Hat theory, newborns lose the most heat via their heads (large surface 
area.)
Cold stresses the newborn - drying infant, putting a hat on and putting baby 
skin to   skin with mom (if infant is stable), covering mom and baby with 
warm blanket, is the simplest and least expensive way to help baby 
thermoregulate.

I put  newborn thermoregulation into google and there are tons of refs, esp 
skin to skin and hats.

The hat project was from the 
www.savethechildren.org/campaigns/caps-to-the-capital/malawi-and-bangaladesh.html 
It was a campaign to draw President Bush's attention  to the health and well 
being needs of newborn babies worldwide.  There is a connection to a video 
of Kangaroo mother care in Malawi.  Pat in SNJ 

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