Is this smart or P2ndB and silly? Crawling and dresses.

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DD is due in October. DS is 2 and I remember being so glad that he was a boy at the crawling stage because the clothes were so much more practical than the cutsie dresses hampering the baby girls of the same age. It isn't easy to crawl in a skirt! So, on finding out that we are having a girl I decided to only put DD in a dress for formal events (church, weddings, nice parties etc.) between 3 months and walking and the rest of the time have her in trousers, romper suits and other things that won't get in the way. DH is a bit but is humouring me for now.

I'm starting to have doubts. Am I right or just being a bit silly?

Perfectly sensible. DD was mostly in leggings and trousers as a baby - still is at 2yo. Far more practical. Perhaps your DH should try crawling and rolling about in a frock and see for himself what you're talking about?!

Perfectly sensible, I had both DDs in trousers/leggings etc whilst they were at crawling stage, so did most mums I know.

Of course it's fine!

I put Baby goo in shorts and tights all the time :)

Of course you're right. If you want cutsie, there are plenty of baby clothes that are both cute and practical.

Totally sensible. My two dds had loads of dresses that never saw the light of day.

Of course it is ok. Even at formal events if your DD is going to be moving around it is surely better to put them in something they are comfortable in and isn't restrictive.

Sounds perfectly normal and sensible to me! Actually I don't know anyone who's put their baby girl in long frilly dresses for everyday wear, do people really do that?

Ephiny My Dsis did. Her dd was only a couple of months old and was made to wear a dress that had huge buttons down the back - her dd couldn't sit up, how uncomfortable must that have been?

Oh good, I'm glad it's not just me. I'm on a minimal pink things as well so was wondering whether I was making it a bit too difficult for myself.

Ephiny I've seen lots of crawling-age girls in dresses at baby groups/out and about/nursery. I wonder if that's why they all seem to be so sedate and well-behaved :o

I've seen lots of lovely rompers and legging/top sets. I really like the very short dresses with massive bloomers too. I've seen so many clothes for babies with buttons down the back as well - bad design there surely?

I've seen so many clothes for babies with buttons down the back as well - bad design there surely?

no - better than having at the front where they might be able to chew them or when older undo them!

The short dresses and bloomers are ideal for hot weather cuteness.

But for tiny baby sizes (newborn and 0-3 months) then surely the design could be modified slightly?

For 0-3 months I mostly just used sleepsuits or similar TBH - don't think I had anything back buttoning till later. Dresses and 'proper' clothes are (IMO) a bit irrelevant till they can sit up.

No! YANBU dresses daft for babies - either cold or sunburn risk + uncomfortable and just daft. I think babies look ridiculous in frills (also small boys in ini suits and waistcoats bleurgh) etc- also it means you don't look at their beautiful faces. JoJomaman thingy do some nice cotton jeresy dresses if you are want to be a bit smarter.

I occasionally dressed ddtwins in eg white broderie anglaise dresses with matching knickers when I wanted them to look adorable for admiring elderly relatives, especially the ones who had knitted. Otherwise it was as practical as possible, and I had no compunction about putting them in boy's clothes if that was what was cheap, intact and clean in a jumble sale and fitted.
They don't seem to have suffered any emotional damage

My DD2 lived in sleepsuits until she was one and walking, If we were going out somewhere I would occasionally put a pinafore or dungarees over the top. I agree baby attire should be comfortable and practical.

I get comments when DD2 is in a dress or skirt. "wow, I didn't realise she was actually a girl." "I knew there was a girl hiding in there." That sort of thing. She spends most of the time in DS or DD1's hand me down jeans or leggings. If she does wear a skirt, I nearly always put them with tights. She wants to crawl everywhere so it wouldn't be fair to leave her legs uncovered.

Good luck on minimising the pink. It is really hard because so much stuff is either pink or blue. Then once they can choose you might get a pretty pink girly like DD1. She just loves the pink frills. I'm hoping DD2 will be more sensible.

Agreed. I have 3DDs and none have worn skirts/dresses until they could walk. On babies you spend all day pulling them back down!

I don't mind pink detailing or pink with a nice design on it but block pink - no. I didn't dress DS in block blue either.

DD is 13 months and wore her first dress yesterday for all of 2 hours before it became ruddy annoying. It was a bright red tunic with purple leggings so nothing frilly, but she kept kneeling on it and couldn't crawl.

She lives in hand-me-downs, though we're lucky that we have a few generous Berlin friends who pass on some funky girlwear in oranges and greens without frilly frothy bits. She mainly wears soft jeans or cord pants with a baby grow underneath and a knitted tank top or cardy on top.

Some dresses are ok - just need to watch the length. Over winter (when at the crawling stage) dd had a couple of soft jumper dresses that didn't cause any problems, as they were knee length/shorter. She never got tangled in them. In fact I preferred dress and tights for a while as she was a monkey for pulling socks off. Leggings are always great but baggy trousers caused problems for dd crawling as they pulled over her feet and she'd kind of wriggle out of them. So keep an open mind .

DD wears a lot of tunic type dresses that are above the knee as DP is a soft-touch and keeps coming home with "cute" dresses. I don't put her anything too long though and she normally has leggings with them so they are no less practical than a long top and leggings. Agree big frilly ones are a nightmare and unfairly hamper them when they just want to crawl about.

You're being smart! We havd 2 DDs (3,5 and 1,5) and they both mainly wear trousers/jeans/leggings. Practical and easy. You can still find 'pretty' things to suit your taste.

My DD wears leggings, harem trousers and shorts or dungarees with tights underneath. Girls have the best clothes IMO!

definitely sensible. DD is 12 months, JUST walking and is always in jeans, leggings or quite nice romper trouser things that tend to come as sets with tops. I made a big deal about minimal pink too and honestly, you'd think I'd said I was going to give her a G&T every day in a bottle - the horror, especially from the MILs !(I have two). Really pisses me off that they KNOW how I feel about it but insist on knitting or buying stuff in pink - its like sticking two fingers up at my opinions and if I DO put her in something vaguely pink (which is fine in moderation, especially if NOT combined with hideous disney shit) I never hear the end of it. Anyway, sorry, rant over - yes trousers are good, though DD did have one quite sweet courderoy dress that was short enough to crawl in.