To get SO irritated by the poor design of baby clothes...

[CornishKK]

Why do so many newborn sleepsuits have press studs up the back? I had three as gifts for my PFB, awkward to put on and surely not comfortable for babies that spend the majority of their time lying on their backs?

And sleep suits with buttons instead of press studs? I had two beautiful knitted suits as gift but have barely used them as trying to do up the crotch buttons is a nightmare.

And jumpers with teeny, tiny, teeny buttons on the neck?

Will be SO much wiser in gify buying and shopping for my next one!

Yay, I knew I was not BU.

And why are the more expensive clothes designed for tall, thin babies? If it fits PFB round the tummy the legs and arms are rolled up!

We had a lot of French babygros and they had the back popper thing - also, a sort of horizontal opening for the nappy at the back! Weird. But they were cute and not that hard to fumble with.

I would actually now pay very good money for some toddler dungarees that button at the crotch rather than have poppers. They fit fine, but the crotch bursts open every time DS crouches. Grr.

Hoods on newborn garments are the work of the devil.

One of DS's sleepsuits didn't have enough poppers between the legs, so the effect was that of a crotchless gimp suit. Didn't really work too well with the cute kitten design printed on the front!!

Gimp suit with a kitten print.

In the US parents are most definately advised to put babies to sleep on their backs, I am not aware of any developed country which does not give this advice.