What do your 9-12 month old babies wear?

[lavenderandwisteria]

Ds is starting nursery when he’s just under 9 months, and I’m looking to order some clothes for him.

He is mostly in babygrows or romper suits in the day but I wonder if I should be looking at trousers and tops for him - actual ‘clothes’, I suppose. But some trousers seem really long in the leg!

Sainsbury’s is my go to for baby clothes for boys but any other recommendations?

Stains also seems to come out fine here. I mean Ds isn’t in head to toe white ornate clothing, but normal stuff and he spends his days in the garden or puddles or with spaghetti on his head

From about 9months we started switching to leggings, shirt or long sleeve vest depending on weather, and jumper/ cardigan. Odd pair soft dungarees. I like Zara for leggings and knitted dungarees, and m and s for various vests. H and m is good for extra socks/ mittens/ hats if you need a supply left at nursery.

I would probably see if you need to get an all in one type coat for outside for winter.

We get our labels for nursery clothes from - my nametags.com
A bit pricey but fab, waterproof and have never come off in the washing

@21Bee

I can never understand how people’s clothes get ruined! We use an outdoor nursery so my daughter comes home covered head to toe. Food and mud come out on a 60 wash, red paint is a little trickier but a soak in Milton and an extra wash usually do the trick.

I think it depends on how much time you have.

DD started nursery because I returned to work. I just didn’t want to spend time sorting out stains more than necessary so her nursery clothes were just put on the wash in the evening, treated with vanish where possible. No time to soak or wait for sunshine which turned to rain and couldn’t take the washing in as I wasn’t at home.

I never threw stuff away unless it smelt like poonamies. Stains were part of nursery life and either worn again or they ended in the spare clothes bag for emergencies.

It’s different with stains when I have the time to sort them out like the mud DD attracted on a family outing, I also sort out stains on the clothes I want to wear again.

@reluctantbrit I don’t really spend lots of time on laundry, all baby clothes get washed at 60 with bio and a scoop of vanish. Anything that is really marked goes into the nappy prewash for a rinse.

I think maybe using bio and 60 makes the difference. I know lots of people use non bio for babies but it’s a marketing ploy, nowhere else in the world has non bio washing powder like we do in the UK.

@21Bee tell that to my baby with skin issues. While I agree, there is a marketing plot, I found that the detergent my mum uses in Germany is neither non-bio nor bio. Not sure if they have a lower level of enzyme or if the stuff is totally different.

But 60 degrees is also dangerous, lots of clothes don’t tolerate high temperature and shrink and it can be bad for fabrics as well, at least for the cheap ones.

@reluctantbrit it’s likely to be the perfume in specific washing detergents. They German detergent will be bio, they just don’t call it that. This has links to interesting studies about it www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/science/sifting-the-evidence/2015/nov/30/nappy-science-gang-versus-the-nhs.

We only do baby clothes at 60 because they are all cotton but are likely to be stained compared to our clothes washed at 40.

Bio only here too as that’s all is sold. Wash normal clothes at 40 though. Ds has sensitive skin ie can’t use most soaps/ sun creams but fine. Same on his washable nappies but at 60 ( he reacts to disposable). Usually persil or Ariel basic powder.

Main problems occur if people wash on eco or quick wash where non enough water is used to fully wash detergent out. This is the same for any time regardless is bio/ non bio/ eco. Water is needed to rinse garments.