Babies parked out in the cold

An age-old Norwegian practice of putting babies in their carriages and parking them outdoors to take their naps, also in the middle of winter, is now under scrutiny. Immigrant parents and a doctor at the University of Oslo are questioning the ritual, which has developed over the years with no solid medical research to support it.

 It’s a very peculiar Norwegian practice, or a bad practice, that infants sleep outside, even through winter.  Many young Norwegian mothers automatically set their infants outdoors for naps, packed in wool when the weather is cold, because they think the fresh air is healthy. I am not so sure.
 
An unknown percentage of crib deaths in Norway occur while the babies sleep outside during winter.
Immigrants with children in Norwegian day care centers or childcare groups are often especially skeptical to the practice, particularly because of the extreme Norwegian winters.