to not really see the appeal of baby outfits?

[MixedBerries]

DS is 12 weeks old and pretty much always wears all-in-one long sleeved baby gros. If it's cold, he'll have a little cardie or jumper on top.
I went to a baby massage class at our GPs on Monday and there were 4 other babies there all of whom were dressed in baby outfits, by which I mean the boys has little jeans and t-shirts etc with cardies and the girls had similar or little skirt things ie baby versions of adult clothing.
One of the other mums said to me "Oh, sometimes I'm a bit lazy too and don't really get him dressed properly, I just stick him in a babygro". It had never occurred to me that people might think I'm lazy because DS isn't wearing a mini-me costume.
We have been given loads of outfits for him but to be honest, he never wears them. Many don't fit well and I find the trousers seem to be especially uncomfortable/unyielding around DS' middle. He had dungarees on a few weeks ago at the ILs and we spent all day trying to untangle him and stop them riding up. They're also a nightmare to get on only to be vomited on within an hour.
Am I the only one who is quite happy for my baby to be wearing nothing but baby gros? I'm not saying that people SHOULDN'T dress their own babies in anything they like but am I the only one who doesn't go for outfits? Also, do you really think people who dress their babies in babygros are lazy and not dressing them "properly"?

bandofmothers, I'm quite surprised at that. I seem to be the only person locally whose baby doesn't wear outfits. I thought I was being looked down on. I agree no-one should judge parents by what their baby wears so was a bit baffled at someone thinking it's lazy to dress them in gros.

I think you're fine Mixed berries !

I did quite like to have day clothes for dd and ds, but they were only leggings/ soft trousers, T-shirt, and occasionally fleecy top etc.
Baby-grows were usually a bit more for bed-time. But it was only really to make things a tiny bit more interesting for me !
And when dd went through a bit of a sicky phase it was definitely baby-grows all the way.
They're great aren't they, and I definitely had my favourite ones - Miffy, Winnie-the pooh etc !

Aren't babygroes more hassle with all those poppers though? can't just be me

I don't find poppers fiddly at all tbh. What ARE a complete nightmare are sleeves. DS hates them so anything that goes over the head is a big no no!

Yanbu
I kept my ds (now 13 mo) in sleepsuits til around 6 mo. He wasn't moving, was asleep more than awake and they just seemed more comfortable.
Even after 6 months he wore mostly soft legging/trouser type things or baggies and little romoer suits in summer. I love babies looking like babies, not little adults.
He mostly weats jeans/cords/dungarees now as they are pratical and hard wearing and age appropriate.
I think if I had another baby and it was a girl, I might put her in sleepsuits less often out of the house- just because there is more choice than with boys' clothes.
So a dress and tights easier for a nappy change than poppers on sleepsuit.

I love seeing a squishy baby in a sleepsuit

I don't see what's wrong with babygros, all the baby cares about is being comfy surely?

No problem if people like dressing their babies up in 'outfits', but that woman was a bit rude to call you lazy! Maybe it just came out wrong?

Poppers aren't fiddly once you figure out that it is so much easier to start at the bottom! Took me months to realise this!

Apologies for my terrible typos

I think those who buy 'fashion' clothes for their babies are giving into retail promotion and wasting their money. Children grow so quickly from babyhood that clothes are worn for only a few weeks and rarely for longer (unless they are handed down to the next one).

Clothe your children in what you like because opinions of others are of no consequence. Anyway, not every one can afford the modern fashionable sort of children's clothes. Babygros are snug, warm and comfortable - and, as some posters have said, they are easily washed and dried ie baby friendly.

With dd1 she was always in cute little outfits with shoes (soft obviously) from birth but the twins on the other hand only had 1 outfit per age range until they were about a year old. I only dressed them "properly" if we were going somewhere nice that they would be out of the buggy for longer than 5 mins. Even now that they are 17 months they only come out of baby grows/sleepsuits if we are going out (shopping, family etc) the rest of the time it is much easier to put a babygrow on. Twins are comfy and i have less washing to deal with. They do have lots of lovely clothes now though.

In short YADNBU

DS is 17 months and still wears rompers half the time. We have got some gorgeous ones off Ebay, scandinavian brands with rainbow stripes or stars. Main reason being if you have a baby in real nappies, most trousers just don't fit over them.

I love them, though we do get comments like 'Ooooh, still in your pyjamas today'

At baby groups I find second or third babies are more likely to be wearing babygrows. I happily still take my ten month old out in a babygrow because it is hard enough to dress myself and 3yr old without worrying about the baby!

With my first I got her 'dressed' more often.

I did pull my judgey pants up when a mother next to me on the post natal ward had her 1day old in a denim jacket.

My 7 year old would still wear one out and about even now, in fact her choice of clothing, leggings and a Tshirt, long sleeved if we are lucky looks a bit like the baby grows she used to wear.

I have to admit that I stuck to babygros too and the only outfits we had were bought for DD by friends/relatives.

I also don't like babies in denim. DD is 31 months old and has only just had her first denim skirt. But I think that may be something I picked up from my Mum, we weren't allowed to wear denim at all as children. I was allowed to buy my first pair of jeans at the age of 14 - they were checked, drainpipe ones, awful!

I think I'd get on with your daughter, Heswall. I'd probably wear babygros too if I could get away with it! In fact they do have those all-in-one fleecy sleepsuits for adults. I saw them in Tesco and was about to tell DP how much I liked them until he said "When you wear one of them, you know your sex life is well and truly over". I kept my mouth shut!

ds1 had lovely outfits, ds2 is in baby grows at 15 weeks. mainly because it's more comfortable for him, I'm too busy in the morning to faff about and because i want to keep him a baby forever! can you tell he'll be my last baby. sad

I think she probably inferred you were lazy because most people only dress their babies in babygros to sleep. She prob thought you hadnt got your baby dressed in the morning.
Also I think youre a bit naive if you think that parents arent judged by what their baby wears

SimoneD. That's an interesting point...but DO you think most people only dress babies in babygros when they sleep? I did think it was quite common for babies to wear babygros.
Also, I most certainly do think parents are judged by what their kids wear. I wouldn't dispute that. What I have said is that I don't think people should judge based on what their kids are wearing. Whether people do or not is another matter.

I am tempted to put DD back into babygros! She's nearly one and seems to spend every waking moment grinding/rubbing food into her clothes. Admittedly not smart clothes; most are second-hand anyway, but tomato/carrot stains are a bugger to shift.

And I don't care what people think about what she's wearing. If she is warm enough and comfortable enough then that's all that matters to me. People who judge me on this must have very empty lives, is all I can say. As is the case for people who judge me on what I wear.

And the cost of 1 outfit can be about the same cost as 9 nice babygrows. The fact that they will only wear the outfit for maybe 3 months really was a waste since my twins are boy/girl so would have to buy seperat outfits but babygrows are unisex so i saved a lot of money by doing that

I'm trying to think back MixedB and definately do think that my dd was out of babygro's within the first few weeks. I got bought such gorgeous little outfits for her that I wanted to dress her up, but she was my first so it was all a bit of a novelty. And when I say outfits I dont mean denim and uncomfortable frilly things, they were all made from lovely soft material and fitted really well.

YANBU!
Skirts and dresses on newborns are a nightmare! they are constantly up around their armpits!
When dd was a baby I did the whole outfit thing because they look so cut on the hanger and I didin't want all the gifts to go unworn, but it is such a relief to get them back in a snuggly babygrow and so much easier.
If I was to have another baby i wouldn't bother until they were at least able to sit up with "proper" clothes.

DS is 4.5m and I only dress him in clothes if we're leaving the house. Even then it's only because they're presents and if people went to the bother of buying them he should wear it at least once. Id be happy leaving him in babygros forever, he's growing up far too fast as it is!

Yanbu. My dd was in outfits from birth. I got bought tons and so i felt like she should wear each one at least once. I used to say to dh that i felt ungrateful but i wish i could dress her as i wanted.

I preferred babygros as they seem to make a baby look a baby rather than a small toddler. I sometimes put her in little tracksuit types, trouser and top sets or velour dungarees. Im due dc2 in three weeks and i think i'll get putting them in babygros as long as i can.