Does my March baby need a pramsuit?!

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Hi all! I'm due my first baby at the end of March (in the south of the UK) and feel confident with dressing her at nighttime but feel a bit unsure about what she will need to wear for walks! Will she need a pram suit or will a onesie, coat/cardi, blanket and hat be enough when she's in a pram? I'm also going to be using a carrier after a few weeks but hoping it will be a little warmer and I'll know the drill a bit better by then!
I'm notoriously bad at gauging temperature for myself and what to wear but want to make sure she's the perfect temperature when we're out and about!

Any advice for a first time mum would be much appreciated :) thank you!

My mid December baby has only worn his a handful of times and it cost £40!

I wouldn't bother with a pram suit for those circumstances, just make sure to tuck well in.

Personally I found fleece sleepsuits over their inside clothes perfect in spring and autumn (and thin enough for car seats too).

(My mid-March baby did need a snow suit... But 8 years ago we were having quite heavy snow in Yorkshire! Plus we walked a lot with the pram,)

I recommend a star wrap instead - there are loads on ebay for a few £
They are brilliant, easy on/off, car seat safe and a nice warm, light layer.

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I second the recommendation of a star wrap. So much easier to put in and can be layered on top of other clothes. We were given a pram suit for my first and she wore it once in actual snow as we preferred layers. I don't think you'll need one in March

I never had one for my March DC - or my October or November DC

They are impractical choices because they are either on or off, so you can have your baby boiling or freezing but not in between. You can use them in car seats and you can’t use them in carriers so if you want to move the baby out of a pram into anything else you have to undress them. Or if you walk to the doctors of supermarket when you go inside you end up undressing them.Then they need something different to keep them medium warm inside or in the car anyway. So you have to carry something else around to put around them.

I’d really suggest not.

Personally I preferred a footmuff type thing rather than a suit that the baby wears.

It's easier for you as no wrangling tiny little limbs into big padded arm and leg holes.

They don't grow out of them so quickly ( I used the same one from birth to 2 years)

My Dc loved snuggling up in them.

If you go indoors and it is hot there and the baby is asleep, you can just unzip and fold it back, and they don't overheat.

When they are pulling their socks off, dropping their dummy, comforter etc, you know it's not lost, just down at the bottom of the footmuff.

You can usually wash them, so it keeps the pushchair seat clean.

——-Can’t use them in car seats

I agree with suggestion of a star wrap with some extra layers and a blanket if needed. Good luck!

I wouldn’t say so - if it gets chillier you just layer up on blankets.

Nah I wouldn’t bother. My November baby had one because we go for daily pram walks down blustery Yorkshire country lanes and it’s got an attached hood that she can’t wiggle off like a hat. We also got it second hand for a few quid.

If you’re going to be having babe in a sling then they just need their normal clothes and to be tucked inside your coat, I usually have a fleece or a cagoule on and pop a hat on DD and she’s toasty warm on there.

I've never used them with either of mine when they were really little. It's a shame because they were bought beautiful ones as gifts but they're just not a very practical item. The only time either of them have used one is when they were much bigger but not yet walking and I chucked them in the garden to play in the snow.

I'd just use blankets in the pram while they're too small to kick them off. If you're using a sling type carrier then they get really warm in those, you definitely wouldn't want a pram suit. You can't use them in car seats because they're too bulky. If you do want an extra layer like that, I prefer fleece personally (I get them from H&M).

My beginning of April baby never had one (well, he did in winter but not as a newborn). I just shoved blankets on him as needed.

No, unless you live somewhere very very cold! Mine wore theirs twice. They were £50 each ten years ago.

DTs did seem to 'run hot' though. Even know I look around at the school gates and there are kids in ear muffs, scarfs, gloves, hats, puffa jackets.

Mine are in socks not tights and a bloody pac a mac if i'm lucky.

Pram suits are a PITA though, go into a shop you have to take it all off and then put it on again to go back outside. Changing a nappy was a nightmare.

I had a baby at the end of feb and bought a pram suit that he wore once! I found a foot muff for the pram and a coat dependent on how cold it is much more useful.

Yep star wrap....as they last much longer and are great for car seats

Thank you so much everyone for all your advice! I'll look into those star wraps or the foot muff pram line things and save some money! Really helpful thanks all

[quote Megan2018]I recommend a star wrap instead - there are loads on ebay for a few £
They are brilliant, easy on/off, car seat safe and a nice warm, light layer.

tuppenceandcrumble.com/shop/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhuPy7qyy7wIVUoFQBh14YQrlEAAYAiAAEgIhkPD_BwE[/quote]
Was also going to recommend this. Best thing we bought!

Was also coming on to say Star Wrap!

Only bought mine to stick on DS over his nappy after swimming instead of getting him fully dressed but used it loads more than I thought.

I'm obviously in the minority but yes I would buy one. They're not exactly expensive, easily found in Facebook for less than £5. I've used mine in May before when we've had weird weather.

You want layers that you can quickly remove. This is because Spring days can be randomly hot or cold. The rule is to put the baby in one more layer than yourself.

So for the pram she will be dressed in vest then onsie with a cardigan, hat and blankets. You can then remove the blankets and cardigan as needed.

With the sling/carrier, the sling/carrier counts as a layer of clothing so you need to concentrate on ensuring her arms and legs are kept warm. This is more of an issue in a carrier than sling as with a small baby.

No.
May baby here, so he was 5+ months before cold set in where we live
He wears it occasionally but sits a nightmare to put on, can’t wear in car, boils inside pram or sling if we have to go inside at all, so I very rarely use it. Layers and blankets, with footmuff in pram work better

My baby hates his pram suit - I think he finds it too restrictive. Luckily we were given one second hand so didn’t buy!

No, my babies were born in midwinter and we never used them. Layers are much better as they can easily be removed without waking the baby when you go inside. And if you go on long walks in the countryside you will probably find a sling is easier, and a pramsuit would be too warm and bulky.