My baby is 3-1/2 months old and has a cold. We think it was due
to exposure to cold weather because we had to go out in the snow
just two or three days before she got it. The doctor told us
that it's a virus and we can bathe her, take her out, or do
whatever we want. Will bathing her when she's having cold
aggravate the condition, and was her cold caused by exposure to
cold weather? Doctors usually say that colds are caused by
viruses and not by exposure to the cold, and parents often
believe the other is true. To a certain extent, I think both are
right. We've learned a lot from the experience of scientists
stationed in McMurdo Station in Antarctica. There, they are very
very cold and catch no colds at all... unless someone with a
cold arrives. Then it spreads very quickly. Exposure to cold
weather changes the way that our bodies fight off viruses. The
protective mucus and cilia in the respiratory tract do not
function as well. So if you get exposed to a virus in those
conditions you're more likely to catch