Outdoor time-when is it too cold?

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I used to tuck a couple hot water botles into the wagon on school run days. I also used to put a sleeping bag in the bottom of the wagon and up the sides and a quilt on top of them and of course packed in like sardines didn't hurt either in winter. I had a wind cover but it wasn't realiable. Wind covers were not things that were used back then.

Put vaseline on their faces - not lotion - straight vaseline, use scarves over the mouths to help with breathing the cold air.

Make sure there are as many layers under their bums as on top of them. I remember a few instances of kids getting frostbite one really bad year from moms putting kids into a stroller and then a blanket on them only to find out when they got home their back/butt, back of the legs that had dangled down had signs of frostbite.

I did cancel school runs if it got past -30 and yes that often meant a few days in a row but thought the health of everyone including me was more important than walking to the school - no bussing for under 2 kilometers back then so we walked - not doing 4 trips of that with a wagon of 5. So do not miss the school runs.