How long do/did you dress your baby in baby gros during the day before it became unreasonable?

[Newmummee]

Ok I know it's not unreasonable I was just trying to fit it in the titled section that I have done!!

When shall I dress my 7 week old in proper day clothes?

[RaspberryTea]

My 21 month old dd still wears babygrows in the house if we are not going anywhere, they are comfy for her.

[BlackholesAndRevelations]

So what if it looks like you haven't dressed them? So actual fucking what?! They're babies. I just don't even understand why fiddly outfits are even made for newborns. My 4 week old will be in babygros as long as I can get away with it. Especially seeing as she'll be jn the sling a lot and they're the most comfortable and practical thing for her to wear. She's got leggings and soft tops which she'll start wearing occasionally when not going to be in the sling much.

My friend posted pics of her newborn son going home from hospital in a button down shirt, tank top and jeans. FFS.

[KarmaVersusGeorgeOsbourne]

As someone else said, this is something I never thought was an issue until MN. DC was in babygros until about 9 months, though they had some little soft dungarees/dresses as well, so a mixture of both. I don't get how they look 'lazy' or like they aren't dressed- loads of the ones I had were quite thick cotton, lovely bright patterns, very obviously 'day' clothes. I even had a brilliant soft corduroy one that someone gave me. So much more comfortable for the baby IMO. My baby nephew has been in a variety of 'outfits' from day one, and it looks like an awful faff- T-shirts always riding up over his little tummy, and jeans falling down over his nappy when he kicked. SIL is constantly having to fix and adjust his clothes

[ShadowFall]

Is a baby gro the same as a sleepsuit?

Both mine wore sleepsuits all the time until about 3 months, then I started putting them in trousers / dungarees & tops during the daytime.

[KarmaVersusGeorgeOsbourne]

Oh and there is nothing cuter than a row of really soft babygros, smelling lovely, all bobbing on the washing line on a warm spring day

broody

[SomethingkindaOod]

When they started getting mobile they started wearing clothes during the day and sleep suits at night. It became part of the bedtime wind down routine and it helped them to eventually learn the distinction between day and night.
Plus the fact that 2 bum shufflers and a commando crawler are very hard on clothes and sleep suits aren't usually up to the wear and tear!

[SpookedMackerel]

Dd 1 wore babygros until 6 months - she was a winter baby. At 6 months I switched to a short sleeves vest with soft trousers or leggings because I felt the weather was too hot for a babygro.

Dd 2 wore them much less, as it was summer, she wore them for the first couple of months, then was mainly in short rompers or vests and trousers. By the time it as cold enough to wear them again, I'd got out of the habit,and anyway she'd outgrown all her ssister's old ones and I didn't want to buy any more.

But I love babies in babygros, so I would say use them as long as you like!

[Artandco]

About a year. They always had only white ones too as found it far easier to coordinate!

So white babygro, over white vest, with knitted cardigan/ jumper of some sort in winter. Sometimes with a knitted tank top if not as cold. With baby moccasins/ soft leather slippers etc over when crawling/ standing up stage.

By the time they have a jumper and slippers on there's only little big of legs showing anyway.

Oh and a knitted hat to match the cardigan :)

( mind you my 4 year old son is dressed in red tights, with red slippers today, and a large navy knitted baggy jumper and a red pixie hat so he's not really changed attire!- does own jeans though now)

[Writerwannabe83]

I love babygros!!!

Babies wearing 'children's clothes' always makes me feel a bit sad for some reason

I intend for mine to be in babygros for as long as possible - they are just sooooo cute!!

[FreeButtonBee]

My twins were in babygrows for the first 4 months, then summer hit and they were mainly in sleeveless vests and nothing else. Or little rompers. Then they started cruising at 7 months - so mainly outfits (leggings, dungarees and soft tops or jersey dresses for DD) as babygrows are lethal on wooden floors and DTD is so tiny she was still in 3-6 babygrows until 10 months. And they don't have sticky feet in those sizes! We are now mainly in PJs at night now as they are walking and again with wooden floors, it's too dangerous to have all that fabric flapping round their feet (maybe my babies have abnormally short legs or something though!) I was sad to see the end of baby grows but don't miss the poppers!

[crazykat]

With dd1 she was about 2 weeks old when she wore her first proper outfit as it was dh's birthday and we had a big family meal out. She was dressed most days after that but in things like soft dresses/jogging bottoms and soft top.

Ds1 was about 8 weeks when I dressed him in proper clothes most days. Dd2 was about the same.

Ds2 was about 6 months as he was born in October and I had three school runs each day. It was just easier to dress him in a vest and sleep suit with scratch mits and just have to put a coat/pram suit on top for the school run. He did have cute/fancy ones for the day and plainer ones at night though.

I wish I'd left my first three in sleep suits and rompers longer as its much easier and less washing.

[weebleswillwobble]

Only at night, until about 12 - 18 months! I hate the bloody things! All those poppers are a nightmare! It's much easier to do a little vest with cotton trousers / leggins and a cardi.

[LostMySocks]

I love baby grows as DS is so comfortable in them and they're really easy for nappy changes. I've been given/buy cute ones with pictures or patterns. If you pop a jumper or cardi on it's obvious that he is dressed. DS has fleecy ones for bed as he feels the cold. He's 3months now so plan to continue using for a good while yet. He does have some dungerees that were gifts but he wears them less due to the sock issue.

[MrsGarlic]

When he was crawling, as it meant the feet part ended up slipping so there was excess material flapping around (and it happened with both footed and non-footed 'gros... the non-footed were a little better but his feet still slipped inside).

He still wears them for bed mostly, and he is a year old now. I have some in 12-18m size but I don't think they do them any bigger really so once he grows out them then he'll go into regular pyjamas at night.

[LegoStillSavesMyLife]

Mine work footless baby grows until they stopped making them in their size. So ds1 probably stopped at 18 months ds2 a little earlier.

[BoysiesBack]

My DS is 6 months and I've just started dressing him occasionally during the daytime because people bought bought him clothes for Christmas, otherwise he'd still be in babygros until he started crawling as proper clothes are a bit more hard wearing.

[IHaveSeenMyHat]

I kept mine in babygros for about three months. Then I got bored and started putting her in more interesting outfits.

[howrudeforme]

Mine wore babygrows until there were no more in his size.

We were given loads of cool jeans and fiddly tops but as nice as they looked they weren't comfortable for him. Easier to move around in comfy stuff.

Never once thought he wasn't dressed.

Similarly I didn't bother with shoes until he could walk.

[pianodoodle]

Until they start looking like they're out in pyjamas

DD wore mostly sleepy suits until 6 or 7 months. It's just easier - and I think babies are cute enough without needing special outfits :)

[VerlaineChasedRimbauds]

Agree with a previous poster who pointed out that onesie's were babygros (or growbags - as my DF used to call them ). So some people wear them well in to adulthood...

My feeling is : Put your child in comfortable clothes for their sake - easy to care for clothes for your sake - and pretty/faffy clothes if you feel like it for the camera or a special occasion . Until the child has an opinion of course - which in my dd's case was a lot earlier than I was anticipating! I could have dictated my ds's wardrobe until he was about 10 if I'd felt like it. DD was under 2 when she started making her feelings known!

[Ilikecakes]

Let babies look like babies! Seeing tiny babies dressed in scratchy denim/top combos send me into an unreasonable rage. Mine were in comfy cotton babygros til at least 6 months, and only really moved onto 'proper' clothes when I got fed up of the 'Ooh didn't Mummy dress you today?' type comments......

[ReticulatingSplines]

Both of mine have been in outfits from the start. But I don't care what anyone else does. Babygros have to stop when potty training commences, but til then go for it :)

[peppinagiro]

Mine has been dressed in clothes since a few weeks old, though mainly super soft long sleeved vests with leggings, tights, a dress, etc. Some people bought her grown up jeans and cords with quite a tough waistband but I've returned them - waistbands aren't for babies!

I enjoy dressing her in lots of bright colours and would get bored rigid having her just in babygros day and night. Personally I dont really think they look that nice, I think tiny clothes are much cuter. In any case, she cant wear babygros as her feet are too big so is in 2 piece 'jamas too.

[MrsKoala]

I was planning to put DS in baby gros till he was 1. But i actually found them really difficult to dress him in. He was such a wriggler so doing up the poppers was a chore (and i usually realised i'd done them wrong and had to start again), and he had reflux - so was often sick, needing a change about 6 times a day. I realised at about 8wks it was much easier to have stretchy track suit bottoms and cotton long sleeve t-shirts/jumpers. Then when he yogged i could just change the top/bottoms.

Then he was walking at 9mo so wore socks and shoes which wouldn't go over the baby gro anyway. I was really disappointed as i think babies look lovely in them. But even DS's pyjamas have always been separates too - just so much easier than fiddly poppers.

And then of course there's the sizing, if you have a tall baby like ds, the legs are never long enough. So interchangable tops and bottoms worked best for us.

[HoratiaDrelincourt]

dietcoke it's mainly the fact that denim is so stiff and bulky, but also because it looks too dull and adult. Cotton, linen or jersey trousers here.

I know what you mean about tracksuit bottoms too. I like jersey trousers with straight hems iyswim but not gathered - if it looks like sportswear then it's worn for sport only. Ditto football shirts - for football training only. Possibly for going to watch a match. But otherwise NO.

I'm realising what a terrible snob I am