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AIBU?

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to want my baby to wear babygrows, not little 'outfits'.

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islandbaby · 04/01/2011 18:34

I love my 4 week DS in his little soft baby grows. Why would I want him to wear horrible stiff jeans and shirts? But now I have loads of these 'outfits' from family and friends for his birth and christmas (including the most repulsive stiff Diesel trousers which probably cost stupid money) which they keep saying 'Why isn't he wearing his XXX'.

Don´t want to be ungrateful, but he's just too cute in his baby clothes, and there's plenty of time for all that grown up stuff later. Not so easy to tell that to the gift givers though.

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Longdistance · 14/02/2012 13:18

I love babies in baby grow's. They just look so adorable. My dd1 was in them at nite til she was 18mo. Most of dd2's clothes were grows up until 6months. But, we live in Oz now, and she's in vests most of the time, but a grow at nite. I'd make them wear them til they're 14. I think it's up 2 you what you put ur lo in.
Also, it's one outfit that comes off easy, and washes easy 2.
They look really comfy. I want one!!!

Orbinator · 14/02/2012 13:19

Try H&M - cheap baby grows and usually fairly colourful too :-)

HexagonalQueenOfTheSummer · 14/02/2012 13:20

Why has a thread from January 2011 been resurrected?

I too prefer babies to be in babygros for as long as possible. I say put them in a babygro and then Ebay all the little outfits!!

mojitomania · 14/02/2012 13:22

YANBU I'd still put my DS in one if I could {he's 14} Did try to convince him the the other day to say yes to me buying him one of those TOWIE romper thingys. His answer was not what I wished for.

RobinSparkles · 14/02/2012 14:47

I love the little outfits I must be the only person on MN!

However, I do like them to be comfortable! I hate seeing babies at toddler groups done up to the nines in frilly net skirts, when they're below six montgs as they look so uncomfortable to lie in, also they're fine for a party/special occasion but not rolling around and playing in. DD1 would have screamed if I put her in something like that.

My DD2 lives in leggings a tunic tops or mainly soft trousers, tights and dresses. They are fine for her to crawl and play in and she is comfortable.

Babygrows have been a nightmare since she learned to crawl as she runs away before I have chance to do them up properly and her legs seem to slip into the body bit when she's crawling.

I find babygrows not very good for babies of a crawling age as they go baggy and dirty at the knees. They look gorgeous on tiny babies though!

nickelDorritt · 14/02/2012 14:55

yanbu.

I do put DD in outfits though, because I don't want to waste them.

I have also discovered that they're a little bit more practical if she poos everywhere - then i just change the bottoms.
She wears outfits in the day, for work, then changes in the evening (it's cold in the shop too, so she wear 2 layers). This is also becoming better now she's 9weeks old, because she's growing out of the 0-3 month baby grows and not yet big enough for the 3-6month ones.
We have got millions of general baby clothes, millions of them.
We do have a couple of pairs of jeans, and she looks the most cute in the dungarees (which she doesn't look uncomfortable in), but most of her outfits are knitted cotton fabric, so the same as the baby grows anyway.
If it were up to me, she'd be in just babygrows, but I don't want to get to 3 months and find that she had loads of clothes that we just didn't use.

nickelDorritt · 14/02/2012 14:56

oh yeah, hexagonal - didn't even notice the date!
It's funny what you find isn't it!

nickelDorritt · 14/02/2012 14:56

Schmaffy - have a look in Asda - they've got some lovely bright babygrows at the moment in their baby event thing.

Chattymummyhere · 14/02/2012 15:01

YANBU! My youngest is almost 3months and still barely fits in her newborn sleepsuits any outfit we have tried to put on her for special things just hang off her anyway. My DS only wore outfits really when he was around 6months and even then not everyday. If I could get away with going out in my Pj's I would soo much more comfy!

VikingLady · 14/02/2012 15:10

DC1 is due in 1 month, and we've been bought loads of these little outfits, many including jeans. I couldn't stand jeans until I was around 10 because they were too uncomfortable - I'm certainly not putting my fragile little newborn with delicate thin skin in them! But I don't want to upset people, either. I've already laid down so many rules about what they can and cannot buy for DC1 (no pink, nothing obviously macho/too girly, no disney etc).

We plan to tell people that the gifts were very nice, but that the baby found them a bit uncomfortable. We have already tried saying that we prefer babygrows, but if people won't listen...

nickelDorritt · 14/02/2012 15:16

heehee - good luck with those criteria!
I told my parents that I did not want anything pink frilly or girly for DD (which is the main reason we didn't find out the sex!), and they went directly to a shop and dad chose an outfit that can only be described as pink, frilly and girly, and hideous.

GirlWithPointyShoes · 14/02/2012 15:17

I despise "outfits". Parents putting a 2 day old baby in a pair of wrangler jeans and a shirt or a pair of glittery tights (that no doubt itch like hell) and a denim skirt. Ergh.

They do not look cute and adorable, they look like little squashed Danny Devitos and uncomfortable.

grottielottie · 14/02/2012 15:31

LOL at squashed Danny Devitos!

I completely agree, not cute, not comfortable, and a pain in the bum to wash and match up.

And while we are on the subject of useless things people give newborns what's with the various keep sake boxes, tubes, and expensive bone china plate sets?

NoWayNoHow · 14/02/2012 15:36

YANBU in that you can dress your DS in whatever you like, he's your child!

Having said that, I had some great advice from SIL before DS was born - she said that changing her DD's clothes in the morning from babygrow into "daytime" clothes (and I don't necessarily mean over-starched stiff uncomfortable stuff, but soft things too) helped her DD to learn the difference between day time and night time (coupled with napping with curtains open in light, and other tricks too).

mrsjay · 14/02/2012 15:38

YAnbu at all when mine were newborn I didnt like Outifts yes they are cute but such a faff to put on , what i did was put them on if we were visiting the person who gave them and take them off when we got home , Im not keen on baby girls in frilly frils either so i had to endure pants and tights and dresses on a tiny baby , mine were prem so very small for ages and people would give us these lovely but faffy outfits ,

JasperJohns · 14/02/2012 15:39

YANBU! I hate to see babies in those uncomfortable looking outfits. I met a newborn who was wearing a leather jacket, jeans and shoes ffs!

lazymonkeyface · 14/02/2012 15:42

YANBU. My ds (5 months) has only been wearing outfits for the past 5-6 weeks maybe, and only then if we are going out anywhere (not just shopping or dossing around the house) babygrows are awesome

keepingupwiththejoneses · 14/02/2012 15:48

I loved my boys in little baby grows, ds1 was born in November so I would put him in a baby grow with a cardi and matching booties (19 years ago, no central heating) if we where going out he kept them on with a snow suit and the hat to match the cardi. ExH's nan was an avid knitter, so I had loads of different ones. Only on Christmas day did he wear a pale blue soft jersey top and dungaree set, as we where spending the day at IL's, I remember vividly I went to make up his feed in the kitchen and when I came back to the living room MIL had changed him into the most revolting frilly satin sailor suit with quite tight elastic around the wrists and ankles, all sorts of silly embroidered bits on that where solid and matching shoes the poor child looked like a doll it was vile. I was so glad that as soon as I fed him he was sick all over it then then produced a big bag full of 'lovely little outfits' she had picked up! Fortunately I found that most of them where 12-18 months and by that time he did wear stuff like that.
DS2 and DS3 where born July and June. They both wore short little babygrow/romper suits till the winter came in, even then they wore soft suits.

keepingupwiththejoneses · 14/02/2012 16:04

jasper that has just reminded me of a friends pics on facebook, her ds was 4 days old and she had dressed him in a 3 piece suit, shirt, tie, shoes and cap for Christmas day poor baby.

MixedBerries · 14/02/2012 16:20

YANBU. I started the same thread about a month ago and the consensus then was the same!

lockets · 14/02/2012 16:22

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NameGotLostInCyberspace · 14/02/2012 16:36

YANBU. I even had nice all-in-ones for day and plain babygros for night.

sayithowitis · 14/02/2012 17:51

YANBU in that it's your choice what to dress your baby in. but personally, I hated babygros and would not use them for my DCs. I much preferred to dress them in 'outfits' ( not jeans though) and they had some beautiful long nightdresses for night time, until I managed to find some gorgeous pyjamas for them.

Thankfully, almost everybody who knew us at the time, knew of me aversion to babygros and consequently I think we only ever had two given to us. I never used them, just re-gifted them to people I knew would like and use them.

sozzledchops · 14/02/2012 18:32

babies are beautiful in babygrows but the poppers can be a pain. any soft clothes are fine, i loved the little jersey trousers and tops and soft jersey romper type suits in summer. had a neighbour who put her new baby in a red leather (probably PVC) jacket, twas lovely.

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