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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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to dress my baby in

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ooooooeak · 24/10/2010 19:27

vests and baby grows, and add a coat and hat when out and about??

I just don't see the point in jeans and tops at this age it looks so uncomfortable and needs changing so often.

Anyway a lady commneted today at lunchtime
"Ah he's ready for bed"

ummmmm wondering now AIBU?

OP posts:

Shaddapayaface · 25/10/2010 16:32

YADNBU- the person who said you should dress your baby up because they aren't little for young what kind of skewed logic is that? No they aren't little for long so why rush into putting them in bloody boring jeans/skirts that they will be wearing for the rest of their lives?

SlaughteredSheep · 25/10/2010 16:50

YANBU, your baby your choice! Take no notice of what other people say when you're out and about.

Your DS doesn't care what he looks like but there will be plenty of time in the future for dressing him up.

Btw, SheWillBeLoved, they do adult sized babygros in Primark!!!! They're fleecy and look so comfy [hgrin]. DH quickly ushered me passed when I spotted them in the window but I'm pg anyway so doubt one would fit me ATM, plus probably not good for frequent nightly loo visits!

thehumanpacifier · 25/10/2010 17:17

YANBU. DS is 6 months and I have gone back to babygros. They are so much easier with the constant changing and must be more comfy for them too. They are babies for such a short time, dress them as babies IMO.

Plus, jeans look pretty hysterical on a tiny body IMO.

whoneedssleepanyway · 25/10/2010 17:22

I hated babygrows in the day, all those poppers and things to do up, i much preferred comfy little jersey trousers you can just pull on and off but then DD2 did tend to do explosive nappies so we had a lot of changes...

I do like babygrows for bed though keep them all snug and cosy and DD2 (15 months) still wears a babygrow at bedtime as don't want to put her in PJs yet she is still a little baby to me!

ForMashGetSmash · 25/10/2010 17:29

Why is everyone saying I said babies should wear jeans? I never put babies in bloody jeans! I said "A nice outfit" and then went on to say..."such as all in one suit, soft dungrees"

Pah.

megonthemoon · 25/10/2010 17:31

While a lot of people use them just for pyjamas, they are not pyjamas - they are bsbygros. Pyjamas are in a separate section of Mothercare et al so I know I'm right :o... The are perfectly acceptable baby clothing. Why do those of you who dress your DCs in outfits assume that a child in a babygro has not been changed since 7pm the previous night? My DS was in babygros until 10 mo, i.e. until he crawled, as they were comfy and cosy. He wore the handmedowns or ones that were a bit stained at bedtime, and then I chose ones with fun patterns etc. for daytime. On fact I exchanged several gifts of jeans with big bulky waists for packs of babygros because they were fare more appropriate babywear. It should be about the baby's comfort, not about whether they look like mini adults!

Bunbaker · 25/10/2010 17:35

"While a lot of people use them just for pyjamas, they are not pyjamas - they are babygros"

I don't regard them as exclusively nightwear either, whereas pyjamas are. Babygros are a practical solution for small babies and easily washed. Like many others I don't like denim on small babies. It can't be very comfortable for a start.

Shaddapayaface · 25/10/2010 17:40

ForMash- seriously why are you so het up about this issue? Its a frigging baby not an adult going to Tescos in pj's and dressing gown.

ForMashGetSmash · 25/10/2010 17:47

Shaddapayaface

Seriously...I'm not het up...I can however defend myself if I like...I give opinions...others may disagree...I may respond. You should worry about yourelf getting het up if you feel the need to ask me why I am when I am not... You can have that back.

TabithaTwitchet · 25/10/2010 17:57

YANBU. I stopped putting DD in babygrows at about 5 or 6 months, when I decided she was getting too hot in them (it was the height of summer), and we moved to a popper vest and soft cotton trousers. If it had been winter, I would have carried on with the babygrows - I was given some gorgeous velour ones which she didn't grow into before the weather was too warm to wear them .
But I am obviously a bit strange, as I always used the all-in-ones without feet as nightwear, not daywear. Got given a few as presents and I genuinely thought they were supposed to be pyjamas as they didn't have feet .
As far as the jeans thing goes, DD is nearly 3 and has just got her first pair. They are very practical, but it makes me a bit sad how grown up she looks - she is probably going to be wearing them for much of the rest of her life, so no need to start too soon imo. Although other parents can dress their children as they like, of course, none of my business

peppapighastakenovermylife · 25/10/2010 18:24

I am really confused as to the difference between a babygro and an all in one (and how the second seems to be acceptable but the first is not?!)

DS is currently wearing an all in one item of some description....it has poppers between the legs but not down the front. Is that an all in one? Is a baby gro when you have poppers all down the front?

And what happens if you get the ones in the middle...where they have poppers going from the top middle, down at an angle on the side to the one leg? Are they acceptable

You really think I would know this by my third DC

ForMashGetSmash · 25/10/2010 18:31

Lol....I dont mean to be a babygro Nazi Peppapig I saidin my first post that when my DD was tiny, I often used to take her on the school run in a gro...but with a jacket and blanket on her!

I think a baby gro is a thin cotton thing...with little or no decor...an all in one is often but not always thicker...it ma or may not have more patterns on it...and details such as cuffs at he end of the leg bit...which make it lok more like a "proper" outfit. I am all for comfort for babies....never put babies in jeans myself...nor do I righ them up for my own pleasure. BUT I also think they are little people...who should be afforeded a proper outfit for outside and one for bed.

Woodlands · 25/10/2010 18:33

i have worried unduly about this for the first few months of my baby's life (he is now 3 months). since day 1 i have dressed him in outfits during the day (well, for the first couple of weeks it was so stupidly hot he just wore vests). all his clothes are hand me downs/from freecycle/presents, so have barely chosen anything. there were lots of little pairs of jeans so have dressed him in them from early on. now if i do ever leave him in a babygro in the day i feel he looks a bit odd! we are going to prague next month and i plan to just dress him in warm babygros the whole time as he will be in the sling and i don't want him to have draughty cold gaps.

i think i need to stop worrying about what other people think! ds really isn't bothered what he's wearing.

bytheMoonlight · 25/10/2010 19:00

Well I've learnt that are actually crazy people in this world that think babygrows are pyjamas

bytheMoonlight · 25/10/2010 19:03

And fashion for babies ... seriously?

bendybanana · 25/10/2010 21:38

My small babes stayed in BG's till about 6 months. After that they wore leggins and bodies - so quite similar to baby grows really.

Shaddapayaface · 25/10/2010 21:40

Yep and crazy people think if you dont dress a baby in 'day' and 'night' clothes they are somehow hard done by and will end up in therapy...

CardyMow · 25/10/2010 23:10

I managed to do a school run with DD, that involved an hours bus journey each way (making it necessary to lave at 7.45am), with a 21 month old toddler and a 3-month old...and both the babies were dressed in 'proper' clothes. As far as I'm concerned, a babygro is the equivalent of pyjamas, and I wouldn't take any of my dc (or myself!) out of the house in pyjamas.

TheLadyEvilStar · 26/10/2010 00:28

I am guilty of "day" and "night" clothes

there are a couple of pics on my profile of DS2 when he was about 4 weeks old and 5 weeks old dressed in his "day" clothes.

But this is also the person who made sure he had shoes to go with most outfits.

HOWEVER because he was soooo teeny I did have a babygrow under his clothes.

TabithaTwitchet · 26/10/2010 11:10

Surely it's OK for a baby (I don't think the same rule applies to adults) to leave the house in "pyjamas" as long as they are clean on that morning? Obviously not bothering to dress/wash your baby is a bit lazy, and a completely different matter, but clean clothes are clean clothes at that age, aren't they?

JodiesMummy · 26/10/2010 11:18

OP - YADNBU. Babies are comfy in baby-gros. My DD wore Baby-gros and cardies and little hats. They are babies for a very short time, why make little adults out of them. Shame.

onmyfeet · 26/10/2010 13:16

I usually dressed mine in rompers that were loose fitting, one piece play wear, not something they would sleep in, by 8 months.
This type of thing. www.amazon.co.uk/Max-Tilly-Knitted-Cotton-Longsleeve/dp/B002SY2R8O/ref=sr_1_35?s=baby&ie=UTF8&qid=1288094749&sr=1-35
I had tons of clothing given to us and enjoyed dressing them up.

I dislike seeing a baby wearing stuff with fitted waistbands, or denim fabric, it seems so uncomfortable on their tender skin and tummy. Denim overall's are ok if it is a very soft denim.

Onetoomanycornettos · 26/10/2010 13:49

I found once they are crawling and walking (so 9 months onwards), you need something tougher than a thin babygro, I also found they looked very grubby easily on the knees and bottom. I moved to tights and pinafores, and soft trousers and tops with a vest to keep them snuggly. It's not 'wrong' to use a babygro, they are perfect for babies, but my dd1 was using her first word and walking about by one, not really appropriate to use babygros plus you will need to move to shoes shortly. Fine, if nothing else, but personally I loved the opportunity to dress mine up in cute outfits past six months and definitely by a year.

thehumanpacifier · 27/10/2010 11:38

Took DS (6 months) to be weighed yesterday, and midwife said how nice it was to see a babygrow (all-in-one with feet).

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