baby question

[Hmbre97]

Here is the dilema we are going thru, my wife never wears socks, hates wearing them around the house, we have tile so the floor is always cold, me on the other hand hate having my feet cold I always want socks on cause that's how I was raised, now that we have a baby his feet are always freezing and myself and my mother want to put socks on him but my lady refuses, when yall had kids they they wear socks or were they barefoot? He is 2 weeks old and his feet are always freezing but the doctor told us that as long as his tummy and chest were warm the baby was not cold.

:insert people saying babies absolutely need socks:

while at the first check up we asked the doc if he was cold because the baby's feet are cold and he stated no, they do not judge the temp of the baby off of their feet, what we have to look for is if his chest and tummy are cold then the baby is cold, but our lil mans chest and stomach are always hot

:insert even more people saying a baby has to have socks:

Well just got back from the doctor and she said don't put socks on the baby during the summer

:insert yet even more people saying a baby needs socks and your wife is stupid for thinking otherwise:


Are you goddamn kidding me?




I didn't know this place was so full of pediatricians and CPA's.

[LANTIRN]

My wife grew up in the Philippine jungle in a bamboo house with no A/C, 85 degrees year round and a pretty high humidity. Her parents had 5 kids that were raised in the heat, and all 5 of them survived.

If the kid's feet are cold, put on socks. If the kid feels hot, take off clothes. It really isn't rocket science.

[2165 Turbo Rail]

we don't put socks on Morgan but we do put her in a full night outfit that have feet because i put it down to 72* at night

[347Mike]

Not sure if this was posted but newborn babies love to be wrapped up and WARM. That is why when your lady gives birth and you are still at the hospital they are wrapped up like a burrito. I know atleast for my kid and the first month or so (don't remember exactly) if she wasn't wrapped up and warm (not sweaty warm/hot) but warm, she would cry.

Now, I am not saying suffocate your kid until it sweats bullets but where I am getting at is the kid probably wants socks on its feet. I am also not saying to wrap it up in a comforter and go outside for a stroll..... My daughter was born in August so it was also very hot.

[bonnie&clyde]

Good comparison and not too far off from the truth actually.

Jose you have to remember that everyone is different when it comes to body temperatures. When I sleep my body temperature sky rockets, but when I wake up even though I am putting off heat like an oven, I'm freezing cold. When my skin is cool to the touch, I'm hot as hell.

If the baby doesn't have blue lips, then don't worry about it. Sounds more like a pet peeve than an actual problem.

yeah he is not blue anywhere not even his feet, they are just cold but the rest of his little body is warm sometimes even hot so we really arent worried about it just debating between the ways we were raised

[bonnie&clyde]

Buy extra socks, some for your wife's mouth for spewing stupid shit and some for that poor little baby's feet so he can get some sleep without waking up every 5 minutes.

My daughter is almost 3 now, and she still wears socks to bed. When she doesn't she always wakes up in the middle of the night because she's cold.

we have not had a waking up problem from him, he maybe wakes up one time during the night to feed but other than that he is knocked the f out, and the funny thing is that when he doesn't have socks on and we swaddle him with his feet covered he does not go to sleep, but once we uncover his feet he knocks out

[LS1Goat]

I wish I had your kind of dilemmas.

[TENGRAM]

i grew up not wearing socks, i always took them off. and as a kid i refused to wear shoes. even to this day i drive around in flip flops or barefooted till i get to wear i need to go and put shoes on.

Just a couple of reasons why you SHOULD put socks on your baby.

[downshift_me]

How about a short sleeved footed sleeper and it is kind of like meeting in the middle? That being said; To each their own. My Daughter was born in June and she wore socks...Son was born in February and wore socks plus a footed sleeper. Although, I'm also "insane" due to the fact I put shoes/socks on my kids to go into public when they were tiny.


Jen, is right about letting her figure it out on her own without your mom. Your input is fine, but don't ever start it out with, "My Mom said/thinks" or you will have bigger issues besides socks on the baby. Plus, when she needs it she will go to her mom first more than likely.

Good luck to both of ya! I remember being your shoes 4 years ago and by the time the 2nd one comes you can do it in your sleep.

[Trick Pony]

I dont give a shit about core body temp. My core body temp may be 95, but if my feet are cold, i can feel them, and its uncomfortable. Stop getting cold feet over this.

LOL, core temp of 95 is where hypothermia sets in.