Is the going home outfit really such a fuss?

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What's everyone's thoughts on this?

I'm due next month and I'm on Facebook groups with others due.

I feel like there's so much pressure around a 'going home' outfit with everyone sharing their pictures of the outfit they have ready for coming home.

I'm generally just curious - did you make a big deal of a going home outfit? Or did it not matter too much?

Mine all came home in sleepsuits and wrapped in white shawl handed down through the family, stayed in them until about 3mths no fancy stuff in this house just easy to wear and easy to change everything else a complete waste of money.
All sleepsuits topped off with hand knitted mattinee jackets ofcourse .

My only advice is whatever they come home in, don't wash it and don't have them wear it again. Put it in a box and save it. 2 years later mine still smells exactly like newborn and it brings back so many memories!

Nope, just something weather appropariate, comfortable and easy to change in the event of getting messy. I generally just stick with babygrows. I also pack a couple of different sizes too as you know for sure how big baby will be

It was one of the things I really didn't give a shit about.
As long as you/baby is warm, and comfortable, who really cares what is worn.
If some arse had the balls to say cute baby, wtaf is he wearing? I would be looking at that person a little bit closer.
I've got pics of them with the gunge still on them.
Although I don't share my dc's pictures on fb, but respect that people do.

The only time I make a comment on a pic is when it's offensive, see something they may not want others to see (massive dildo in the background), and things like that.

Of course, I do post about nice things haha before anyone wonders.

Absolutely not. I'd luckily packed a few options and ended up needing an emergency c-section and having to stay 2 days and it was the only clean thing we had left that fitted her (she was 9.5lb so didn't fit in any of the newborn stuff i'd packed).

We had planned on a very cute baby grow and cardi etc, not special particularly just not as plain as a lot of the stuff we bought. DD was 4lbs 13 and we ended with some crappy pre-term stuff we bought at the last second.

Well OP, I was planning on going home in what I arrived in, but when I changed into the paper pants and bikini top (summer time and I was in a warm tub) my clothes got left in the other room and next morning was told they’d gone!!
My mom and dad went to our house and grabbed a stretchy maxi dress from out of my wardrobe. I put it on, got in our car and went home. No-one saw me that day apart from nearest and dearest.
Stop living in a social media world, it’s fake tripe.

Oh shit, I thought you were talking about YOUR outfit OP! Ffs!
Well, the social media comment I made still stands.

My 2 both came home in the same 'outfit'. A disney baby grow and hand knitted cardigan. It one of the only baby things I've kept

We did for our baby and not for social media pics as we arent doing the plastering baby over social media thing. It was nice and special to us and no fuss at all but each to their own

I didnt bother with a going home outfit but I did have a first sleep suit ready (a star wars one, it was fab) however I clearly didnt communicate that to DP who dressed DS for the first time whilst I was having a shower and a wee. DS ended up in a plain sleep suit but I still kept it and he did look all snuggly in it. The star wars one was kept for first time he met the grandparents instead.

White baby grow/sleep suit with a little vest underneath is the way to go. Easy to put on, comfy for the baby. All 4 of mine have lived their first couple of months in nothing but them.

Newborns are so floppy and bendy and dribbley. Trying to get them in an 'oufit' is a waste of energy.

Also all 4 were born in winter months so came home in a padded snow suit stuck in the shape of a star

Just baby sleepsuits and hats here. Nothing special.

VenusTiger as has been explained both in this and the previous thread the going home outfit has been a thing in some families for generations. This is one thing social media isn't to blame for.

What???? Who cares?

I picked a going home outfit. He was sick on that one and the one I had as a backup. I had to get DH to bring extras. Can't remember it now. Don't bother yourself too much!

@FormerlyFrikadela01 but, she’s in a Facebook group where they’re all talking about it and will obviously attach photos.
Erm...

I guess if that sort of thing is important to you it could be fun to put a bit of thought and planning into it. But I didn’t.

The only external impact of a going home outfit is in the way other people think of you. If you have a family or social group who would judge you for it and you are happy with that you should probably conform to expectations. Personally I’d be happy to take the hit and concentrate on other things.

A family member knitted him a jumper, hat, mittens and trousers he went home in. He used it till 6 months.

I didn't specifically pick one out but I have made sure to keep the little outfit we ended up bringing her home in and got plenty of photos. I remember being sad when I realised it didn't fit any more!

Mine just wore a sleepsuit with a hat and blanket. Nothing exciting.

I don't even remember what my baby wore coming home. It's only a big deal if you want to make it one- I couldn't have cared less.
As its winter I would make sure you have something warm though.

Had a sports team babygro and a shawl that my grandma had knitted for me when I was born.

We took photos but they weren’t put on social media.

Can't even remember what I put DD1 in, but I had a six hour discharge from hospital and just went straight home, so it would have been one of her babygros and a nappy.
DD2 nearly died and had to be rushed to intensive care for a week, so I went home without her. When we finally collected her, the staff had dressed her in an unbelievably hideous pink frilly thing, so we hastily swapped her into a babygro and left the pink thing for them to use on another unsuspecting victim!