They say to layer your baby as you would layer yourself, so if you wear a heavy coat, make sure baby is covered the same. Or invest in a snow suit. I think going for a walk should be ok, but you may want to call your doc and specifically ask the question, and make sure you get an answer. However, it may not be a good idea to take a baby out in the freezing cold! Just ask yourself, would you want to walk in ____ degrees (whatever temp it is outside). Also, remember, you can think about maybe going to the mall or something and maybe walking around. That way you aren't out in the cold, and you will get out of the house..... Just a thought!

As long as it's not windy(ear infection risk) I will take him out for short walks. He has a puffer jacket, boots, long sleeves ext.

I am totally feeling you!
I had a baby in November and I'm in Michigan. I literally haven't been out of my house in about a week. Because I'm nursing him I won't leave without him (he adamantly refuses to take a bottle). And because the weather is so awful I won't take him out. It's not the cold so much (even though that's part of it), but for me, I just keep thinking if I go for a walk the stroller won't make it because of all the snow and if I carry him, what if I fall?
Good luck with your decision! I just keep opening all my shades for sunshine and walk up and down my stairs as much as much exercise as possible.

I understand too. My baby is 12 weeks. I was advised to try and get him and me outside even if its for a few mins each day. There is so much snow here tho for the strollers and crazy cold temps. I have a really nice snow suit for him tho. What about getting to a mall or somthing like that just to get out but still warm?

My doctor told me that you should always dress baby in one more layer then keeps you warm. My daughter was four months in December last year, and I live in Canada, so I get you too!

I would take her out in her stroller on nicer winter days. She would wear a onsie, pants and long sleeved shirt, socks, shoes, a light jacket or sweater, and a hat, then I would bundle about three blankets around her in the seat, she had a carseat cozy over it, and another two blankets were draped over the stroller to keep the wind out. Lol. I would check her often to make sure she wasn't sweating, because if they sweat then get a blast of cold air at all there's a good chance illness will follow.

But if you are worried about outside why not take your LO to the mall and cruise around? Or some massive store like Walmart?

Good luck.

It is unbelievably cold here lately, I'm talking -35 celcius. For F only people, I think that is about the same in F! I haven't been out with my 12 week old because of that. When I have gone out I have a car seat cover and she is dressed in regular clothes underneath- but she is just going from car to inside and when I have dressed her warmer than that she sweats. She seems to get overheated quite easily. I don't have any advice about this- I am feeling the same and experiencing some cabin fever. Plus, there is so much snow that I had a really hard time pushing the stroller. I hate winter!

I took my dd out for walks in the cold. I wouldn't go out if the weather was below the 20s. It depended on the wind and where I was walking to. But, I would either put her in the stroller--I have the kind that the car seat sits on top of. I have one of those fleece covers that goes over the car seat...where there's just a face hole open. I would stick a blanket on her and then have her in there with the fleece cover on. As I walked I would keep sticking my hand in there to make sure the air was warmer inside and it always was. Her nose barely got cold.
I also have a moby wrap. I would put her in that and then button my coat over it.

I kind of go by daycare and they don't take the kids out if it is below 40 degrees. I go walking at the mall if we need to get out.

My daughter was about 6 months old when winter started last year. As long as it wasn't super cold (below 20 degrees) and/or windy, I would take her out in her stroller for short-ish walks. In the winter I dress her in a onesie and then an outfit over it, then to go outside I would add her snowsuit, and a couple pairs of socks too. Then I would tuck her in under a blanket in her stroller and put her hat on her. She loves the outdoors so I can't use her as a gauge at all, she'd be happy in negative degree weather, I'm sure! So I use my common sense and sometimes ask my mom what she thinks, too. My daughter never liked her baby Bjorn but if yours doesI think that's a good idea. It is good for you to get the little one out (and yourself) if you can and if it's just too cold, I like the idea of mall walking. I take my now-toddler to Target all the time, just to get some energy out when it's too cold to be outside.

Thanks everyone for your replies! I am going to try being a "mall walker" :) and also taking her out bundled up for a short walk when it's over 20 degrees. We won't be going anywhere today because it is 10 below zero today! Yikes!

I'm sorry I'm not responding to your question. I just wanted to say what a panzie all of you are making me feel like. I was born and raised in Dallas and still live here. We've had a couple of days lately w/highs in the 20's and lower 30's and I'm miserable. LOL... I think I would literally freeze to death in the temps you guys are talking about.

it's -15 celcius here at the moment ... suppose to be -30 tommorrow ... uggg. We also have 6 ft snowbanks. I am frozen ... They say Canadian girls have fire and ice in their blood but man I think I was born in the wrong climate. I hate winter!

i use a stroller and it has a jolly jumper sleep sack thing. it is super warm, warmer than a snowsuit. I put her in shoes, socks, clothes and a thick sweater, then mitts and a hat. it is -12 here and it is fine for her with that. you have to use the wind cover too when outside and take it all off when inside or she gets too hot.