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"?

Babies need to sleep during the day.

I don't wear jeans and shoes in bed and don't see why babies should.

It's up to you, the only thing that makes me cringe is babies in shoes. Not little soft padder shoes, actual shoes, trainers or even boots!

Well for what it's worth with DS it was babygros with a couple of very soft dungaree suits until 3 months, then more dungaree suits between 3-6 along with a selection of outfits bought by people for us but not the really really fiddly ones, he would also have a few 'pyjama days'.

He's now 8 months and mostly wears very soft lined jeans, vests and t-shirts, I think he looks lovely and he appears to be very comfortable. I wouldn't keep him in baby grows during the day now as he likes pulling himself up and shuffling along the furniture and when he does this in outfits with feet he often ends up slipping over or doing the splits as our floor is very smooth and shiny.

To be honest, I don't really mind what babies are dressed in but what I can't understand is clothes that have fastenings or buttons on the back eg back pockets. A new baby is going to spend most of it's time lying on it's back and how blooming uncomfortable is it going to be lying on a button all the time?!

We've been doing day/night outfits for a bit now purely so we can wear everything that my son has been bought before he grows out of it. Even then, there's stuff he hasn't worn and has already grown out of. He's 6 weeks :) I like joggers or feety trousers for day as I find them easy to take on and off for nappy changes but i still have him in babygros more often than not. It never occurred to me that people would think it lazy not to suit up a baby! And I prefer babies in babygros too as they have all their lives to wear denim, shoes and 'I'm a little sod/angel' t-shirts but such a short time to wear babygros and their like. Ignoring the current trend for onesies of course :)

God I have lots of outfits, dungarees and the like for DS but being honest he's living in sleep suits they are so much easier and he seems happier than being manhandled into anything more complex. He's only 3 wks today so I'm sure we will get more adventurous as he's bigger but I don't see problem with it

Not encountered this yet (baby yet to arrive) - it hadn't occurred to me that you could get little outfits for newborns (obviously haven't been looking) - I thought they lived in babygros until at least 9months. Have been given some outfits for much later on (9-12months) and the thing that puzzles me is - why do they have pockets at all?! What on earth does a baby need pockets for?!!! Change for the bus?

LOL roseum

I'm a babygro fan and have also encountered comments about DS3 being in his pyjamas.

He's 16 months now and I must admit that if the only reason we have for leaving the house is the school run then he wears an all in one with a fleece/jumper over the top as it saves the faff of socks, matching top and trousers etc.

If that makes me a slummy mummy then so be it

YABU - Mine is 7 weeks and has worn nothing but babygros. people have bought loads of outfits for him with jeans etc but i dont think he would be comfy. and that's all i care about

With DD I dressed her in what we were given which was a heap of second hand dresses, we couldn't afford not to. I did swap new gifts into bigger versions of the same thing where possible.
I did draw the line at the mini football kit and triangle bikini though.

DS1 had lots of jersey trouser/bodysuit combo's which I never thought he looked uncomfortable in.
DS2 had a lot of rompers and trousers with feet in smaller sizes.

I think they need something heavier than a babygro on the knees once they are crawling though DS2 wears soft jersey lined jeans or dungarees now.

It doesn't really matter what babies wear as long as they are comfortable.

I am dressing my baby in proper clothes now in an attempt to help her differentiate day from night. So she might SLEEP. It's more fun than I thought, I get her outfit ready every night .

Yeh, I loved my babies clothes, even though I'm not that into clothes for myself.
Babies and children are so much easier to buy/find for.

DD's 'going home' outfit was jeans and she wore 'proper' clothes every day.

I think at the time it was good for me to have the routine if getting her dressed - I had PND and it helped me feel like I was achieving something is she was all dressed up and nicely turned out (since 99% of the time I looked and felt like crap!).

I look back now that she's 7 and wish I'd made the most of the baby gro stage, but I really enjoyed it at the time. That said, anyone who takes their baby to a massage class in full daytime clothes must be mad as you're only going to take them straight off again!

flamegirl and Dum they are good reasons! I hadn't thought of that. No need to be embarrassed, flame- that's one of my points really. You can dress them in whatever you fancy but I think it's a bit off to presume someone lazy because they prefer babygros. Outfits are just not for me and DS.

I did "dress up" dc 1 + 2 (because it was expected and I thought I was supposed to) but by 3 + 4 I couldn't see the point and I had come to the conclusion that babies are comfier in baby-gros.

There's nothing more adorable than a tiny baby in a baby gro imo :)

I couldn't bring myself to dress ds in outfits until he was about 8-9 months as he didn't look like my little baby any more. So he was in vests and babygros until then - I didn't get much in the way of comments as he tended to look like a large younger baby (still does at 3.4!) and I probably looked hugely hormonal.

Suspect it was to do with me skating on the edge of PND and not really enjoying having a baby for the first few months so wanted to hang onto all the baby moments I had left. Also I'd been given shedloads of lovely babygros including lots of girly/unisex ones from neighbours - was happy for him to be in a pink or lilac babygro but drew the line at a dress!

Babygros allow more freedom of movement. The little outfits are cute, but totally unreasonable with layers and buttons and zips and real pockets Mine lived in babygros for the first few months.

I love dressing her up every day. She has too many clothes to ever get caught wearing the same thing twice. I do admit, I like her to look her best, she's a beautiful baby and I always make sure she is perfect and choose only the comfiest (and most gorgeous) outfits for her.

For me, babygro plus cardigan is an outfit! Dressed dd1 in outfits quite soon then realised I'd missed precious "babygro as daywear" moments. Ds didn't get dressed until six months !

Sorry-not for me exactly for my babies!

Babygrows are so much more comfortable!

Mine both lived in babygros/ sleep suits until 3/4 months although did have the odd outfit wearing session in the meanwhile. Not lazy at all- comfortable and practicle!

Babygros are so cuddly. I always feel that when I pick up a small baby dressed in separates (jeans, top, or skirt and top) that they sort of 'fall apart' as you hold them - the clothes ride up because they're not anchored, and there's a lot of fabric relative to the baby because the baby's so tiny, so they sort of sink down into the neck and look lost. Plus, denim on a small baby makes me twitch.

I think the best thing about babygros is the fact that they sort of blur the line between night and day. So if you're doing a lot of changes and a lot of night nappies and so on, you don't have to take their day clothes off at bedtime (unless they need changing anyway) - they just wear the babygro until it's dirty, then off it comes and another goes on, and in the morning, if it's still clean then away you go. Easy. Why would you make more work for yourselves in the first horrible weeks?

DS1 was in babygros - or vests- and cardis for about 5 months, and barely wore anything else. DS2 though - my mum dramatically improved her knitting skills between my babies, so he also wore hand-knitted dungarees a lot. Very soft and extremely comfortable. And cute.