Footmuff | Imamother

amother

Mon, Jan 30 2023, 1:49 pm

When you use a footmuff for your doona etc do you still put your baby in a pram suit/ snowsuit?

amother

Sunflower

Mon, Jan 30 2023, 1:52 pm

You mean like the 7am cocoon?

Without a coat. If you feel it is not warm enough you can put a cotton blanket under cocoon, but on top of straps.

motherqueen

Mon, Jan 30 2023, 1:55 pm

depends if ur walking or in and out of a car

my baby is 9months old I still put on a snowsuit underneath

amother

Leaf

Mon, Jan 30 2023, 2:06 pm

motherqueen wrote:

depends if ur walking or in and out of a car

my baby is 9months old I still put on a snowsuit underneath

The cocoon is in place of a snowsuit. Using both is suffocating. Please don't, it's not meant to be that way! U can use a sweater or cover the baby with a blanket.

motherqueen

Mon, Jan 30 2023, 2:20 pm

amother Leaf wrote:

The cocoon is in place of a snowsuit. Using both is suffocating. Please don't, it's not meant to be that way! U can use a sweater or cover the baby with a blanket.

are u a dr?
that is what my dr told me so I will follow his view.
and its not suffocating because there is a hole where her head is.

if its a car: hat with cacoon
if your walking: hat snowsuit and cacoon

amother

Sunflower

Mon, Jan 30 2023, 2:23 pm

motherqueen wrote:

I'm thinking about it now. When my baby is in the stroller she is in coat and footmuff.
Cocoon is just 1 layer. Still, I'd stick to mine. I don't go long walks with doona either way. It and out of car is fine with just the cocoon.

amother

Stoneblue

Mon, Jan 30 2023, 2:59 pm

My baby is in a sweater and hat. If I put a puffer on him under the cocoon he overheats very fast.

amother

Lime

Mon, Jan 30 2023, 3:02 pm

I agree that a whole snowsuit underneath the cocoon would be boiling!

If I was worried, I would add a blanket underneath and a hat. A coat plus the extra “coat” over the car seat would be too much.

amother

Leaf

Mon, Jan 30 2023, 3:05 pm

motherqueen wrote:

This isn't a question for a doctor. Maybe ask your doctor if the baby needs 2 snowsuits, I'm quite sure he'd say no. A cocoon is specifically designed to use in place of s snowsuit, and not together with a snowsuit. The doona alone is very sweaty. A snowsuit plus a cocoon, is suffocating. I don't need a doctor to tell me that.

amother

Seafoam

Mon, Jan 30 2023, 4:26 pm

amother Leaf wrote:

I dont have a doona I feel its unsafe!!
I have the uppababy mesa with the uppababby ganoosh

amother

Tue, Jan 31 2023, 9:33 am

What about if baby is wearing a snowsuit, do you put a blanket on top of that?

amother

Begonia

Tue, Jan 31 2023, 10:39 am

Are you driving or walking? A snowsuit isn’t safe to wear in the car while driving so it’s out of the question.

amother

Holly

Tue, Jan 31 2023, 10:58 am

I think it depends on how cold it is outside. If it’s 45 F you’re ok with a hat and cacoon. When it’s 11 F I would say suit and cacoon.

So if you live in Brooklyn today I don’t think you need both. Maybe next week you will need both.

giftedmom

Tue, Jan 31 2023, 11:00 am

The 7am is very very warm. When I use it in my reg stroller I don’t put on a coat if it’s 50 and above. A sweater above 40. I rarely used a coat this winter with the weathers we had. Never used a coat when we had it for the doona.

amother

Leaf

Tue, Jan 31 2023, 12:32 pm

amother OP wrote:

What about if baby is wearing a snowsuit, do you put a blanket on top of that?

Depending on the weather, yes. A snowsuit in a doona is very very warm. Babies are not supposed to wear a snowsuit or coat in a car seat.

mizle10

Tue, Jan 31 2023, 12:51 pm

amother Holly wrote:

Still not necessary. I live in Montreal, it’s very cold here. I’ve never put a snowsuit under a 7am. It’s down and very warm. A hat and a blanket is plenty.