To always dress my baby in a sleepsuit

We were at a baby sensory class today and I'd say about half the 20 babies present were in sleepsuits.

DS is 7 months now and I always 'dress' him for daytime but I didn't always when he was younger. He's always in joggers and long sleeve vests or tops, soft romper suits / dungarees or sometimes a footless sleepsuit. There's a world of options that fall between 'sleepsuit' and 'jeans'. I can't imagine putting him in anything as stiff as jeans for a long time yet.

FWIW I'm the odd one out who dislikes zip sleepsuits, because it's always a pain to wrestle the other chunky leg back in!

Can I just point out that the jeans made for babies aren't actually denim like our jeans. They're really soft like leggings. Same as alot of the dungarees. They aren't stiff denim, they're usually really soft and comfy

Just to say, hes never worn jeans, that doesn't sound comfortable at all! I find him just as easy to change in outfits and he isn't a sicky or a poonami baby, maybe my opinion would be different if he was x

It's your baby, you can dress them in sleepsuits if you want to dress them in sleepsuits. I have a 3 month old and he's in baygrows at home but I do put him in little outfits when we go out, because I want to, he's comfy and he looks adorable. Entirely your decision x

It's completely up to you what you put them in. Everyone has their own opinion and as long as you're happy then who cares what anyone else thinks🤷 my little one wouldn't wear babygro's. Hated his feet being covered 😅 so he wore rompers til about 2-3 months then long sleeve vests with soft joggers.

People put babies in jeans??!

Oh goodness don't give it even a second thought. Do what works for you and bum to the rest.

Totally normal. Also, babies sleep all the time, and the distinction between “comfy outfits” and “sleepwear” is pretty blurry.

Completely agree with you. I had different ones for sleeping and daytime but they were still sleep suits or baby grows as we used to call them. I think little babies look terrible in outfits. Loads of time for that.

And useful phrase - no its a onsie. When you get the sarcastic head tilts and pjs

Yep mine stayed in sleepsuits. I bright slightly snazzyer ones for during the day.

Sleepsuits are warm and comfortable for a young baby. IMO they’re infinitely preferable to fancy outfits, esp. anything like tiny jeans! - or fancy dresses, unless it’s a special occasion.
I don’t think my dd put her 3 in anything else until they were crawling - not in colder weather anyway.

I did pretty much exclusively sleepsuits until about 4.5 months. Tops and leggings ride up and they looked super uncomfortable. Now that my little one is 8 months old she wears a larger variety of outfits. They're little for such a short time OP. Enjoy the snuggly cuddles x

I was exactly the same OP 🤣 it’s easier when they’re not vomiting on them all day.

Oh heaven forbid, a 3 month old wearing a babygro! Whatever next! 🙄

I took my 11 month old out to walk the dogs in a babygro this morning, with socks underneath and a waterproof suit. She was warm and comfy, and yes it was the one she'd worn in bed!

I also got the "oh are you wearing your jammies?" barb. Particularly stands out when she was 5 months old and suffering terribly with her first 2 teeth. Yes, she is wearing "jammies."

It's personal choice OP, but I'm sure your baby is happy being warm and comfortable.

I swear my first was in sleepsuits til about the age of 1. I thought they were cute, he had bad reflux so we had multiple outfit changes a day so it was just generally easier.

Those commenting on distinguishing between day and night, perhaps this is why he was a good napper in the day compared to my second child who I started dressing properly at an early age who was a pita with nap time 😂

Nothing cuter than a little baby in a babygro and a wooly cardigan over the top!
I don't like seeing really young babies in jeans/dresses they don't look comfortable to me!
I think mine started wearing leggings and tops when they were around 5/6 months old and starting to roll or crawl.

Hoist by my own petard!

I don't recall my daughters wearing anything else before their 1st birthday! 40+ years ago there wasn't much else available.

Ps bootees were used to keep feet warm.

This.
Babygro was (is) a brand name, invented in the 1950s, so Wikipedia tells me, but they didn't really become popular in the UK until the 1970s. The whole point of them is that the baby can wear them any time of day or night, all the time. It was considered more modern that home-made knitwear for babies.

In about the 1990s, they were renamed 'sleep suits' so that the clothing manufacturers could sell a whole load more daytime clothes for babies - clearly they weren't making enough profit (!).

Nothing wrong with Babygro's 24/7, or leggings and a top/vest if you find separates easier, plus a cardi as needed, but anything else is unnecessary for a baby under about 6 months.

@Kokomjolk this is my view too! Not making more work for myself 😂

Just to clarify- I always dressed my babies in the morning, but I put them into a clean babygro for the day. Just because they are in a babygro doesn’t mean they have been left in the same clothes as overnight.

Years ago in the sixties (how ancient am I?) We put our babies up to three months in a vest and vyella long nightdresses with little matinee jackets and with little bonnets when going out. If cold warmer clothes were put on. From three months on either little dresses or sleeping type suits etc.romper suits. But those soft nightdresses were very comfy for a little one and easy to change. The vests were pure cotton and the shoulders were made so easy to pull off. Nappies were Terry towelling with often a muslin lining. Bottoms were washed (not wipes) and covered in zinc and castor oil. So no raw bottoms. There endeth your history lesson for today. 🤣

Team babygro here. Can’t bear jeans on babies. Or shoes. No need for shoes when you can’t even sit up