Freyja is 6 weeks old now and we are still dressing her almost exclusively in a vest which pops at the crotch, socks and a footed babygro (onesie) over the top. This way she has no waistband and I think it seems like the most comfortable option for her - also it’s easy to hold her without clothes riding up, slipping down or needing readjusting. When we go out I just add a hat and on colder days woolly booties and cardigan, since she is already under a down duvet in the pram and gets hot in the carrier so doesn’t seem to need specific outdoor clothes in this weather (it’s about 10-15° C right now, typical Icelandic summer temperatures). We change clothes as and when they become dirty or once a day (whichever happens first), but not on a night/day schedule at all.
When did you start bothering with trousers/tights/t-shirts/etc - like basically smaller versions of grown-up clothes? I have seen people say that they like to have specific day and night clothes for their babies, but honestly she sleeps most of the day anyway and when she’s awake it’s not like she’s up and about - she’s either being cuddled or lying down. I have a few times put her in trousers, tights and a cardigan over the vest instead of the babygro but she seems less comfy to me with the waistbands. She wore a dress once for her naming party and it was as much hassle as I thought it would be, constantly riding up when she was being held (which obviously at this age is a lot of the time). But then I feel a bit guilty for basically dressing her in pyjamas 24/7 and maybe she’ll start looking silly dressed like that in the daytime when she gets a bit older… what do/did you do with your babies?
We did just pajamas or onesies or rompers for the first six months or so. They make some cute dressier rompers. One piece clothing was just easier.
Our son was born in the winter, so mostly pajamas with the feet built in. They sleep so much during the day at first that it made sense to me that he would be in pajamas all of the time. He had a few dressy outfits for high holidays and such. I quickly learned to take a photo of him in these immediately since the odds were high that he would spit up all over the special outfit. Babies are adorable in absolutely anything, so they might as well be comfortable.
When he started to get more mobile and learning to crawl, those baby jeans with a soft elastic waist were nice. You might prefer the boys jeans to ths girls at this age- the girl jeans are often flimsier and less sturdy and also cut slimmer, limiting their range of motion more. Maybe that is just an American thing? I never put him in anything with fussy fasteners or anything that seemed uncomfortable.
My baby was born in summer, and it was quite hot here, so she either wore onesies or tiny sundresses for her first 3 months. I don’t know that she necessarily had day/night clothing, but she slept in a onesie and wore them sometimes all day, usually I put her in a little dress or romper outfit during the day though.
As it got colder, around her being 4ish months, we did onesies with little baby leggings over them, at night she wore footed PJs. She started standing early, at 6 months, and slipped a lot on our wood floors, so we couldn’t let her wear feety PJs all day.
When she started walking around and trying to potty, around 10 months is when we switched to more 2 piece outfits, t shirts rather than onesies with little shorts, dresses, etc.
[name_u]Comfort[/name_u] and ease was my first priority so mine lived in footie pajamas and onesies when it got warmer. Once they were sitting up I started putting pants/shorts/skirts with the onesies. Sometimes leggings or tights with onesies. I didn’t dress them in children’s type clothing until they were well over one years old.
[name_u]Comfort[/name_u] and ease was my first priority so mine lived in footie pajamas and onesies when it got warmer. Once they were sitting up I started putting pants/shorts/skirts with the onesies. Sometimes leggings or tights with onesies. I didn’t dress them in children’s type clothing until they were well over one years old, when they were done crawling.
I’m guilty of dressing [name_f]Maeve[/name_f] up. People joke that they haven’t seen her in the same outfit twice and I’m not sure I have either! haha. I always have her in a short sleeve white onesie though so if a tshirt, dress, etc. does ride up, her skin is protected. It doesn’t always look great with this “undergarment” peeking through, but I feel like she is still comfortable regardless of what is on top. It also protects her from a snag of a zipper, hot or cold metal snaps, etc. I am picky about scratchy fabrics and don’t really like her feet being covered-I’m paranoid about a string wrapping around a toe + a lot of the footy pjs fit everywhere except her big feet seem to be wanting to bust through which just doesn’t seem comfortable. She has so much hair and it’s so hot here that I rarely use a hat, but she always has a headband or bow
I’m in the same boat as some of you. I did just footie pajamas too for the first little while. So comfy and convenient and he looked like a little baby. Plus, it was during the “Portal Vortex” in the US. So cold! Then I did onesies and comfy pants/shorts or rompers for summer. The cute “outfits” are super cute for when they’re older. I think I did them maybe around 7 months or so.
[name_m]Konrad[/name_m] wore pajamas for probably the first three months of his life! They were warm (he was born in [name_u]December[/name_u]) and convenient for us. Once summer came, he spent a lot of time in just a onesie since it was so hot (no shorts/pants). After that we started dressing him a little more “kiddish”, and especially once he started walking.
Yeah, the trousers I have tried on her have been the soft, stretchy cotton kind - they look like they ought to be really comfy but I don’t know. Maybe she’s just a weird shape or something with her chubby little belly, but it looks like they dig in, like the tummy bulges out above the waistline! I might just be assuming things though, because she doesn’t make a fuss about it particularly, which I’m sure she would if it was seriously bothering her. Good to know I’m not the only one dressing my baby for one long pyjama day - all the other babies I see are always wearing trousers or dresses!
Yeah, onesies all the way for the first few months. Once a day/night routine was established then I switched to tops and leggings with domed vests underneath. Basically the daytime version of pjs. I didn’t put my girls in skirts or dresses til they could walk, trying to move/roll/crawl in a skirt is pretty tricky. [name_u]Comfort[/name_u] all the way. I figure a nappy looks fairly restrictive so why add to that with jeans and shoes etc!
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] and [name_m]Tobias[/name_m] were both in babygrows/onesies for some time (up to about four months), both of them are winter babies, when in the house they wore their onesies and when we went out we had pramsuits for them. We live in [name_u]Aberdeen[/name_u], [name_f]Scotland[/name_f] so it does get pretty darn cold here too so they were always equipped with wooly hats and lots of blankets and the sorts when we went out but the house was always well heated when we were home.
When it moved into the warmer months we started dressing them in more than just onesies, but we just played it by ear. Some days a jumper and baby leggings with a short or long sleeved bodysuit on underneath were all that was needed with some blankets but others required something more heavy duty and as we got into summer we could start taking the jumpers off and some days shorts were good.
When we were on holiday in Greece (we go every year, my husband’s parents live out there) we would dress them in little onesies/bodysuits that were short sleeved and shorts and the same sort of things for swimsuits but in a swimming costume material. And of course, always little hats.
For nightwear it was onesies or bodysuits, again we played it by ear.
Never had a problem with any of it! The comfort of my boys was always the priority and that’s why we took it day by day. [name_f]Hope[/name_f] I’ve helped somewhat.
