Baby pram suits

[NEladybird1269]

Gosh I find these so hard to get a newborn into! I have one that is amazingly easy to get dc into but I need another as it’s too tight already, and the rest I have tried are too stiff, too thick etc.
any suggestions for easy pram suits please? Dc is one month

Have you tried these? Probably not as warm as a pram suit but if you dress the baby warmly and put another blanket over them it could work https://www.tuppenceandcrumble.com/fleece-baby-star-wrap-classics

they are very cute but totally impractical- can’t be used safely in pretty much anything or anywhere! I wouldn’t bother op!

Any pramsuit designed with two zips, one going down each leg, will be easier to get the baby into.

I find these particularly good:
https://www.tuppenceandcrumble.com/fleece-baby-star-wrap-classics
My baby was always a bit of an awkward shape because I use cloth nappies, and I didn't have to squeeze him trying to get him into it at all.

Lots of people love the star wraps, but if that doesn't suit (it didn't for us, very wiggly babies), I second the comment about the two zip styles rather than one zip.

Fleece-lined puddle suits are less stiff and puffy than the full-on pram suits, so that might be useful once baby is a bit bigger – they don't tend to come in the tiniest sizes.

We had the Tuppence and Crumble star wrap but I wasnt a massive fan tbh. I mostly just used it when using the baby carrier. I preferred the pram suits as pp mentioned above with zips down each leg.

Thanks all. Glad I’m not the only one who finds the pram suits completely impractical 😂

Atm I’ve just been bundling her in layers , a hat , putting her in the sling, then with a shawl and my DH’s oversized coat round me and her. She doesn’t seem to complain but I feel guilty when I see other babies in Pramsuits. I think she would cry if cold though ?

I haven’t seen the star wraps! Will take a look

I just dressed them in layers - much easier.

If baby is in the sling, remember you count as one layer and the sling is also a layer. They are very toasty in there. I have been using fleece lined baby grows from sainsburys plus a hat and gloves. Lots of people recommended the star wraps for the sling as well. Baby will definitely let you know if they are cold.

I used to dress DD in something like this. In the sling she'd have a vest, socks, sleepsuit and fleece sleepsuit over the top. Mittens and a hat too of course. My bodyheat, the sling and a coat over the 2 of us ensured she was never cold.

www.next.co.uk/style/su540451/aw3277?srsltid=AfmBOor-FWUAtIMIf4ymwXOnlyZ3aX4pKZGwvHQT305d6OLp_Twi2_NL0o8

I hated them. We just up a little jacket on then then the footmuff or blankets on the pram. Blankets can be easily removed when you go inside. We went back to (waterproof) all in ones when they were crawling around outside.

I knitted this for my GD if you know a knitter. My DIL says it’s the best yet so easy to use

I’ve never used one. Just get nice blankets and a cosy toe for the pram. Much more flexible and prevent baby from overheating.

Also remember that pran suits shouldn't be used in a car seat as they mean the straps won't fasten tight enough.

I bought a Volki down bag for the pram instead. Stick baby in a couple of vests and zip up to its chin

Yep agree this is another reason I find the pram suits baffling as if I drive somewhere km hardly going to spend ten mins in the cold getting dc into her pram suit once I’ve parked up

The clue is in the name really. If you have a pram and live somewhere where you can use it to go for a long walk straight from home, and don’t plan on going inside anywhere just coming home at the end of the walk then a pram suit might work.

For anything else - going out in the car, going out in the carrier, going shopping, school runs dog walks, using a bus or a train, wanting to go in somewhere for a coffee on your walk if they are asleep and so on and so on they are either not safe or deeply impractical or both!

I found the double-zip once significantly more practical for pram on and off buses/trains, in and out of shops/cafés. Even if they are asleep, you can undo the double zip and lift out as many arms and legs as needed to suit the temperature.

Definitely too warm for the carrier, though, unless you're somewhere really extreme, and a nuisance with the car, since it's unsafe to wear in the car seat.

I just never used one for this exact reason. Can't understand why anyone would.

If you live in the UK it doesn't get cold enough for it to be necessary. A nice warm jacket, a hat, and a cosy footmuff and/or lots of blankets.

Thanks everyone !

It may be a niche problem, but apparently I have very wiggly babies. DD1 was escaping the midwives' swaddling at hours old in hospital – keeping blankets on her was a complete non-starter, no matter how tucked in. DD2 waited until 3 days old to do the same. A pramsuit can't be kicked off!