DH having a go at me for dressing DD in babygros

[TopBoi]

DD is 8 months old. Some days I take her out in babygros (nice ones and they're clean) especially days if I think it's a bit cooler as she always pulls her socks off and I think all in one suits are cosier for her.

I sent him a picture of us in the park today and she is in an all in one suit. He said to me "why is she in her pyjamas? Were you really struggling today?" It's really irritated me. I've told him all the reasons I've said here but he says it's the same as me leaving the house in my pyjamas. He's implying I can't dress her properly. AIBU?

[goldopals]

@timeisnotaline

I was very very lucky. I want to use the more used ones for childcare next year. They're wash faded but in very very good condition otherwise.

[timeisnotaline]

I told you not to look I can’t do it. 16 for 40 is amazing, but... 16? That’s ... rather a lot isn’t it?!

[goldopals]

@timeisnotaline

20 pounds is almost $40 AUD! I've never paid more than 6 pounds brand new and recently bought 16 second hand for 40 pounds!

[timeisnotaline]

You won’t even want to look @goldopals - a bonds wondersuit is £20! I’ve never bought them here
I know purebaby are pricey, but lovely.

[goldopals]

@timeisnotaline

Thanks. I'm too cheap to pay for pure baby. I've got some two way zips from Big W and Kmart. Bonds here can go for as low as $11 on sale; what are they in the UK

[timeisnotaline]

goldopals you can buy bonds here now although a bit more expensive, and gap do one way zips. There are probably a couple others but not Boden or joules or any I’ve seen at John Lewis or next, and I don’t think any two way ones. For small babies I love purebaby in Australia, their little suits are so adorable and two ways zips are the bomb.

[goldopals]

@timeisnotaline

Can't you get those in the UK? I can buy onesies with the 2 way zips even in the cheaper shops. Do you even have Bonds in the UK?

[SoyDora]

We’ve had a few zip ones from Gap and I can’t say that my DC have shown any signs of discomfort from a rubbing zip edge, and there have been no outward signs of rubbing either.

[DontBuyANewMumCashmere]

"Sorry DP, she shat all over her 6-9m Versace evening gown so I just popped her in a spare babygrow."

[timeisnotaline]

My ds has never been rubbed with a zip edge! I love the double ended zip ones I get in Australia.

[goldopals]

@56LisaSimpsonsbff

I have felt the inside and have never had a problem. The most popular brand in Australia (arguably), Bonds, has zips on their most popular onesies.

[LisaSimpsonsbff]

The only onesies I use have zips so are super easy to take on and off.

Have you put your hand inside to see what it feels like if the bit of fabric isn't perfectly aligned (which it inevitably won't remain)? I stopped using mine with zips when I realised they were basically rubbing DS with a rough zip-edge all day.

[timeisnotaline]

Silly mr topboi has scored an own goal in receiving pictures of baby- I imagine that will dry right up! But op, I think you should phone him each day this week as you prep to go out. Hi honey, we are heading to the park in about an hour and I just wanted to know if you wanted to come home and dress her? She’s clean and fed and cared for but if you also want her in ‘proper clothes’ you’re welcome to come home and do that? No, ok maybe tomorrow then.’
Daily.

[Fluffiest]

By 8 months babygrows had been relegated to pyjamas in our house, for lots of reasons:

Found separate bottoms and tops easier for nappy changes.

We had been given lots of clothing that I wanted DD to wear a few times before she out grew them.

Oh and it became part of the bedtime routine: getting out of the day clothes and into a snuggly baby grow.

DD wanted to walk as much as possible (holding on to our hands for support) and found it easier in bare feet.

So yes, by 8 months I too would see babygrows as pyjamas. Not that there is much wrong about a baby being in pyjamas.

[Zerrin13]

Baby grows are for bed in my opinion but you should choose whatever you want

[Dieu]

I would have had my babies in comfy leggings and tops at that age. Or maybe those woollen leggings with the picture on the bum!
Babygros are sleeping attire.

[ArtichokeAardvark]

You can dress your baby in what you like, but I have to say I'm astonished by how many people are singing the praises of baby grows. ALL. THE. SODDING. POPPERS.

I ditched them for daytime by 3 months and for bedtime by 6 months - bodysuits and leggings and then pyjamas for bedtime are far easier!

[SugarAndSpice24]

I prefer babies to be in babygrows,they are so comfortable for them!I remember putting my daughter in a pair of jeans and she cried because she found them so uncomfortable!She was in the babygrows until she grew out of them.My sister in laws used to dress their little babies in jeans and skirts etc.I think some people like to dress their babies up to please theirs and other people's eyes regardless of how uncomfortable the babies are feeling.

[Piglet89]

Also: aren’t babygros basically baby onesies?

[goldopals]

@DappledThings

The only onesies I use have zips so are super easy to take on and off. They're much easier than taking pants off to change nappies

[SinisterBumFacedCat]

The thing about leggings, joggers and tights etc is the tightest part is on the waistline, which I think would be uncomfortable, because babies tend to have broader waists than hips. Even t shirts, if they are pre sitting up stage, are going to ride up if they are fidgeting about in a pram or chair. Dungarees and a bodysuit is good but then there’s the socks that come off. A babygro is just easier and more comfortable.

[bananasandwicheseveryday]

I am afraid I really don't like babygros and never used them at all. Some people gave us gifts of babygros when DC were born and I thanked them politely and passed them straight to my dsis who used them for her babies.

[Answerthequestion]

There's always loads of people on these mnet threads saying their 1 yr old is in a babygro all day every day but yet when I go to baby groups etc ive never seen a baby older than 6m in one in the day time..... hmm its one of those things everyone says on mnet, I'm not sure it happens in RL.

I agree. Other than newborns I never see babies in babygrows. It’s all bodysuits and seriously cute leggings often with little animals on the bottom. But of course, on MN, the only alternative to a babygrow is jeans and a leather jacket. IMO the only thing cuter than a baby in little leggings is a baby in soft dungarees.

[DappledThings]

Changing a onesie is just as easy as changing a top or bottom

Definitely not in my experience. How can anyone really find all those poppers easier than slipping a pair of soft trousers on and off? Or dungarees.

[OooErMissus]

@alittleprivacy - the OP's baby is 8 months old. Unlikely to be walking. Still napping.

I think a onesie is perfectly practical, especially if you have a baby that doesn't routinely leak out of their nappy and need changing (mine didn't).

Changing a onesie is just as easy as changing a top or bottom, and the onesie won't get twisted or untucked, making them uncomfortable or cold.