My wife is a NICU nurse. Before she worked at her current hospital she worked at a county hospital so she saw a lot of babies whose mothers used drugs while pregnant. With that said, take this with a grain of salt since this could be different depending on where the baby is born.

>Like, does the baby go through withdrawals once born?

Yes. Apparently addicted babies have a distinct high-pitched whine that makes it pretty apparent their mother used something while pregnant.

>If so, do doctors give the baby a little crack so the side effects aren’t too bad from the withdrawals?

She says that while the babies are definitely addicted and have a distinct high-pitch whine (compared to non-addicted infants) they never gave anything for crack or cocaine. The babies just had to deal.

Whereas they used to give morphine to the babies addicted to narcotics. But even that's not really a common practice anymore and now they also just let the babies "sweat it out" themselves.

Not specifically dutch oven related, but more about the brands themselves.

I have a Le Creuset enameled cast iron skillet that basically gets no use compared to my Lodge skillet of the same size.

My two biggest complaints are that for the same "sized" skillet, the Lodge has a larger cooking area at the bottom compared to the Le Creuset due to more steeper sides and less curve. Also, the Le Creuset handle heats up at the same rate as of body of the skillet for some reason. So touching any part of the Le Creuset handle results in burns whereas I can still touch my Lodge skillets handle quickly enough to rotate/move the skillet of the way or something.

I think the next time I need to invest in another enameled cast iron product I'll check out Staub which I've heard good things about.

>And why don't companies seem to give temperature ratings for their coats?

Some do, apparently. I've seen a few different manufacturers use the CLO Value, while some have their own proprietary values like Canada Goose's TEI.

>do I need a parka for a place that's sub-freezing for the majority of the winter?

The times I've visited Colorado, Chicago, and Montreal in the winter I brought a North Face parka with me.

Honestly it was more cumbersome than anything else. It was too bulky to wear anything except a shirt underneath, so I was constantly having to take it on and off since all the indoors were aggressively heated.

Nowadays I'm all about layering. I have a bigger waxed canvas jacket I can wear over a sweater or flannel or hoodie. And if I need something snow or waterproof to cover my head I have a Ushanka hat I can wear. I only ever bring my parka if I'm actively going to be in the snow.