To always dress my baby in a sleepsuit

[someladdersandsnakes]

My baby is 3 months old and he only wears vests and sleepsuits. We have a few outfits that were gifted but I don't put him in them really because changing is a faff. Even body suits with socks, the socks don't stay on so fuck that. I've started taking him to baby classes now and in the 3 classes we've been to he was the only one in a sleepsuit. Does nobody else do what I do or is it like, considered lazy or something like if I came to baby class in my pyjamas?

Agreed - baby music was a particular low point in my life! Anyway, all mine wore sleep suits 24/7 for the first 7 months as it was easy. I didn't differentiate between day & night. Mini jeans come in handy when they're crawling to protect their knees (our rental had wood floors), but that's about it.

Sorry, now you really have confused me. If you use night dresses at night to avoid poppers at night, why not put him in leggings and tops during the day so you never need to do poppers at all!

My DD lived in her jeans for a couple of months. They were a gift. Never even crossed my mind to put her in anything like that but they fit her like a glove and were very practical. Until then she was in baby grows. Plain white baby grows for the first 3 or 4 months. Now it's leggings and jumpers mostly. But those jeans were fantastic!

I've definitely seen these and I wasn't joking about my comment up the thread about babies wearing Timberland boots at 3 months old. I've worked in child day care and child protection and it's something I've seen a few times. Some people think babies are a fashion accessory. I'd far rather see a baby in a babygrow than in jeans, shirts and boots or trainers.
Edited to say that was meant to be a quote to another poster in response to babies wearing tight jeans.

Op, I got fabulous zip onesies on next if you want to avoid the poppers. Lovely colours too 🥰

My first baby was dressed in designer from leaving the womb.

My second baby - same gender and so would've had lots of lovely hand me downs - was dressed in a sleep suit until they outgrew them in terms of sleep suit sizing because I was shattered and they are handy.

No judgement from me!

When mine were babies, now probably a similar age to you, it was usual to put babies in a babygro rather than "proper clothes"

Basically, some people think it’s common, and some people think it’s common to find it common. Ah, the British Class System 🤡

My eldest was a sickly colicky baby we went through a fair number of ‘outfits’ before just changing her into a babygro.Id be lucky to get a couple of hours before needing change her again.

Second one I just stuck with babygro (she wasn’t a sickly baby) it was just easier. She had a couple of leggings tops - easy and comfy clothes. Around 6/7 months would dress her in baby clothes (leggings etc) day to day.

Tights huge faff, dresses both daughters got frustrated with crawling into them, jeans always felt cold on a baby - joggers/leggings just easier and baby can be a baby rolling and exploring.

My babies wore babygros with a cardigan or jumper pretty well all the time. I almost wished I hadn’t been gifted some sweet baby “outfits” because I had no use for them. With a small baby, you need to make your life as easy as possible. So easy to pop on a babygro

You'll be very hard pressed to find a mum whose baby is wearing an outfit criticising another mum for dressing a baby in a babygrow.

On the other hand, the self-righteousnss of those who choose the sleepsuits for whatever reason is always readily on display, especially on here. Along with a heavy dose of judgement gorgeous anyone who does differently.

OP you have nothing to worry about - you'll receive validation aplenty from the babygrk crowd and nobody else will notice.

We were the same, my babies wore sleepsuits pretty much all the time for the first 6 months and then about half the time still in the day from 6-9 months and then sleepsuits became only for night time from 9 months onwards.
did find that at baby groups we were normally the only one in sleepsuits

My 2nd dc wore babygrows during the day until he was about a year. If we were going somewhere special I'd put him in an outfit, but just general day to day it was so much easier (and I felt more comfortable for him) to be in babygrows. I do remember though once when he was about 11 months old my dm (who is normally quite sane) said she was worried the school where dc1 went might report me for neglect as no other 11 month olds were wearing babygrows. I did tell her I thought she was over reacting!

We dress ours in a short sleeved bodysuit, and a long sleeved sleep suit. We tried putting her in dresses, and she hates them. Same for sets with a top and leggings. So we do what’s easier for us, and what she is comfortable in.

God it's January. A sleep suit is the only logical choice when trying to get them into an outdoor onesie thing. It's like dressing an uncooperative cat at the best of times

"Dressing up" I only did when we had visitors who had gifted outfits. DD was so pukey nothing lasted long anyway!

Mine were permanently in sleep suits until they could walk (16 months for one and 18 months for the other). Much comfier for them and easier for me.

I always did this. My MIL knitted beautiful bonnets and booties so I just put them over the sleepsuits. I never understood the faff of putting them in tiny outfits.

It's such a short stage, and they are comfortable!

Both of mine were in baby grows until they started walking. Don't sweat it x

My younger sibling was born in 1969 & I was trying to remember what she wore as a baby. I think nightgowns briefly, but then Babygros seemed to really take off in the UK. It was akin to having a colour TV; other mums came round to see this new marvel!

My babies lived in sweet baby grows until they were about 9mo. That's when I started putting different outfits on them.

I love a baby in a baby grow 🥰

I wouldn't judge another mum for doing that but it's not what I'd do myself.
It has happened on occasion but only because I've been running really late and have 3 kids.. so ivd just chucked a sleepsuit on the baby.
I'm a real slob on mumsnet terms.. I go out with wet hair, I don't get dressed if I'm not going out lol.. but I always make sure my kids are dressed well to go anywhere.
I also actually think sleepsuits can sometimes be more of a faff to change than ordinary clothes.. for example if my daughters nappy leaks she might get a bit on her tights.. I can just change the tights.. whereas if she had a sleepsuit on I'd have to change the whole thing. If she spills milk on her jumper I can just change the jumper etc
And also I personally love little outfits on babies and have enjoyed dressing all mine up. It's super cute and part of the joy of having a baby for me. However I know some mums don't care at all about that, and that's totally fine. I don't think there is a right or wrong. As long as your baby is comfortable and warm enough

DD was in sleepsuits till around 6 months (she did have 'day' ones and bedtime ones!) she was comfy and clean. Folk probably eye rolled about it but it worked for us! We then moved onto leggings with long sleeve vests again comfort over 'style' FWIW I don't like seeing wee ones dressed as mini adults and can count on one hand the number of times DD has been in a dress as not practical really for crawling 🤷‍♀️

This! I find sleepsuits far harder to deal with than seperates. When my dc was tiny it was leggings and tops. I find babygrows really awkward personally.