby to be out at a couple
of days old, for several hours, whilst older children are taken to school,
errands run, etc.

Anne

My first was born October 24'th and I took her out regularly. I
typically only took her out if the temperature was above freezing, any
lower I stayed home. Just dress them appropriately, I used a warm
sleeper, a snow suit and a blanket, nothing over the face of course,
just a thin layer of vaseline...

Just know that you shouldn't use a snow suit in the car seat, all the
extra padding is unsafe and if compressed with the force of an
accident, the sraps are suddenly too lose and baby comes out... Put
them in their car seat inside with a warm sleeper or something on, then
bundel blankets around them.

KR

Anna.Nicole.m wrote:
I wanted to know if anyone has had a baby around October. I'm due
October 23 and i wanted to know about taking the baby out in winter.
My husband and I typically go out for walks with our dogs frequently in

the winter. Our average temp is between 30-40. Has anyone had
experience with taking their babies out in this weather to know when it

is ok to have them out, and for how long?

We have a pram stoller with a boot and we will get one of those winter
sack things, but is that enough?


I was thinking about waiting atleast 2 weeks. But If it isn't safe for

them to be out in the weather I will walk the dogs alone. Just
curious.

thanks for the help.

Just know that you shouldn't use a snow suit in the car seat, all the
extra padding is unsafe and if compressed with the force of an
accident, the sraps are suddenly too lose and baby comes out... Put
them in their car seat inside with a warm sleeper or something on, then
bundel blankets around them.

Thank you much I did not know that.

on average I guess us Brits walk more
than in the US, where I live lots of people don't have cars and rely on
walking

all depends on where you live. When I was in DC a major city with
"Functional" mass transportation, there is not a need for a car.

where I live I would have a minimum of a 3 mile 5km walk to a grocery
store. With no other form of transportation other then my car. We are
so spread out that mass transportation would never be a feasible
option.

Anna.Nicole.m wrote:
Thank you for all the replies

Kudos to the girls up north in Canada. if It goes below -4 C I'm done
being a tough guy. I may ski or go hiking. I get cold easily. I was
meant to be an island baby. LOL.

LOL I am also in Canada, not the coldest part by far but in the -double
digits most of the winter. Had my daughter in February. We just bundle
them up, and it is also common to keep wearing your pregnancy winter
coat with the bundled baby in a carrier underneath. Just their little
tuque-covered heads peek out. The good thing about it was she got used
to wearing a hat from day one.

When we go indoors we just loosen everything up a bit so they don't
overheat. All the bundling is a PITA but such is life in a colder
climate.

Elle
DD Feb. 23, 2005
#2 due April 23, 2007 (yay spring!)

We used our winter suit in the car seat - they have an opening at the bottom
to pass the strap through. With the straps in an X form I don't really see
how they would get out, as everything is so tight...

But I'll investigate the matter.


--
Isabelle
Mlle C 2004-11-27
Guillaume 2006-06-13


"KR" wrote in message
ps.com...
My first was born October 24'th and I took her out regularly. I
typically only took her out if the temperature was above freezing, any
lower I stayed home. Just dress them appropriately, I used a warm
sleeper, a snow suit and a blanket, nothing over the face of course,
just a thin layer of vaseline...

Just know that you shouldn't use a snow suit in the car seat, all the
extra padding is unsafe and if compressed with the force of an
accident, the sraps are suddenly too lose and baby comes out... Put
them in their car seat inside with a warm sleeper or something on, then
bundel blankets around them.

KR

Anna.Nicole.m wrote:
I wanted to know if anyone has had a baby around October. I'm due
October 23 and i wanted to know about taking the baby out in winter.
My husband and I typically go out for walks with our dogs frequently in

the winter. Our average temp is between 30-40. Has anyone had
experience with taking their babies out in this weather to know when it

is ok to have them out, and for how long?

We have a pram stoller with a boot and we will get one of those winter
sack things, but is that enough?


I was thinking about waiting atleast 2 weeks. But If it isn't safe for

them to be out in the weather I will walk the dogs alone. Just
curious.

thanks for the help.

I appreciate that greatly. We had the same suit for my nephew.
Zaz wrote:
We used our winter suit in the car seat - they have an opening at the bottom
to pass the strap through. With the straps in an X form I don't really see
how they would get out, as everything is so tight...

But I'll investigate the matter.


--
Isabelle
Mlle C 2004-11-27
Guillaume 2006-06-13


"KR" wrote in message
ps.com...
My first was born October 24'th and I took her out regularly. I
typically only took her out if the temperature was above freezing, any
lower I stayed home. Just dress them appropriately, I used a warm
sleeper, a snow suit and a blanket, nothing over the face of course,
just a thin layer of vaseline...

Just know that you shouldn't use a snow suit in the car seat, all the
extra padding is unsafe and if compressed with the force of an
accident, the sraps are suddenly too lose and baby comes out... Put
them in their car seat inside with a warm sleeper or something on, then
bundel blankets around them.

KR

Anna.Nicole.m wrote:
I wanted to know if anyone has had a baby around October. I'm due
October 23 and i wanted to know about taking the baby out in winter.
My husband and I typically go out for walks with our dogs frequently in

the winter. Our average temp is between 30-40. Has anyone had
experience with taking their babies out in this weather to know when it

is ok to have them out, and for how long?

We have a pram stoller with a boot and we will get one of those winter
sack things, but is that enough?


I was thinking about waiting atleast 2 weeks. But If it isn't safe for

them to be out in the weather I will walk the dogs alone. Just
curious.

thanks for the help.

Here's a link to the Transport Canada website detailing why those are
also unsafe... Something about how the car seat has been tested with
only its original cushioning and things that come with it. You may
think you have it super tight but in the event of an accident it may
not be as tight. If you are travelling at 100 km an hour and another
car comes at you and hits you at the same speed, that's a lot of force
and you could never imitate what happens in those circumstances just by
putting your finger between the straps and saying it's tight.

http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/child...00401/menu.htm

This is just what was told to me by our local car seat
installers/inspectors. In the end it is an individual parents choice
what they use in their car seat and for their baby!

KR


Zaz wrote:
We used our winter suit in the car seat - they have an opening at the bottom
to pass the strap through. With the straps in an X form I don't really see
how they would get out, as everything is so tight...

But I'll investigate the matter.


--
Isabelle
Mlle C 2004-11-27
Guillaume 2006-06-13


"KR" wrote in message
ps.com...
My first was born October 24'th and I took her out regularly. I
typically only took her out if the temperature was above freezing, any
lower I stayed home. Just dress them appropriately, I used a warm
sleeper, a snow suit and a blanket, nothing over the face of course,
just a thin layer of vaseline...

Just know that you shouldn't use a snow suit in the car seat, all the
extra padding is unsafe and if compressed with the force of an
accident, the sraps are suddenly too lose and baby comes out... Put
them in their car seat inside with a warm sleeper or something on, then
bundel blankets around them.

KR

Anna.Nicole.m wrote:
I wanted to know if anyone has had a baby around October. I'm due
October 23 and i wanted to know about taking the baby out in winter.
My husband and I typically go out for walks with our dogs frequently in

the winter. Our average temp is between 30-40. Has anyone had
experience with taking their babies out in this weather to know when it

is ok to have them out, and for how long?

We have a pram stoller with a boot and we will get one of those winter
sack things, but is that enough?


I was thinking about waiting atleast 2 weeks. But If it isn't safe for

them to be out in the weather I will walk the dogs alone. Just
curious.

thanks for the help.

KR wrote:
Here's a link to the Transport Canada website detailing why those are
also unsafe... Something about how the car seat has been tested with
only its original cushioning and things that come with it. You may
think you have it super tight but in the event of an accident it may
not be as tight. If you are travelling at 100 km an hour and another
car comes at you and hits you at the same speed, that's a lot of force
and you could never imitate what happens in those circumstances just by
putting your finger between the straps and saying it's tight.

The problem is that in an accident, the baby is
thrown against the straps. Anything between the baby and
the straps will compress. Even if it doesn't compress
enough for the baby to be launched out of the straps
(which does happen sometimes), there can be damage from
the acceleration against the straps themselves. The
same is true for adults in their seatbelts.

Best wishes,
Ericka