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Why is a baby’s “going home outfit” a big deal?

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EmAreSea · 09/10/2019 07:23

DH and I have just been discussing this as I’m 37+6 today and have been packing (and re-packing, and double-triple-checking, and re-re-packing) hospital bags. We’re taking a selection of sleepsuits for baby to wear in the hospital and then started talking about the Going Home Outfit, and both started wondering why it’s a thing? How did that come about? Does anyone know?

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itwasalovelydreamwhileitlasted · 09/10/2019 07:43

We had one not for SM at all but something then to keep in a baby memory box

We also had a few nice sleep suits which DC wore in the first few weeks made into a bear from Lovekeepcreate

M0reGinPlease · 09/10/2019 07:44

I have a photo of my DD in her 'going home' outfit... at nine weeks old when it finally fitted her 😂

Longdistance · 09/10/2019 07:50

My dd’s 10. I remember people commenting on a ‘going home outfit’. She lived in babygro’s pretty much as a baby. The only thing I really wanted dd have was my dhs grandma (she lived in Oz) knitted some beautiful cardigans that she sent us, so she went home in one of those.

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EssentialHummus · 09/10/2019 07:56

DD went home in a very cute babygro from, iirc, Asda. And a giant hat. It was very cute though Grin.

Parker231 · 09/10/2019 07:56

I hadn’t heard of it before Mn. DT’s came home in plain white babygros as we had lots in white.

Bouledeneige · 09/10/2019 07:57

Gosh I didn't know it was a thing. That's silly. Sometimes if you make everything about a photo op you miss out on the genuine emotion of an event. In my case with my first it was slight shock and fear taking my precious tiny thing home. With my second it was more about how my 2 year old would cope and how I'd cope with her. There are more important things in life than making everything a shopping and photo event.

Pinkkahori · 09/10/2019 07:58

It was definitely a thing 40 something years ago! My mother kept our going home outfits. To be fair she had knitted the cardigans and hats herself so they were probably of more sentimental value than a Primark sleep suit.
I bought a cute little going home outfit for dd1 - a soft 3 part set of little leggings, t shirt and jacket. When it came to dressing her she was so tiny and delicate I couldn't get the long sleeve tshirt on her. [Grin]
Dd2 wore a sleepsuit home.

PrincessHoneysuckle · 09/10/2019 08:00

Ds was in a brown snow suit with ears.He looked like a baby bear.

LorelaiRoryEmily · 09/10/2019 08:01

@ButtfaceMiscreant I LOVE your name!!

Bloodybridget · 09/10/2019 08:01

Well, you know, when the paps are outside, and you know whatever baby is wearing will be trending in a nanosecond . . Grin

Janaih · 09/10/2019 08:02

I was more concerned with getting some shoes that would fit my hugely swollen feet.

coconuttelegraph · 09/10/2019 08:03

Not a thing I've come across but my DC didn't have any kind of “outfit”, just clothes and they wore whatever was clean and to hand. They are much older now but still don't have any clothes that I'd call outfits, nothing for best they wear all their clothes otherwise imo they are a waste.

Grandmi · 09/10/2019 08:04

My first born is 26 and I have her little hat she wore home in my sock drawer ...bringing baby home for the first time is a game changer!!

FairfaxAikman · 09/10/2019 08:04

DS didn't have a special outfit but I did keep a babygrow "specially" for it (which is now in his memory box). I was in for almost a week so going home was a bit of an event for me.
I know the parents of an ex had kept his going home babygrow so it's definitely not new to see these things as special.

Disfordarkchocolate · 09/10/2019 08:05

They all definitely had something I really liked to go home in (eldest is getting close to 30). Not an outfit as such but nice babygros etc and a shawl my Mam knitted. Lovely memories but can only remember what one actually wore. I don't think we have pictures, just memories of love.

daisypond · 09/10/2019 08:05

I’ve never heard of this.

EgremontRusset · 09/10/2019 08:06

I thought it was about keeping them warm when you’re not allowed to wear coats in the car seat, oops!

CherryPavlova · 09/10/2019 08:06

No, I’ve only ever heard about it on MN. I can’t imagine worrying about what an infant will wear for a car journey. I think our summer ones had just a little white nightdress. Then again all they wore for about eight weeks was little white nightdresses.
Our winter one would have had a blanket or coat too, I imagine.
No phones then, so no photos of every second of their lives.

SinkGirl · 09/10/2019 08:08

I think it’s an American thing, but not fully sure.

When I had my twins I bought some tiny baby sets that had a babygrow, vest, trousers, cardigan, hat etc. I suppose I’d thought they’d wear some of that home. And in fact DT1 did when he came home after 17 days.

DT2 was in for two months and we’d been waiting days for him to pass an unpleasant test before we could take him home. On his last day we had appointments for the other twin so we turned up, were told he had passed the test and got him out of there as quickly as we could. The nurses had been desperate for us to get him home so they had everything ready, we’d done the car seat tests etc - I think we were out within about 30 mins of arriving. I definitely didn’t care what he was wearing!

Littlechocola · 09/10/2019 08:09

It’s one of the last times you will have your shit together for a while.

None of mine had one.

Wildorchidz · 09/10/2019 08:09

I think it’s an American thing, but not fully sure.

🙄

meowcatmeow · 09/10/2019 08:11

DD came home in a vest, babygro, woollen socks, woollen gloves, woollen oversuit, balaclava and quilted hat.
It was -25c out. The nurses dressed her.

TulipsTulipsTulips · 09/10/2019 08:12

I’ve never heard of this and my youngest is only two. Had the world changed this much in two years?

Bloomburger · 09/10/2019 08:13

A nice white soft babygro is the best coming home outfit.

misspiggy19 · 09/10/2019 08:14

Taking the baby home is a special event/moment/memory. People like dressing up for special occasions.

^This

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