Thanks Jaya and mom for ur tips. I had an appointment with ped yesterday and she says my baby is gaining weight more thn normal, so little bit of stool in every nappy is normal and them being loose is also normal, as long as weight is gaining there is no need to worry abt stools.
My son had DTP vaccine yesterday. He cried so much of tht pain, its horrible seeing such a small baby in tht pain:( anyway he's fine now

Thanks,
Karuna

mom replied. Good to hear that your baby is doing well.
We discussed about stools and how they are normal but the point that oldies ak us to wear scarfs still remails open.

I again discussed this with my folks and a few theories came fwd (not yet validated with doc but again, they dont seem disagreeable. Sharing with you.)

Many changes to a woman's body during pregnancy- physical, mental, harmonal. Every human body resists an 'alien entrance' as per body's resistance capability. When a woman concieves, body \" lowers\" its resistance as otherwise body wd treat the baby as alien and tend to throw it off (this point I have read in a health related book). This is the reason why some women catch illness easily, hv loose motions etc and are asked to eat carefully (hygenic) when they conceive.

After delivery, again, the body undergoes sooo many changes, hence the body is weak.
Many of you must have experienced a sudden drop in body temperature followed by severe shivering immidiately after delivery (while u are on the delivery bed itself!). I am not saying it has to do something with tying scarfs, but i am pointing at the way changes start occurring in the body.

Also, the body is now trying to get back to its normal state now that the baby is out. Obviously, the body's system might not be strong enough to fight with all the outside vulnerabilities and changing temperatures.
To add to it, in olden times, the arrangements and other things were not so developed and easy as today.

So, staying inside, covering head etc was safer in those times. It would be safer even today if you know you are being exposed to such vulnerabilities.
(Many of us have felt irritation in eyes when trying to watch TV 1-2 days after delivery.)

When i had asked my gynae if i shd wear scarf and all, she said no need. But she also said 'now can eat whatever u want, avoid heavy things though' ...
docs follow allopathy so they are right accor to it. But we too eat lightest things after delivery,..... and believe in avoiding banana in cough and cold (believing ayurveda) ....

so i think, in today's educated world, the educated moms cn validate things with experts before following blidndly and can use their own judgement as well. If we dont know what to do, its better to be safe than sorry.