Baby question

[blueeyedgirl]

So I babysit a baby that just turned one. The mother brings him here in the morning and pics him up in the afternoon. She busses it back and forth home. So the past few days has been cold and she has been bringing me the baby with just a sweater and pants. No blanket on him, no jacket, no hat and today nothing at all on his feet. My question is this. How do I approach the mother with dressing her child according to this chilly weather or should I just mind my bussiness? I just don't want to see this little guy get sick. I am the type of parent that will overdress my child. If he is hot then i can always take something off. Opinions please!

[EyelashExtensions]

Hmm thats a tuff one without offending the mother but something has to be said. Is it possible she doesn't have a coat for him? Could her financial situation be tight? Maybe go and buy him one from value village...not to expensive. You could always say you seen it and thought of him so you bought it.

[KRP]

You could ask her to bring a jacket and hat with her next time because it's starting to get cool and you'd like to take him outside to get some fresh air but you don't want him to get too cold.

We have the same problem with our SIL and our nephew, he just turned 1 yrs old and they rarely ever had a hat on him. Would dress him in a t-shirt and either shorts or thin pants with bare feet while everyone else was wearing sweaters.

[Sweet Little Sister]

been there done that..i would just come right out and tell her to make sure the baby is dressed appropriately for the weather as it's getting colder out.

or if you don't want to be quite so blunt..maybe tell her you want to take him out for a walk and that he'll need a hat, jacket, socks and shoes.

that has to be one of my biggest pet peevces..babies without hats!

[SusyQ]

The truth. It's getting cold out bring warmer clothes. What parent would send a child in no coat etc especially now. Jesus.

[KRP]

I see if all to often on cold days when my husband and I are out with our kids. People (and not just young people) with their kids not properly dressed, no hats, no hood to cover their heads, nothing.

I remember the one day going into Walmart and this couple walked out and she was carrying their child who had to have been about 5 or 6 mths old. It was quite cool out so we all had sweaters on and I made sure my son was wearing his hat and had his hood pulled up. This poor baby was barefoot, wearing a thin shirt, a pair of pants, no hat, not even a blanket around the poor child. I guess they figured because they'd be inside they didn't need to dress them properly. I knew my husband wanted to say something and I told him to bite his tongue, it's none of his business.

[SusyQ]

Like I always say you can overdress a child and the layers can come off if it gets warm out but you can't put the layers on if there's none to put on.

[blueeyedgirl]

I know she has a jacket for him because it was in his bag the first two days. But the last week no jacket. I don't want to offend her yet i don't want to see the baby sick.

[heintzman]

Ask her to bring various pieces of clothing (some for warm weather, some for wet weather, some for cold weather) , as this time of year the weather could change every 10 min.!! and the baby enjoys it so much outside...etc, etc....

[teddybear84]

I would ask the mother to please put a coat and shoe and scoks in teh diaper bag in case it gets cold. I get hasled from my siser in law to telling my son who is 19 months that it is too hot to wear a coat. I put a spring coat on my son and I keep a blinket in his stroller in case i feel that it may be too cold and put it over his legs. You can always be polite about it but it is gettinc chilly outside and the baby should be dressed accordingly.

[Evangeline]

I hate it when people do that, a few years ago I got on the bus and there was someone on there with a baby about 6 months old, and it was shivering and chattering away, I was wearing a sweater and the baby was only in a sleeper, and not a heavy one!

[blueeyedgirl]

Well she said that she forgot to put socks or shoes on his feet this morning. When it is cold out over bundle them. You can always take an item off if need be.

[teddybear84]

i'm sorry but how can you forget to put socks and shoes on. You don't forget to you them on yourself. Lets hope that the next time you have this child things will be different. I would hate to see any kid get sick.

[hp2]

I will comment on this, If you feel the baby is not dressed properly, ID address it in a adult manner, but from my point, My second child SWEATS Alot, Today I sent him to school in jogging pants and a light long sleeve sweater with just a roots hoddy, HE can be playing in normal temps and work up a sweat, I Have never seen a child sweat like this in my life, today for instance he was out ridding his bike when we come home and he had a sweat on like as if it was a grown man working in 100 degree weather and sun beating down on him, he has and prob always will have to dress on the cooler side in fear I dress him to warm he gets a chill and then gets sick!! HE has never worn a touke outside in winter and has never had ear infections etc, and as a baby baby he would never keep his socks on nor boots, soooooo Maybe this child is like mine!!

My mother used to give me crap left right and center over this, which she had the right it was her grand child untill she seen what happened when I bundled him up!! you could take a face cloth and whip off the sweat and ring it out!! and MY SON IS NOT A LARGE CHILD AS IN not obese!!!

[blueeyedgirl]

Hp2 that is not the case with this little guy. He seems to get cold very easy. Plus because he is teething he has been running a low grade fever off and on. I have some infant socks here and put a pair on him today while he was here. I will see what she does with him tommorrow and if need be I will try to gently hint to her to dress him more according to the weather. He is not my child so I don't want to step on anyones toes.

[Gwanita]

overdressing / underdressing.....who is right? and then bring jesus into this.....there is always something to complain about isn't there?

[Simba]

huh?

[teddybear84]

I have seen that a lot of people agree with over dressing since you are always able to take things off but if the parents are not putting extra's in the diaper bag than you can't even put on layers. I don't want to make the mother sound bad or anything but she really should be dressing him better. Kids get sick a lot easier than we do. If i see the trees blowing than my kids have sweaters on but it is nice by the time i get outside than i'll take it off.

[Crusty]

Man ... soonet needs to get "Hooked on Phonix". It worked for Speedy.