I am still waiting to hear the explanation for how humanity survived at all pre-hospital policy. Or pre-hospital.
I’m not saying we ‘should’ take a newborn out to play in the snow here but Good God, they aren’t pieces of glass or something that will crack below room temperature.
Being an upstate NY born guy, I assure the naysayers that newborn kids do survive exposure to even sub zero temps just like we do for the moments between hospital and car. Or a simple step out the door. They do not suddenly contract pnuemonia and die. If they did, humanity would not exist today.
Well, many didn't. In prior centuries it was fairly common to have children die of any number of things... Along with quite a few mothers that died in childbirth. I think I'd be slow to just assume that modern medicine is some kind of enemy.
“I assure the naysayers that newborn kids do survive exposure to even sub zero temps just like we do for the moments between hospital and car.”
Of course they do. What do these ninnies think “baby fat” is for? Not to mention, the smaller the person, the less succeptible you are to cold temperatures in the first place. The dad was more prone to getting frostbite or hypothermia than the baby.