My first cold-weather outing with her, I put on roughly everything we owned and she was furious and sweating by the time we reached the end of the road. The rule I got from our health visitor and have used ever since: one more thin layer than you are wearing, and check the back of her neck rather than her hands. Her hands are always cold. It means nothing.
Cuddle Club Fleece Baby Bunting Bodysuit Hoodie, Newborn – 5T
A fleece bunting for the pram, which goes on over everything and comes off in one movement when we get somewhere warm. This is the outer layer, and treating it as a layer rather than as her coat is what stopped the overheating.
Simple Joys by Carter’s Baby Girls’ Cotton and Fleece Footed Sleep and Play
Cotton and fleece footed sleepers, two-pack, and these are the base of almost every autumn outfit here. Feet covered means no socks to lose, which by itself justifies them. Cotton against her skin, fleece for the cooler days.
BQUBO Newborn Baby Bear Ears Hats and Mittens Sets Preemie Cotton Caps Baby Boy Girl Infant Hospital Beanie
Hats and scratch mittens, because most of the heat goes out of the top of a small head and because her nails were lethal in the early weeks. Soft cotton, nothing scratchy at the seam. We lost approximately nine of these; buy the set.
Burt’s Bees Baby Infant Wearable Blanket
An organic cotton wearable blanket for sleep, since loose blankets are not safe in the cot. It comes in different togs, so you match the weight to the room temperature rather than guessing. This is the nighttime half of the layering question.
Orzbow Stroller Footmuff Universal
A footmuff for the pram once it turned properly cold, and it is the one thing that lets a walk last longer than twenty minutes. She sits in her normal indoor clothes inside it, which keeps the car-seat rule simple: warmth comes from the pram, not from bulk on her body.
Two things that took me too long to learn. Nothing bulky goes between a baby and a car seat harness — the padding compresses in a crash and the straps end up loose, so coats go on over the buckles or not at all. And layers you can take off one at a time beat one very warm thing, because indoors is always hotter than you planned for.
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