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?

Mine stayed in babygrows until about 8 months - much easier

All my babies lived in baby grows and vests, cardigans if cold.

Thanks, yes just having a laugh I don’t think there are drug dealing babies on the lurk 😂.

I do think bows and designer clothes are pointless on babies though, they are not supposed to be an accessory

@iLovee im sorry you decided to take offence though

Who doesn't love a baby all snug, warm and comfy in a baby grow.

The Aussie baby bonds if you can get them are brilliant.

My last 2 were preemies. They lived in zipped sleepers. (Much easier for me to operate while sleep deprived) and they were so small that it would have more of a pain to dress them in pants and shirts.

I dressed mine in babygros until they were crawling! So much easier. Even then, I would put trousers and a jumper on top of a babygro because socks just come off.

How strange you find drug dealing children funny.

Im am so sorry you don't have a sense of humour.

I don't know anyone who dresses small babies in outfits, unless it's to show someone an outfit they bought them or a special occasion. As you say, they write an outfit off in 5seconds!

I’ll be doing the same, third due in September and I am only buying baby grows and cardigans. I love the designs, there cute and comfy and they look comfy in them.

Loved this post when I saw it x x x

I didn’t say I find drug dealing children funny, why are you making stuff up?

I doubt there are any BABIES dealing drugs to find funny, so no you have missed the mark by a light year there.

I just think babies wearing designer outfits and ‘choking hazard’ bows look like little chavs, probably like their parents though.

Has the chav bit touched a nerve for you?

Absolutely pointless to dress them like this when comfy little sets and Babygrows from George are so much better

Nit picker 🙄🙄😭

Babygrows are definitely NOT pyjamas, they're standard young baby clothes. It's ridiculous to expect anyone to put such young babies in anything else, when they usually need changing at least a few times per day.

I did the exact same with my two kids, just kept them in sleep suits until they stopped having so much reflux - like you said it’s a nightmare to keep changing and the sleep suits are so cute these days. Most parents I know do this to!

Mine only wore baby grows until about 8 months. I moved on to footless ones pretty quick with my youngest as she was standing and cruising furniture at 6 months (and walking unaided at 8 months😳🤣).

Then it was just soft t shirts and leggings/jogging bottoms for years. I don’t like them to be restricted by jeans etc and I find dresses a bit fussy for girls.

My now 3 year dds olds wardrobe only consist of leggings, t shirts and soft sweat shirts (all stained to death as she’s constantly in the garden or painting), as did all the others. She’s comfortable and can move freely, that’s all I care about.

I have had a lot of comments over the years. After the second baby, I used to just laugh and ask why they gave a shit about what someone else’s baby was wearing. That sort of directness shuts people up, they won’t have an answer to that.

I hate seeing babies in trendy stuff I love them in babygrows! My son was big so moved into “outfits” around 5 mths but they were still leggings/tops or joggers/tops, they need to be comfy and like you say it’s practical

Mine only got out of babygrows at 12 months old, when the stormy season ended and he started going outside. I strongly feel motherhood is the developing art of disregarding comments like those. People give way too many unsolicited opinions.

I dressed both my kids in sleepsuits for almost a year. I used the footless ones once they started crawling. The most important thing (to me) is that the baby is comfortable. The second most important is that the clothes are convenient for me to dress them or do nappy changes. And babies look adorable in sleepsuits. I don't get the problem.

I don't know if it's a cultural thing but I have found that there are lots of unwritten rules in the UK on how children should look from sex based colours and patterns on their clothes to hair styles. I remember being shocked when I went shopping before dc1 was born and all super markets had 3 aisles of baby clothes. One with pink clothes, one with blue and one with white clothes. I couldn't even find shades of pink or blue. They were all thr same washed out light pink or blue. I bought clothes in all 3 colours for dd and everytime she wore blue people mistook her for a boy. This didn't trouble me at all and i definitely can't tell whether a baby is a boy or a girl myself but it was strange how apologetic people got when they realised they got it wrong. And a health visitor got really annoyed with me for putting my newborn ds into one of dd's old bodysuits with spaghetti straps and flowers on it because she found it confusing.

Oops sorry totally went off topic. Apologies for the rant. Anyway op just dress your child how you like and what makes them comfortable. The only opinion thet counts is their own and they will let you know soon enough in no uncertain terms if they don't like something.

Dressing small babies in daft outfits like jeans, suits, flouncy dresses (the bow headbands 🫣🫣🫣) is pretty vulgar most of the time, and don’t get me started on non walking babies in shoes….

Babygro’s are comfy, warm and easy to clean 👍

Both mine came out of baby gros about 4 months. Both over 91st centile though so chunky. That’s when we introduced leggings and tops. I find this easier because a blow out means you just change the bottom half. You can get leggings with feet in if needed. From there I went to dungarees because there is just something so delightful about a squishy baby in dungarees. Velour ones are extra special!
Dresses on girls before they are sitting are a nightmare, they are constantly pulled up round their waist.

My children are now in their 40s but I always dressed them in babygros. A few little outfits for if we went out but that was it. My daughter was my 2nd and having wanted a little girl I did make more of an effort to dress her in pretty girlie things but babygros were the staple wardrobe!

All of my babies have been in baby grows till about 6 months when they start sitting up. Dresses for tiny babies that mostly lay down all day are totally unnecessary

I had the same OP. As far as I'm concerned, babygros are much more appropriate for babies than mini grown up clothes. Imagine how uncomfortable tiny babies must be all trussed up in mini jeans and jackets? You are definitely doing the right thing imho.

I think it's a social class thing. I moved from what is commonly called a muesli belt area ( hippish , vegetarian cafe etc) babies all in babygrows and wrap slings, to a much more working class area, babies in expensive prams and wearing proper clothes. Made lovely friends in both areas but the difference in appearances was noticeable although incomes where probably pretty similar. As long as the babies are comfy and loved it doesn't really matter

? Why are people so judgemental?
Honestly these threads always bring out the "outfits are terrible" brigade but surely there's no need to justify one's choices by putting down other people's?

It's totally fine to not want to dress baby girls in dresses but the constant "they're so uncomfortable /awkward" is an utter bunch of total nonsense. I always feel it's to avoid saying "I personally didn't want to put dresses on my baby".

My dd has been in dresses (and leggings and skirts and shorts etc as weather appropriate) and there's nothing restrictive or complicated about them. It's a matter of taste, that's all. If anything I find dungarees the most complicated of all because of the poppers around the legs but it might just be the ones we've been given.

Babygros are fine, outfits are fine. Dressed is best. In most circumstances, at least.... These days even adults sometimes wear onesies or boilersuits so babies can definitely pull it off! Why does anyone care what other people's babies are wearing?

I understand liking an outfit on a baby, but going to the trouble of criticising seems a bit weird.

I agree there's a class element/snobbery at play. As is so often the case on dear old Mumsnet.

Same as when people talk about big bows in girls hair.

Big bows - tacky
Angel wings and wellington boots - charming
Baby grows - charming
'scratchy jeans and jackets' - how awful

'vulgar' apparently.