When my babies were little they pretty much always had a hat on their little heads, even indoors and especially when they were newborns. I wanted to make sure they never felt chilled. After all, tiny babies don’t move around too much so they don’t generate a whole lot of body heat on their own. Now that the weather is turning, I think it’s especially important that babies don’t catch a chill. Any kind of knit cap will do, but a cotton one works nicely because it does the trick without getting too warm. In the winter I end up wearing a hat around the house myself because we tend to keep the thermostat low so the hat works great to keep the rest of me warm. It’s a simple concept of holding in body heat since heat rises and escapes through the top of the head. In our store we have the basic little newborn skullcap in not so basic colors of fuschia, moss, purple, gold, cantaloupe, turquoise, black to name a few. We also have a cute little beret for bigger kids in the same fun colors. These caps can also be pulled down over the ears to keep the wind out. Oh and I should mention that none of our three ever had any problem with ear infections. Coincidence? Maybe, or maybe it really did help.
