Staying warm outside in the cold?

[amycooper]

Hello all! I'm new, at least to here (but looking through some of the older posts to this comm, I'm seeing a lot of familiar "faces" *waves*). While I had aspirations of baby wearing when I was pregnant, I have to admit we got to a really slow start. I had purchased a Balboa sling while my son, Finn, liked it the first wear, he hated it ever

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[sueg]

I got a Suse's Kindercoat, which is made to fit over a baby carrier. In a front carry you could simply buy an oversized coat and zip it over the baby. You wouldn't want to zip it completely over his head, of course.

[faerieflings]

I usually just used a bigger coat, but you can also try a babywearing poncho (you can make your own if you're either a handy sewer or have no fear cutting into a big piece of fleece or wool, or if you knit or crochet you can make one), a coat extender, other babywearing-specific products, or just tuck in a blanket around the carrier and baby.

Make sure you dress baby appropriately for the weather but not so thickly as he becomes too bulky for the carrier. I found a hat or headcover, and something warm on the hands and feet made the biggest difference. My youngest had a pair of fleece-lined jeans from Children's Place that I really liked putting on him in cold weather, too.

[noonle]

It never gets super cold around here, but I do have a Peekaru fleece vest that is nice.

[orbg]

I got a fleece vest from suse's kinder (on clearance!) that is awesome for babywearing in the cold

[lunarophelia]

With a front carry I wore him under my maternity coat or I just zipped him into his snowsuit before putting him in the wrap.

[lunarophelia]

I also just remembered that when I was shoveling snow and he was small I would put him on my back under one of my husband's jackets. Not the best solution, but it was effective. And because I can't resist:

[lunarophelia]

IN the 13 month one he is no in the best position but that is because he was throwing a fit in the sling because we were done sledding and he was exhausted and he passed out mid tantrum. :)

[lunarophelia]

I wish I could edit comments! None of those jackets are maternity jackets. The red one and the white one are my regular size but the brown one is a little too big.