For only dressing my baby in ‘pyjamas’?

[KellyJellyfish]

DD is 15 weeks old and small for her age (premature, still wearing 0-3months). Yesterday we attended a mums and baby music class and during the pre-class chat we got a couple of comments about how cute my DDs pyjamas were.

I dress her pretty much exclusively in babygrows and bibs, firstly because she has reflux and can write off at least one outfit a day (our record is 4 in 15 minutes!), secondly because most of our stuff is either secondhand, gifted, or cheap multipacks, thirdly because she still very much needs scratch mitts and she cannot stand cold feet or legs (socks fall off, trousers ride up). But most of all, because she’s a baby? Yeah I could waste money on little jeans and hoodies or dresses, but what’s the point? It’s expensive, wasteful, and makes life harder for both of us when it comes to changing and laundry. I’ve never really viewed babygrows as PJs before, just something babies wear.

AIBU?

I had a very prem baby who was very hard to keep warm as she had very little body fat. She lived in baby gro's and cardi's over the top. In addition, she wore mitts as her nails were impossibly tiny and very hard to trim.

Baby-grows are so cute. Keep them as long as possible!

DDs both wore babygrows almost exclusively for the first year of their lives. I got a couple of comments too but they are comfortable, practical and easy.

I HATE seeing babies dressed up in clothes that an adult could wear and especially jeans but it's not something I would say out loud. You do you. No way could I be arsed trying to keep socks on a 4 month old.

Pet peeve of mine seeing tiny babies dressed like teenagers. Gives me the ick. A baby in baby grows is a lovely sight, practical and how it should be. All babies do is sleep anyway. I wouldn’t go to bed in a hoodie and jeans.

Mine is 9 months. Just bought more baby grows.

I do the same. If my baby has clothes such as trousers, baby shoes and smart looking tops or dresses - it’s because they’ve been gifted.

So weird that this issue always attracts such judgement and in both directions! Same with older kids in charity shop clothes/hand me downs vs designer gear.

babies want comfort. babygrows all the way

I’m exactly the same. My son is 7 months and he’s always in babygrows. Morning, noon and night! They are convenient,
comfortable for him whilst he’s navigating crawling etc. he also gets very cold hands and feet. Don’t listen to them. They look cute. My eldest is 8, and he was in babygrows for bed until they didn’t do his size anymore lol.

I would have said 'its a baby not a doll'. I dressed my daughter in PJ's and baby grows when she was a baby as she was more comfortable for her. It's horrible seeing people put their babies in clothes that are uncomfortable because they look stylish.

Baby grow which then turn into jamas if their still clean enough by bedtime. A few nice outfits for occasion s or photos. Easy to put on, comfy, warm, practical. My mother hates it which just made it even better!

Til she was old enough to kind of understand day and night herself, mine was in babygrows basically constantly. I was not fighting with tights or jeans and blouses while she was (inevitably) covered in poo. Every time I put her in an outfit someone had very kindly bought her, poonami time. And then you're trying to get poo covered things over her head without getting it in her hair.

Enjoy the baby years. Mines 2.5 now, looking and sounding like a proper little person now. Doesn't seem 2 minutes since all the baby grows.

Why wouldn't you! They're so comfy for them and handy for us. What is the point of faffing about with clothes it's so awkward and uncomfortable for them. Also-when they're very small it's so hard to dress them 😂 mine had reflux too, i was constantly changing him

My DD exclusively wore baby grows for the first 3 months and most of the time until she was 6 months. They are practical, comfy and adorable.

Mine were in babygros as long as I could get away with it! They had nicer ones for in the day, and wore older/plainer ones at night. But hardly any proper ‘clothes’ for the first few months, unless we were going somewhere special!

Babies want to be comfortable and not cold. Mine wore baby gros for a good few months and hands covered due to scratching. Feet always covered. I sometimes see babies or toddlers in push chairs with bright red cold feet looking uncomfortable. Sounds like you are doing what is right for your baby. You are also best to know as you are tuned in to her needs and she’s still very young. Trust your instincts. She has the rest of her life for outfits, enjoy this stage.

Babygros with a little cardi are practical, comfortable and easy to wash. Perfect!

Mine is one and we’ve only just started wearing proper clothes. No reason to have a baby in jeans and the like whatsoever! Comfy play clothes that will not hinder their development is the name of the game. I only put dresses on her for family visits and then because I noticed it encouraged her to walk as crawling was too much of a faff in them. I wouldn’t like to sleep with bows behind my back! Now she can walk well it’s joggers and leggings!

I did night and day outfits for my own sanity 😂. Otherwise it was all just one big blur. When I had a bad night with him, drawing a line under it and getting dressed made me feel better somehow. Lots of soft vests, rompers and leggings though, not jeans.

No judgement on those who don't do outfits though! You'd be in the minority at the baby classes in my area, but not unusually so.

YANBU for dressing your baby in baby grows but you are 100% unreasonable for using the ones with poppers when you can get ones with zippers!

Keep dressing your baby however you see fit, there's really nothing wrong with a babygrow. Easily washed and dried 🙌🏻

I was bought lots of cute outfits, gave them away and used the "pj" lol

Ah I didn’t even know outfits for babies were a ‘thing’ until someone commented on my baby’s babygrow at playgroup!

I looked round and instantly the scales fell from my eyes and I suddenly saw all the other babies in tights, dresses, dungarees, football kits etc even hats! I felt very self conscious, and new mum that I was trying to fit in went and bought proper outfits that were a right old faff and grown out of in 5 mins.

Looking back I should not have given a flying shit and just carried on as I was.

Both of mine lived in babygrows for the first year 🤷‍♀️

I dressed my baby exclusively in ‘pyjamas’ for the first 6 months (at least!) To me that’s what a baby should wear - but I would never force that opinion on anyone else. As long as baby is comfortable I think the parent can dress their child however they like. I got several veiled comments from MIL about the ‘practical’ clothing - which I promptly dismissed and ignored!

It’s perfectly fine and the most comfortable clothes for a premie. Think about what’s best for your baby, not what other people say. We all have different experiences as moms and having a premature child is often quite not the same as having the one born at term.