Re:Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013)
by jonsi01 on Thursday September 05, 2019 @09:06AM
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Same in Iceland. I slept outside all year round as a child and now my daughter does. And also in wool clothing.
Re:Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013)
by 2rsf on Thursday September 05, 2019 @08:29AM
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> Is this common elsewhere in Scandinavia
Same in Sweden, babies are left outside while the parents sit in a coffee shop and kindergartens have a line of baby strollers outside for the young ones to sleep in.
Re:Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013)
by willyt on Thursday September 05, 2019 @09:33AM
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Used to be common in Scotland too, not sure about England so much. Me and my brother were put out in the front garden by my granny!
Re:Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013)
by falsedan on Thursday September 05, 2019 @12:35PM
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Can confirm it's still going; our first was an autumn baby and had his daytime naps by the open tenenment window. Sash and case barely keeps the cold out anyway when they're closed!
Re:Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013)
by logfromblammo on Thursday September 05, 2019 @12:15PM
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Hypothesis: this practice prevents or delays atrophy of the brown adipose tissue used for non-shivering thermogenesis.
We both automatically get two weeks off work as a birth leave and option to have a "jordmor", what you would call a midwife in English, visit and help if needed. Then we had ten months of parental leave combined, I had four months and my wife had six.
One thing foreigners freak out over is that during the day we have the babies sleep outside in the strollers in winter. They're usually wrapped in wool materials and are very warm. Is this common elsewhere in Scandinavia? They sleep very well out in the cold :)