https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:30:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-older-people-always-think-babies-are-hot#post-938513 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 11:10:38 +0000 Boheme 938513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sera_87: Hahaha! I used to be a CAS social worker. I would have died laughing had I gotten a call about a baby without socks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-older-people-always-think-babies-are-hot#post-937894 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 08:35:59 +0000 Lindsay05 937894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Grrrr! That is frustrating! Sometimes you dont want to leave your child with anyone. It happens to me all the time too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-older-people-always-think-babies-are-hot#post-937847 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 08:25:11 +0000 sera_87 937847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom gets on my case all the time about LO being cold. It's actually kind of funny once you get past the annoyance factor. </p> <p>Once though she went so far as to tell me somebody would call CAS on me once they saw he wasn't wearing any socks. (While inside, in his carseat). *roll eyes*. Ok there dear. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-older-people-always-think-babies-are-hot#post-937731 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 07:58:31 +0000 Modern Daisy 937731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I once saw a nasty showdown on a subway where an old meddling slightly nutz woman was yelling at two couples with babies saying the "Babies are too cold!". At first they just tried to ignore her, but it was impossible so finally they were yelling back at her hurling personal insults. It wasn't pretty..</p> <p>Maybe it's because they aren't as in-tune with teh babies needs as they were when they were young parents themselves, so they are trying to create a problem/need that they can easily solve? Because clearly common sense would tell them that if it's over 100 degrees outside LO does not need to be in sweats :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-older-people-always-think-babies-are-hot#post-937709 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 07:53:49 +0000 Dandelion 937709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom did that with DS and it drove me crazy. I have no idea why they think babies are cold! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-older-people-always-think-babies-are-hot#post-937696 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 07:50:04 +0000 littlek 937696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom does the same thing with LO. It must be a generational thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-older-people-always-think-babies-are-hot#post-937667 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 07:43:23 +0000 Mrsbells 937667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think its just a misconception from years ago that babies lose heat so fast that even in the summer they need to be wrapped up as though it were winter. My parents are the same way </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-older-people-always-think-babies-are-hot#post-937597 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 07:11:28 +0000 buffalove 937597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG my MIL does this too! She watches DS 2 days/week and one day I picked him up and he was in double sweatshirts....it was over 70 degrees outside. Not necessary!! Drives me crazy. </p> <p>My mom doesn't do it though (of course, lol ;). But she's always hot herself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-older-people-always-think-babies-are-hot#post-937557 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 06:48:35 +0000 mediagirl 937557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mother and MIL are like this too. I don't get it! It's MY baby, I know if she's cold or hot! My Mom used to wrap M up in blankets when she would visit and even now gives me a hard time for not giving her a blanket. I don't get it. When M was 3 months old, Mom watched her for 3 weeks. I would come home every day (in September in NC) and find her wrapped in a blanket or in a thousand layers. Stop bundling my baby!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-older-people-always-think-babies-are-hot#post-937554 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 06:44:45 +0000 blackbird 937554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everybody does this!!! My LO doesn't even wear clothes in my house and its set to 70!!! Heat rash is such a mess! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-older-people-always-think-babies-are-hot#post-937553 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 06:44:18 +0000 swedishfish 937553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: I've noticed this too! I think people like to show their "superior child raising knowledge" to us first timers even though they're dead wrong half the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-older-people-always-think-babies-are-hot#post-937550 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 06:42:04 +0000 AprilFool 937550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It is winter here but MIL is always making passive agressive comments about how I dress DD and that she must be cold. The other day I had her in tights, a cord dress, a long sleeve onesie and was about to put a cardigan on her and she said "do you think it's summer" to LO. ARGH! My parents are nearly as bad. I don't get it... if she was cold she wouldn't be calm and happy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-older-people-always-think-babies-are-hot#post-937463 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 03:19:05 +0000 tlcbaby 937463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no idea, but it does seem to be a common belief! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-older-people-always-think-babies-are-hot#post-937450 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 02:54:12 +0000 Pepper 937450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg! I would have lost it on her! You're a saint. I hope his rash clears up soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-older-people-always-think-babies-are-hot#post-937437 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 01:54:58 +0000 Cherrybee 937437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: Your MIL is a grade A pest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-older-people-always-think-babies-are-hot#post-937405 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 00:38:11 +0000 Boheme 937405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BeachMama: I don't get it! It was 74 degrees in our house and LO was in a shirt and long pants. No need to swaddle him and go fry him outside! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-older-people-always-think-babies-are-hot#post-937404 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 00:36:02 +0000 BeachMama 937404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep I had this problem last summer when DD was a newborn. It was literally 104 outside and my MIL would run upstairs to get socks for her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-older-people-always-think-babies-are-hot#post-937269 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 22:26:44 +0000 MsLipGloss 937269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Because they are usually cold! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-older-people-always-think-babies-are-hot#post-937264 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 22:22:52 +0000 citymouse 937264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>"Neat." Hahahaha :-) hope it heals up soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-older-people-always-think-babies-are-hot#post-937261 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 22:22:18 +0000 RubyCali 937261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a stranger come up to me at the grocery store to tell me my baby looked cold. Mind your own business! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-older-people-always-think-babies-are-hot#post-937249 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 22:11:00 +0000 dagret 937249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: my parents do this too! Drives me nuts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-older-people-always-think-babies-are-hot#post-937244 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 22:08:50 +0000 Boheme 937244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was 96 degrees here today with a heat index near 100. My MIL apparently came over while I was at the gym, and I came home to find her in the backyard with my LO swaddled in a thick SwaddleMe giving him a bottle! She says he was too cold in the house and that she needed to warm him up. </p> <p>Annnnd now he has heat rash. Neat. </p> <p>Why do older people always think babies are too cold?! </p>