To think baby fashion is stupid

[Ryoko]

Was in Asda the other day got my 6 week old a pack of 3 sleeveless sleepsuits for £2, didn't have any normal ones in his size, wondered where DF was, found him looking at over priced little T-shirt and jeans sets and baby hoodies, he said he would like to get DS a pair of jeans.

He has also looked at pairs of converse all stars for babies before.

Now there must be a market out there for this stuff or it wouldn't be there but why the hell would a baby need mini versions of adult stuff, I mean mini all stars for babies that can't even walk, 5 pocket jeans what the hell is he going to put in the pockets.

It's madness I tell you, am I alone in thinking a baby can stay in sleepsuits/vests + hats and socks until they are walking.

Err, this is a 5 year old thread that was reactivated by a spam comment (I assume). Hope the OP's DS is out of babygros by now!

Well dd2 is 6months now and is STILL in sleep suits 95% of the time. She's warm, she's comfortable and she looks adorable.
I really dislike denim on babies. I always think the poor little things look so uncomfortable.

My Dc's only wore sleep suits at night for pjs he wore a different outfit in the day whether that be a t-shirt and little trouser or a romper suit. I didn't like keeping them kept in one outfit all day. However he wore little shoes when we went to christening etc as it was freezing and his feet get cold easily even now

Agree that jeans/stiff fabrics/shoes for tiny babies is a bit silly. However DD was crawling at 6 months and sleep suits looked ridiculous! From about 4 months I started dressing her in soft leggings/t-shirts/cotton sun dresses/rompers. She was perfectly comfortable and they were very practical. So I wouldn't say that all baby 'fashion' is ridiculous.

They look nice but a lot don't look comfortable or practical in 0-6months, might as well save your money for the teenage years when labels are everything - each to their own though. Comfort and fabric were more important to me and you can get some really funky rompers it doesn't have to be just white.

Also baffled by pockets on baby clothes - bit like sequins on pillowcases, never understand who buys them, total non-sense.

wheresthelight I agree....

My newborn son had a pair of jeans, think I got them for comic effect really, the waistband was almost as wide as a normal (adult) waistband so took up half the length of the jeans, they were hilarious!

My sons were both born long & skinny. They grew and grew really fast and I seemed to constantly be buying the next size up. Trousers with a rolled up hem were way more practical as I could just unroll the hem as they grew.

I do think though some sleep suits look weird In the older size like 18-24months they're so long it just looks weird compared to the little sizes

My eldest wore outfits in the day from a few days old because so many people gave him outfits in newborn size and he grew so fast. We were very broke because DH lost his job when I was pregnant so DS1 mostly wore his cousin's hand me downs and presents which were mostly outfits, I think I bought 1 t-shirt for him. I had some babygrows but they were mostly just plain white, or tatty looking so kept those for night time.

With subsequent babies I had a bit more money and could afford to buy a few extra clothes that I liked and had less time to faff around washing drying and pairing tiny baby socks. They wore babygrows for ages, until 6-9 months although I got some new brightly coloured ones for daytime.

DS4 (19 months) really struggles to crawl in jeans (restrict his movement), jogging bottoms (ankle cuffs bunch up round his knees) or dungarees (come unpoppered round the legs) so I mostly dress him in leggings. My boys get dressed in tights in the winter until potty training too as they just wont keep socks on.

Yanbu. I liked dressing and my dc in baby grows, when they began walking or the baby grow was too small, I cut the feet off, not because I'm a stinge but just because they look so cute.

Taking your baby out in public in their pyjamas is just as much a silly fashion as jeans or dresses. It's just vintage/shabby chic for babies.

They're not easier or more practical that soft trousers once the baby is trying to move or for nappy changes. The legs get all caught up and the feet slip.

Stop doing it people! It just makes you look like a scaghead who hasn't bothered to get the baby dressed.

Ellie , yes tights! My ds's wore/wear tights, perfect little long johns and no lost socks!

sleepsuits are much more comfy for non-walking babies

In whose opinion, its just another fashion statement. I dressed mine in proper clothes during the day and sleep suits and nighties at night. Babies were always perfectly comfortable in dungarees or little dresses

I personally find sleeping in PJs more comfortable than dungarees or dresses, so therefore I believe my baby probably feel the same - and newborns sleep most of the time.

DS was dressed in clothes when he started crawling (and soft leggings etc then) and only started wearing jeans when he started spending most of his time upright and walking.

yanbu until dd was crawling she was dressed in either sleep suits or vest and leggings. once crawling the sleepsuits kept getting tangled so we only use them for bedtime now and she's either in a dress and tights, soft dungarees or vest and leggings. she has many many years to wear uncomfortable clothes. also have you even tried to but denim jeans on a wriggly baby?! strechy tights and leggings are so much easier.

There are more baby clothes than babygros. The majority of MN seems to think it's either sleep suits or mini adult clothes.
I love seeing little babies in all in ones but once they are crawling I think they are too thin.
I found soft, jersey lined denim or cord trousers and dungarees brilliant for when mine were crawling around in the park, at toddlers even at home on hard floors. Leggings with feet and a long sleeved vest also great.
My babies all had full heads of hair and had had several haircuts by the time they were one. They didn't look like babies and looked cute in sleep suits for bed but would have looked daft during the day. DN still had baby hair and still looked fine in babygros, however she mostly wore daft frilly dresses that ended up round her head when you picked her up though.

YANBU and it's not just the practicality, it's the styles, and boys stuff is worse! Went to look in peacocks for a cardi for my dd the other day. I didn't like any of the girls ones, so I thought I'd have a quick look in the boys section. They were all very stylish, but looked like something a 40 year old man would wear, and would have looked utterly ridiculous on my 12 week old dd. Whats wrong with a normal shaped cardi with a flipping bear on it or something? I don't mind cute, but why dress them like grown adults? It looks weird imo!

Well said Notso

My baby was bought converse trainers and timberland boots as presents. I am never going to put them on him. I don't even like putting him in dark colours. He's nearly 12 weeks old and is either in baby gro's or in soft fabric dungarees. He's comfy, warm and looks like the gorgeous baby he is.

I don't have a liking for baby fashion but I don't think it is harmful either.

It is bald baby girls with massive hair bands (usually with a massive bow attached) and baby boys/girls with jewellery on that gives me the rage. Why anyone would think it is safe or nice to be putting necklaces/rings on a baby is beyond me.

Also I just realized that I haven't seen a baby out and about (with the exception of a newborn) that isn't dressed in "baby fashion". It seems that the majority rule and jeans/converse/grandad tops are the norm?

I bought separate day and night clothes but they are pretty similar. Night is sleepsuit with feet, day is sleepsuit without feet or a t-shirt that poppers at the crotch plus soft dungerees. I don't like the thought of having to take little trousers off at each nappy change and romper suits and dungerees un-popper at the nappy area :)