Sling in winter

Hi there, My baby is due in July and I want to carry her in a sling but my concern is that it is rather cold and windy in the winter time. How should I keep her warm then? Put a snowsuit on, wrap her with a blanket?? Or is it just a bad idea to use a sling in winter?'

nah its a great idea. i did it with my neice when i was looking after her and the cold isnt a problem, they keep pretty toastie if you wrap them up well and cover them in blankets although once they are too big to lie down in there and have little feet or heads protruding they can lose alot more body heat so if it was absolutely freezing and you had to be outside for a long time im not sure, depends how cold it gets where your from. i still have no solution to the rain though, never quite figured that one out. lol. if your only doing short runs between building in the rain you could just cover it but if your walking round the block or any reasonable distance it might wet the material causing bubs to get chilled. ill be using a sling for my boy too because i find buggies bulky and a pain in the bum but if the weather is really bad its probably the better option

When I have Mika in the moby wrap (you can use that for newborn) I use one of of DH'sjackets. It's great, cause she gets my body warmth against her front, the jacket over her back, but her head is not covered by the jacket, so she won't suffocate. (I do put her little merino hat on, as her head is sticking out of the jacket)

Oh and she was a July baby too

if you havent already check out the slingbabies website, lots of diff styles and ways of carrying too...

lmao mummapickle, that is sooo creepy. i like the jacket idea to keep bubs dry, will utilise that when i go back to uni. thats the only thing i never figured out and pushing a pram up kelburn hill would actually kill me

monikah wrote: lmao mummapickle, that is sooo creepy. i like the jacket idea to keep bubs dry, will utilise that when i go back to uni. thats the only thing i never figured out and pushing a pram up kelburn hill would actually kill me

Hehe, monihah, this is what I am looking for too. I need a perfect solution for uni. Have no idea how it's possible to climb with a pram in kelburn or go to the library

I am anbother that used the moby wrap and found she was always toasty. I usually would have her dressed warm, thermals, jerseys, and hat and mittens, and half the time I would end up having to strip her down, even right in the middle of winter.

If it were really cold I would often just throw a large jacket over top (mainly to keep me warm) And it worked fine.

For sure you can use the sling in the winter. Like the others said, you just wear a jacket over to keep them warmer, wrap them in blankets etc. DS isn't too crazy bout the sling I bought (wish I would've bought a nicer one with better head support...) but I'd be using it if I could. I got a frontpack that will be well used once it arrives! (been waiting for ages it seems...)