Letting Babies Sleep Outside in the Freezing Cold       Helena
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That's interesting! Thanks for your input, Hedwig.  The article
did say that Nordic babies that sleep outside in the cold are
supposed to be healthier (and get fewer colds), but obviously
there's no solid studies done on that. Abusive comment hidden.
(Show it anyway.) Here in Eastern Europe, that is a common
practice as well. The baby, however is always well-wrapped and
protected from the cold air. I'm not exactly sure of the
benefits of the practice but people here are nearly religious
about doing it. What's odd, though, is that these same babies
grow up being wrapped to within an inch of their lives whenever
they go outside, no matter the temperature, are kept well away
from any and all drafts (never have 2 windows open if they're
going to create a cross draft in a room, for instance) and in
general, seem to be much mor