I have found in an emergency situation that a layer of newspaper between layers of clothing does wonders at keeping in heat as well. On motorcycle road trips when we’d be out too late and get chilly or an unexpected norther would hit before getting home we would stop at a convenience store and pick up a Thrifty Nickel and place half the paper under the back and half the paper under the front of our outter layer of clothing. Good warming stuff. Even riding at 70MPH.
Yes, newspapers do work for keeping in heat, LOL, a thought just went through my mind, how warm would a cover of a good layer of newspapers, sandwiched between 2 layers of plastic be?
Should be warm.
Parachutes are a good keeper in of body heat and we used them as the filling of comforters, but not for babies.
I learned about the plastic wear from the farm workers in Wellton, they take a big trash bag and cut a head opening and the arm openings and make an instant rain coat and it would be warm too.
My shoulders were acting up for awhile and I started wearing a double plastic bag as a shawl, it covers the shoulders and I keep it closed with a clothes pin.....it weighs nothing, and I forget that I am wearing it, until I lay down and the clothes pin hits my chin.
I have a fancy crocheted shawl laying over there, but it gets in the way and I keep dipping the tails in the water if I get close to water or turn it on.