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AIBU?

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to make my baby wear babygro's all the time?

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humptyismarriedtoanumpty · 04/07/2010 14:32

Ds2 is my 3rd child. He is now 3 months old. He wears baby gros all the time, day and night...
Some people have commented on it and I noticed other people dressing their babies in fully co-ordinnated outfits including matching shoes from birth.
I'm not really bothered, I have done all the cute outfits with the first 2 and decided he is more comfortable and it's a lot more practical for me to keep him in babygros probably for the next month or so...
AIBU or should I get a grip???

OP posts:

englishmummyinwales · 04/07/2010 20:13

YANBU. Before I had DS1, a friend (older lady) said to me 'They're babies for such a short time, let them look like one for a while'. I took it to heart and both mine wore baby gros day and night for the first 4/5 months. I didn't buy anything but and the only time they ever wore an outfit was when the sender of a such present came round to visit. There's lots of time to dress them up and I think babies look so gorgeous and snuggly in babygros. DS2 is 7 months now and I just want to eat him up when I put one on him at night.

lazylula · 04/07/2010 20:22

Both my ds' have been in babygrows at night and rompers during the day until they were a month or so old, then ds1 went into some of the comfortable outfits he had been given. Ds2 was a summer baby so was mainly in shorty rompers until 3months or so. I liked to differentiate between day and night, but I am not keen on denim on babies unless it is really soft!

rainbowfizz · 04/07/2010 20:24

YANBU - my pfb was (and still is) tiny, and therefore she was wearing baby grows up until she started walking at 16 mths, as she was small enough (i.e. looked young enough) to get away with it.

however my last baby who I would of liked to have kept as a baby for as long as possible was (and still is) huge, and therefore he stopped wearing baby grows when he started walking at 8 mths, as my dh said he looked silly in baby gros during the day. He looked like a 3 year old in baby gros, I admit not a good look but he was my little baby

MrsChemist · 04/07/2010 20:45

YANBU - DS stayed in babygros for a few months, but then my mum made a comment about him not being dressed in the morning. I told her I did dress him, just in another babygro, but every time she saw him after that I could practically see her thinking, "she didn't dress him again."
It wasn't worth the hassle in the end, so he wore little impractical outfits.

iamanewmum31 · 04/07/2010 21:07

YANBU they are only babies for a short time and are more comfy in grows. My DD is 9 months now. I had her in grows for as long as possible. Now she is practicing walking they get too dirty They are soo cute in grows. I don't understand the rush to put them in grown up outfits. IMHO we should cherish the precious baby part.

HotSprocket · 04/07/2010 21:14

My dd is 2 months, i hadn't really thought about it but now you mention it she is always in babygros. I thought that it was normal!

sunny2010 · 04/07/2010 21:41

I once worked for a teenage parents upport group and I remember one of the girls who was 16 being quick to say to me hes in a babygrow as he feels a bit sick. (He was 6 months). It was if she was worried some one would think she was a bad mum if she didnt say why.

I told her my own child wore babygrows everyday at the time and she was 9 months and in a nursery where all the others had on jeans, 'proper' outfits' etc. It doesnt matter and I think its silly anyone that makes an issue out of it.

pocketmonster · 04/07/2010 22:38

YANBU - my two DD's were in babygrows until they could sit up. I did it deliberately because I thought they would be more comfortable - for example must be really uncomfortable wearing jeans with the big seams inside them when you can't move yourself around if they are sticking in you.

And I hate shoes on tiny babies, their feet shouldn't be squashed into shoes it is just wrong. (IMO..)

EightiesChick · 04/07/2010 22:48

Another YANBU. I put my DS in babygros pretty much all the time until after he was 1. Like others I wanted him to be comfortable, they were practical for getting him dressed easily, and he looked cute in them! When he went to nursery the others wore outfits but I just thought that was pointless and kept him in the babygros, until he went into the toddler room and was close to walking. The kids in outfits I always thought looked wrong - especially some of the girls who'd have little frilly dresses on - hardly comfy or practical when they are just rolling around the floor all day!

kickassangel · 05/07/2010 01:03

and, of course, you can just have 2 or 3 of them stuffed down the bottom of the changing bag & no-one will notice if there's a need for a swift change when you're out.

MrsArchieTheInventor · 05/07/2010 01:12

Bugger other people. It's what your baby feels comfortable in. 20+ years ago we would have been toddling around the house and garden in pretty much nothing other than a terry towelling nappy. Which would you prefer for lolling about in in 25'C weather - a suit and blouse or vest and shorts??

14hourstillbedtime · 05/07/2010 02:17

Another YDNBU here!

(I always think the nice thing about having a second DC is you can skip so much of the crap PFB things you thought you 'ought' to do the first time round - not that I ever did any of them anyway - and plead 'exhaustion' from having more than one child )

So, yes, DD (who is DC2) lives in one of the six pack of babygrows I got her, and, um, I don't think she cares all that much....

tiredfeet · 05/07/2010 09:09

yanbu, I was shocked when I met up with two friends the other day, the first friend arrived and her 6 month old was in a babygrow ( I'm expecting no1 at the minute), next friend arrived a bit later and first thing she said was 'oooh you've kept her in her pyjamas, why have you done that?' . I hadn't realised until then that some people thought of baby grows as only for night time.

What do you do when the baby goes for a nap in the day? get it out of its uncomfortable outfit and into a babygrow each time??

I'm only stocking up on babygrows for this one, if people buy it outfits then baby can be dressed in them when they visit

wastingaway · 05/07/2010 09:23

I think this topic may be a defining one for MNers.

In the world around me babies are always dressed and in shoes.

I'm afraid I bowed to IL pressure and he was usually dressed. But no shoes til he'd been walking for 6 weeks, regardless of the

NestaFiesta · 05/07/2010 09:25

YANBU. If he's comfy and warm enough, it really doesn't matter what the fashion police think. I saw a baby in a gro in the supermarket yesterday and thought he looked ten times cuter than his counterparts.

MY DS2 incidentally is dressed in a mixture of stuff according to the weather- shorts and Tshirts in bed if its hot, babygro by day if its cold etc. Its whatever is practical if you ask me.

Doodleydoo · 05/07/2010 09:39

I think YABU, only to think that you are BU to put your child in a babygro. I love them, don't have to think about them, iron them or anything else brilliant! Also comfy cosy and cute. Can't wait to use them again.

My one concession was that my dmum bought a Dior babygro for dd (PFB GC!), have to say very beautiful and NOT naff in anyway - needless to say it was her poshest outfit and she wore it until I nearly cut out the feet so she could carry on wearing it. Next one will still wear it even if a boy and it will be wrapped in tissue paper and kept for ddd's children. (So much nicer than another designer outfit bought by a relative that was itchy and impractical, those poor poor children!)

Doodleydoo · 05/07/2010 09:41

Sorry meant to say YADNBU, just UR to ask us as we all think along the same vein!

porcamiseria · 05/07/2010 09:57

YANBU , i did the same. so much comfier

geraldinetheluckygoat · 05/07/2010 10:00

If I had a third baby, I would definitely do the same, and also buy second hand off ebay.

Morloth · 05/07/2010 10:02

DS2 has just moved to jeans/t-shirts (he is 3 mths), personally I find it easier because he is a chucker and it means I can just change the shirt rather than having to take the whole lot off.

Whatever works for you is the way forward IMO.

DeFluffy · 05/07/2010 10:10

yanbu, dd (nearly 6 months) is always in baby suits / rompers. She seems so comfortable and feels all lovely and scrunchy in them

Only time shes dressed is if we go to family parties.

Does mean I now have about 400 beautiful baby outfits 0-6m I need to put on Ebay now though.

mrsgordonfreeman · 05/07/2010 10:15

I have yet to find a good reason for dressing 8 month dd in "human" clothes apart from special occasions. There are so many cute babygros and she's a baby, ffs, she should wear something comfy.

Never had any comments about pyjamas though.

sheepgomeep · 05/07/2010 10:18

yanbu, dd3 is 8 weeks and lives in her baby gros

CuppaPimmsJanice · 05/07/2010 10:29

DS still wears a romper out occasionally, and he's 26 months old!!! I think I'd wear one myself if it didn't make it so bloody difficult to go to the toilet. They just look so comfortable!

Confuzled · 05/07/2010 10:37

I only dressed DS in babygros for his first 6 or so months. I just figured he couldn't move that much to get comfy if waistbands dug in etc, and that I wouldn't like to sleep in jeans and a sweater myself. His comfort mattered more than cuteness, really.

Worst thing I ever saw was a coat for a newborn with huge buttons all down the back as a design feature. Imagine lying with that all down your spine, poor mites.

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