Babies nap outside in Finland -- all year around!

In Finland babies nap outside even when it is -10  degrees centigrade. When it is cold, we dress them warmly (and if it is VERY cold we cover the pram with a blanket). When you try baby's nape, you will know whether the baby is warm, cold or hot. Babies sleep usually better outside than inside.

I faced problems when I was expecting our second child and we needed the pram for the baby. My daughter never got used to taking her nap inside. So soon after turning two she didn't take a nap anymore at all. Or she did if I took her for a walk outside, which was quite difficult with a newborn baby and bad back pain.

Generally mothers feel safe leaving their babies outside to sleep. Of course they keep them on eye. My babies have slept in our back yard where nobody could see from the street near by. Like everybody, we used also a baby monitor. 

When my daughter was a baby, there was a incident when a baby was taken from a stroller without anyone noticing . It was a miracle that the baby survived because he was buried under snow and it took hours to find him. It turned out that the baby was taken by a girl who was only 10-12 years old.

Maybe that was one reason why I wanted to have a baby monitor with a camera.


The babies who nap in sub.zero temperatures