What is your view on those that don't dress baby before taking them out?

With the way sun can be harmful to skin and the fact that young children are very sensitive to sun exposure I really do not agree with letting them run around in just diapers. As you said a onesie covers a lot but is still breathable and comfortable. Now what they do in the comfort of their home I could care less. Again when they are transitioning from outside to a cold air conditioned building they need to have something for their kids to be covered with.But being out in the sun they are asking for premature skin damage for their children. But what I find even more alarming then this are the parents who bundle their children up in heavy blankets and go the opposite extreme in the heat of the summer. I think sun stroke would be a lot more severe then a sunburn.

Mine don't even go out in public without shoes -well, they were in socks until they were old enough to wear shoes, but never barefoot. Going out with a naked baby never crossed my mind. It just doesn't make sense. It takes all of a minute to throw on a onesie or a t-shirt and shorts. If it's that hot out the risk for sunburn is probably high and they need their fragile skin covered. Plus it just looks so lazy to have a nearly naked baby out in public. My youngest boys will run around home (inside) with either no shirts or no pants when it's really hot but they get fully dressed if they go out to play...and our yard isn't even visible to the neighbors. I just think it's common sense to keep their skin protected. MIL and I have a little battle about this -I don't wear shorts, even when it's really hot. I don't have a problem putting the boys in shorts if we're going somewhere, but I don't like them just playing outside in shorts. I'd rather they were in light pants to protect from the sun, insect bites and of course scraped knees. She doesn't understand that and is constantly making comments about them needing to have shorts on. What bothers me even worse than the diapers only, is when those same diapers are ridiculously full and dirty. A girl I went to high school with came wandering into a store once with one of her daughters. She was probably around 2 1/2 and was wearing nothing but a diaper...and this was around 8pm so well past the worst heat of the day. The girl was completely dirty, her hair was all tangled, and the diaper looked like it was about to fall off. The mom nonchalantly told everyone that they had been playing and swimming all day as if that made up for bringing her child out in that condition....and she only lived 5 miniutes from the store which was open for another hour so it's not like she didn't have time to run home quick if they really had been out all day at some place where cleaning and diapering was not an option.

With baby babies I do not mind it so much. I too think that a onesie should be worn at least though. What bothers me is when a kid is like 3 years old and sitting in the back of a shopping cart in a t-shirt, diaper, and shoes, but no pants. I have seen the same boy at the store and the health department dressed like that more than once.

I have a big problem with it when babies are not clothed during the winter. Me and my husband went to the store all bundled in our coats, we were just coming out this lady was all walking up to the store with a coat on holding her baby with nothing but a diaper on. My husband got mad and told her "shouldn't you put some clothes on that baby." The lady was all bundled up, she obviously was cold enough to put it on for herself. She walked past my husband, ignoring him and the greeter in the store was like "oh my gosh, that baby needs some clothes". The lady got pissed and just turned around and walked out of the store. The nerve of some people. I just can't believe they would do that to their child. In the summer I put onesie's on my son and maybe shorts, but I never let him go out naked. I just think it makes a parent look lazy. Also, if I know he's going to be out in the sun I make sure he is at least wearing sunscreen. Babies skin are really sensitive. Good topic.

I don't like seeing a child in just a diaper. There are too many predators that would just get a kick out of it. If my child had an accident, and I didn't have a change of clothes. I will strip them down to a diaper long enough to go in the store and get an outfit. I then usually put the out fit on her then take the tags to the check out. The cashier gives some pretty weird looks. But as far as safety clothes are good. They protect from sun burns, bugs, they help keep the diaper up, etc. But to just see a child in a diaper, I don't like it. It's lazy, and like I said there are just too many weirdo's out there.

[i]Me too. I don't like to see naked children whether it's in the park or mall. Or any public places on that matter. A child should be properly clothe inside and outside the house for protection and health reason.[/i]

With my first, I really didn't know a lot. I would bundle her up, when it was cold outside. I would be wearing your typical winter clothing, but I was so scared that she would get sick. A friend's mother told me, you should always dress your child like you would dress yourself. If your cold, then your child will be cold. So dress your child in the same manner as yourself. Plus she told me, if you over dress them during the winter, when they sweat, it could make them sick. Talk about a lesson learned. I probably got some stares when I went out in a sweatshirt, while my daughter had on pants, socks, a long sleaved shirt, a coat and a hat. That's just winter, when it was warmer, she had on a onesie, socks, a hat, and enough sun screen to protect 2 people. When my 2nd came along, she had her typical winter wear, along with a hat, and a blankie. My mom always said keep a hat on her head to protect her from getting sick. During the summer, she wore just a diaper inside, and a dress and socks when we went outside. Those onesies, come in handy big time, because you can add a pair of shorts or pants, and it looks like they are wearing a shirt. My youngest still carries her blanket with her and she's 6, it gets cold in the stores, especially around the frozen sections. I don't see a lot of kids out without proper clothing on, except the newborns in the car seats, I feel like saying put a hat on their heads, or prop a blankie over their heads to keep the sun off of them. If your wearing sun glasses, you should also know that a baby doesn't like the sun in their eyes either. I do forget to get mine to wear their hats and glasses, only because they are always losing them.

I think in the summer it isn't too bad to let them just go in a diaper, but when they are outside they should have something on. in the house it isn't bad but outside the sun could burn their skin. plus even though they are babies, they should be dressed to be in public. and then you have the people who won't dress their kids when it is cold out. i remember going to walmart one day and it was probably only in the high 50's. so it wasn't too bad out considering it was almost spring. but it was chilly. i had my girls in pants and coats. i saw a couple going into the store. they were wearing pants and coats but had their kids in shorts with no coat. i couldn't believe it.

Hi tannie, Personally, I have not seen yet any naked babies in the mall or park where I have visited..but, I hate the idea too..Even if the baby felt too hot, that is not still a valid reason for the parents to just remove the clothes!

tanniebabe78 those ba bies without clothes but just a diaper are so vulnerable to the sun, they will sunburn more easily than an older child and its much harder on a baby too. much better to have a little dress or shirt of some kind to protect' their baby skin. and you are so right some stores air condioning leaves me chilled let alone a baby in nothing but a diaper. Moms should use some common sense with how to dress an infant that is for sure.

Having grown up in a cold Northern Atlantic Province I have seen way too many times the number of people who take their babies out in a stroller in the middle of the winter wearing very little if anything to protect them from the elements. I really think that we need stricter regulations put in place to protect these babies just as there are seat belt laws should there not also be laws against taking your newborn out in frigid weather wearing little to nothing in the way of protection.

I agree, just a dipaer on even in the summer is lazy. I will admit i have done it, but only to run to the drive through at the pharmacy or bank or whatever..where we werent getting out of the car. Stores always say no shoes no shirt no service...shouldnt that apply to everyone including children..and parents not be allowed to bring their children in stores that way. We seen a baby girl a week or two at walmart, and my 5 yr old says mommmy that baby is naked, where are her clothes, the mom turned and said..your kid needs to mind his own business...i said and you need to dress your kid, and i walked off. Some people...