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A few times in the last few weeks I've had comments that my baby must be 'dressed for bed' or 'has nobody got you dressed yet'. My Dd is only 12 weeks old but I don't plan on changing things soon. I love baby grows and I'm pretty sure they must be the comfiest thing around when your little. I've had her in few outfits (mainly just for a photo and to say to people she's worn their gift) but on the whole she's in babygrows/sleepsuits. I don't suppose I'm being unreasonable but am I being unusual? We've got years of choosing clothes and 'matching' things up ahead of us. What does everyone else do?

For people saying that sleepers/babygros are "more comfortable" - have you ever worn one? Slept in it? They make the footed ones in adult sizes, try it sometime. They're awful. They twist up around your legs, and they bind, and honestly I can't think of anything less comfortable. I'd quite honestly rather sleep in jeans and shoes.

I've never seen actual jeans for a baby. They are just soft trousers that look like jeans.

DD has been given two footless all in ones that are a bit too outfitty for sleep so does wear them in the day but I always think she does look like I've just not got round to dressing her that day.

Now dresses for babies are daft. I've been given 7 of the bloody things.

Definitely not BU! Mine is 11 months and if we are staying home during the day (especially in winter) I just put him in a onesie. So much more comfy and so much easier for naps and changing nappies. Also find them very helpful when going swimming as a PP says, so easy to get them changed rather than faffing about with tops and bottoms. He wears outfits when we go out (although even then if its just a walk to the park in the buggy I quite often just pop a merino jacket on top of his onesie). They are just so cute and the Bonds Wondersuit are amazing - you can have toes in or out for crawlers :-)

Mine frequently wore baby grows for casual wear until they got mobile. If there was a reason for dressing up I mainly went for dungarees and vests with poppers.

I seemed to be an odd one out on baby grows in the day and got stupid pyjama comments. Baby grows are comfortable for babies who spend much of their time lying around and napping. They don't need outfits that gape or bunch up in the middle, or waistbands etc. I didn't have to worry about socks staying on, or suncream etc.

I kept using them at night time until age 2-3. DS1 was still happy in them s good whild after he began to get assertive about day wear. He was that lean, it was difficult to get pyjamas that would stay up, and be an appropriate length.

My DS mostly wears babygros. They're comfy and warm, easy to put on and easy to wash. If we're going somewhere I'll dress him in an outfit, probably long sleeve tshirt and trousers or dungarees. I love mini adult clothes and hate traditional baby clothes, I find them really infantile.

When I had DD1 babygros were the equivalent of pyjamas. I come to my senses with DD2, she was in babygros all day for at least 8 weeks, unless it was hot (summer baby) in which case she was in a vest or romper style outfit.

Babygros are practical, comfy and cute. I particularly like them in all white ones. DD2 is trying to walk now and hers have little gripper pads on the feet

think the phrase "young mum" in this context is meant to mean lower class

Not when I used it, I meant age and was referring to what I experance and see in my day to day life in the area I live.

If age was a social class indicator it would be a bit daft, where would be the cut off would you move upma class on a milestone birthday then up again on the next?

And I find it odd that someone would assume a baby hadn’t been bathed or washed or changed because they wore a baby grow, which is an item of clothing for babies that wasn’t even associated with night time until some marketing person started calling them sleepsuits

My twins are 19 months and still wear rompers most of the time (like sleepsuits but without feet). They’re so much more comfortable for them when they’re climbing and running around.

If they do wear clothes, I favour stretchy trousers and a top, or things like Maxomorra dungarees which are pretty close to rompers anyway!

Also... zip rompers. Best thing ever once they’re a bit bigger, need footless and you’re fed up with poppers. Mine would wear them 24/7 if people weren’t weird about it.

"Now dresses for babies are daft. I've been given 7 of the bloody things."
Dresses, assuming you're talking about basic, soft and simple dresses, and not tulle and bows, are probably the most practical thing you can put a baby in. You don't have to take it off or put it back on when you change them, you just lift it and pull it back down. No fuss, no buttons or zips or snaps/poppers... what could make more sense than that?

Ninja genuine question, do dresses not just bunch up on babies? Have a DS at the moment, expecting DD in August, and haven't bought dresses for that reason, but I'm guessing from your post I'm mistaken. She's just got all babygros, trousers with feet in and soft t-shirts with a few cardis in the first two sizes (mainly handed down from DS as we kept everything). I've been getting in 6-9 bits and still stuck to cotton dungarees, leggings and vests with cardis to go over. Don;t want to miss out on some of the lush little dresses that are out there if they're not as impractical in reality as they are in my head

Peabod Yes they massively bunch up and are totally impractical.

Ninja All the ones I've been given are fairly simple, definitely no frills and whatnot but still have buttons on the back which are awkward. Even he ones that do just pull over with no fastenings do just ride up and end up all under her armpits anytime I pick her up.

Love babygros. Soft, cute, cuddly. Practical. They grow out of stuff so quickly!

Dappled she'd not end up with loads anyway, I don't want a double pram, and DS is only just turned 2, so she'll be spendig a great deal of time on the wrap. Dresses just aren't compatible with that. Plus I'll admit, the thought of baby tights doesn't thrill me in the slightest! haha

Mine stayed in baby grows for ages. They were easy and I have twins so I needed easy plus I like them.
Your child so do what suits you but I couldn’t be doing with faff of outfits and things which didn’t look comfy

YANBU

but DS2 is 6 weeks old and I’ve only this week realised that actually sleepsuits aren’t as practical as I thought. Lots of poppers and when changing a nappy you have to hoist it all up otherwise it is at risk of getting peed on. Simple combos of vests and leggings etc seem easier now!

Someone mentioned the other day about a family member "not dressing" her baby because he was in a babygro.

I was baffled, but it does seem that it's been relegated to nightwear in the last few years. When my DC were small, it was just the default of baby clothing

I see more babies nowadays in complicated little outfits- lots of different little bits, shirts, trousers, cardis etc-and they just look all rucked up and uncomfortable. Like little overstuffed sausages

My 12w old is still in sleepsuits/babygrows.

"Ninja genuine question, do dresses not just bunch up on babies?"
I admit that it's been more than 20 years since I had a tiny baby, but I absolutely don't remember them riding up any more than something like a t-shirt or sweater. In fact that's one of the things I remember not liking about sleepers or rompers - that they would ride up her legs and pull or get twisted around, that always looks uncomfortable to me.

Only just started to ditch babygrows during the day as well. DS 18m was perfectly happy and comfy.