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Tsiyu

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57. Well, all that fresh air probably does

Fri Feb 22, 2013, 04:30 PM

Feb 2013

"blow the stink off 'em" as the saying goes.

Better than the hothouse flowers American kids are - never let outdoors in some families.

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The babies who nap in sub-zero temperatures [View all] Blue_Tires Feb 2013 OP

Bundle 'em up, shove 'em outside. Good for ya, builds character. TwilightGardener Feb 2013 #1

Yep. Just make sure they have a diaper on. Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #46

Don't they have like the highest suicide rate in the industrialized world? Recursion Feb 2013 #2

and mega drinking problems abound. bettyellen Feb 2013 #8

LOL laundry_queen Feb 2013 #3

I thought this was going to be a story about penguins. Kalidurga Feb 2013 #4

It's the custom over there Yo_Mama Feb 2013 #34

23F is actually a really nice day, if you're used to it. Brickbat Feb 2013 #5

No way in hell... Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #13

Haaa, I'm totally the opposite. I go to pieces once it gets above 80. Brickbat Feb 2013 #17

23F with sun and no wind is a warm day Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #20

I agree sad-cafe Feb 2013 #21

I think alot of it has to do with what you are used to Marrah_G Feb 2013 #41

Not me - that's why we retired to Burlington VT rather than Florida. karynnj Feb 2013 #60

I've shoveled snow in temperatures colder than that, in my short shirt sleeves. RC Feb 2013 #33

Unless there is some epidemic there of kids freezing to death... Marrah_G Feb 2013 #6

thank you! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #48

The key technological breakthrough was the invention of needles and sewing FarCenter Feb 2013 #7

..and here some say.."It is better to look good than to feel good, darling" Tikki Feb 2013 #11

hehe! Marrah_G Feb 2013 #14

Why are babies left outside and the parents are INSIDE? dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #49

After a couple of years in Boston I thought of 20s as shirtsleeve weather Recursion Feb 2013 #9

In Alaska, I was surprised to see people in shorts in 40 degree weather siligut Feb 2013 #12

We used to ski in shorts an Tee's in the early, spring in New England Marrah_G Feb 2013 #16

Ahhh and if you fell? siligut Feb 2013 #18

Yup- we fell Marrah_G Feb 2013 #19

We didn't have body armor for bike riding when I was a kid. RC Feb 2013 #35

Motor bikes? siligut Feb 2013 #39

Oh, them things. RC Feb 2013 #43

We were going through road construction, at night, after drinks siligut Feb 2013 #45

I regularly go out it freezing temps without a coat Marrah_G Feb 2013 #15

Yup. Fearless Feb 2013 #26

Yep, in Colorado, too. politicat Feb 2013 #37

Mammals create their own heat siligut Feb 2013 #10

Same here. As a fellow mammal I generate my own heat, but I don't usually brag about it. FSogol Feb 2013 #22

radiant's not so bad, but that's probably best... BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #51

Doesn't exposed flesh freeze after a certain amount of time outside?? kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #23

I suspect this practice developed years ago when tuberculosis qwas a serious problem. hedgehog Feb 2013 #24

I suspect this practice developed tens of thousands of years marybourg Feb 2013 #28

I'm thinking those babies stink siligut Feb 2013 #32

Well, all that fresh air probably does Tsiyu Feb 2013 #57

Or before fireplaces and chimneys... hunter Feb 2013 #36

Hearths are for cooking, not for heating FarCenter Feb 2013 #44

not a big deal MrsMatt Feb 2013 #25

I'm Brit/Norwegain Skittles Feb 2013 #52

Vitamin D is good for you. Most of us in the US are deficient IdaBriggs Feb 2013 #27

I saw "sub-zero" and was thinking F gollygee Feb 2013 #29

Sub Zero approves of this message The Straight Story Feb 2013 #30

groan BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #54

Message auto-removed year of the cat Feb 2013 #31

Welcome to DU. surrealAmerican Feb 2013 #38

Message auto-removed year of the cat Feb 2013 #42

When I was a toddler Mopar151 Feb 2013 #40

Ah, the medicinal qualities of lutefisk! Buns_of_Fire Feb 2013 #47

Most of our ancestors also slept in the cold as did Eskimos & Native Americans. JaneyVee Feb 2013 #50

Those Norsemen have Neandertal blood in their veins... Taverner Feb 2013 #53

when I first saw he headline I was expecting wolf cubs or something littlewolf Feb 2013 #55

Not this again... Javaman Feb 2013 #56

These are the descendants of the Vikings LittleBlue Feb 2013 #58

things are relative. babies tend to be warm little things. i am barefoot all year in WI for several pansypoo53219 Feb 2013 #59