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Here in Norway we my wife and I stayed in a family room in the hospital "hotel" both times, but the last time I left the next day with our older daughter and my
by tyfon 7y ago
Here in Norway we my wife and I stayed in a family room in the hospital "hotel" both times, but the last time I left the next day with our older daughter and my wife joined with the youngest a day later.
We both automatically get two weeks off work as a birth leave and option to have a "jordmor", what you would call a midwife in English, visit and help if needed. Then we had ten months of parental leave combined, I had four months and my wife had six.
One thing foreigners freak out over is that during the day we have the babies sleep outside in the strollers in winter. They're usually wrapped in wool materials and are very warm. Is this common elsewhere in Scandinavia? They sleep very well out in the cold :)
- jonsi01 7y agoSame in Iceland. I slept outside all year round as a child and now my daughter does. And also in wool clothing.
- 2rsf 7y ago> Is this common elsewhere in Scandinavia Same in Sweden, babies are left outside while the parents sit in a coffee shop and kindergartens have a line of baby strollers outside for the young ones to sleep in.
- willyt 7y agoUsed to be common in Scotland too, not sure about England so much. Me and my brother were put out in the front garden by my granny!
- falsedan 7y agoCan confirm it's still going; our first was an autumn baby and had his daytime naps by the open tenenment window. Sash and case barely keeps the cold out anyway when they're closed!
- logfromblammo 7y agoHypothesis: this practice prevents or delays atrophy of the brown adipose tissue used for non-shivering thermogenesis.
- avar 7y agoWhy would it? The kid isn't sleeping in the snow outside like a Husky, they're in a stroller, sleeping bag, wool etc. All put together it's probably better insulated than your house.