what do newborns WEAR??

[emeraldgirl1]

I think there has been a thread on this before but I couldn't find it...

The question is in the thread title - what do newborn babies wear? I have no clue!!! Due in March so assuming no need for much heavy fleece/woollen stuff. Beyond that I don't know what the hell I am doing. A nappy, and then...? Expecting a girl, so will she wear tights in the daytime? Is it just day versions of babygros? Do I need vests? Socks? Hats?

Dear Lord, I am clueless, aren't I?

(you'll need more than that in quantity but it does give you a good starting point!)

I preferred a vest with poppers because it acted as a layer to contain any poo-splosions. After tearfully taking a pair of scissors to one spectacularly filthy one, I asked for advice on here. A lovely MNetter kindly pointed out that vests can go as well as up. Probably obvious to most, but had never occurred to me

I think there is a difference between girls and boys. I've had both .

Boys I stick to sleepsuits, maybe some dungarees when they get to 5 months or so with a long sleeved vest under them. They are comfy for the baby, there is nothing worse than seeing a soft, squishy fat tummy bulging over the waistband of some trousers when the baby sits up.

Girls though have so many lovely outfits with soft waistbands, tights or leggings and nice dresses or tunics. They look so lovely and are no more work than sleepsuits. I found them much easier than sleepsuits as it was much easier to whip a pair of tights on and off for nappy changes than to fiddle around with the 50 poppers on a sleepsuit. It is also much easier if using cloth nappies because tights stretch nicely over the nappies but it can be hard to get sleepsuits that fit well over them.

Generally though they wear a vest, a sleepsuit or outfit on top then in winter a jumper or cardi over the top (unless you are panicking about your baby being cold and have turned your heating to tropical temperatures). When you go out stick a snowsuit on them. I tend to sling mine and find that more difficult in a snowsuit so I put a coat on then leg warmers (babylegs are fab) and booties/snuggly baby slippers to keep the feet warm. If you are slinging a newborn though you'll tend to have them under your coat so in which case you'll want a hat but not the other layers.

My 8 month old still spend most of his time in sleepsuits with a few dunagarees thrown in, he never wears trousers. We love fleece sleepsuits at this time of year, nice and snuggly :)

Twitchy- tiny t-shirts will ride up, you will find yourself constantly pulling them down. Vests are indeed body suits. You can get them in short and long sleeves, they keep your baby nice and snug and they don't ride up. So long as you get ones with envelope neck then in case of poo explosion you can pull them down over their body instead of having to go over teh head and wiping poo in their hair .

don't do little tshirts,ride up.total faff,vest easy holds nappy secure too
vest is usually sleeveless,poppers underneath.but can get long sleeve vests too
starter sets great idea.don't spend lots but buy cotton.asda,tesco and get few fancy if you like

Emerald you could be me! My baby girls due in march and I've been asking the same question! Been told the same answers in RL as on here so I have some idea now!

body suits with poppers

mine mostly wore nappy, bodysuit vest thing and a babygro, tneded to be a plain one for bed....I have memories of bobbly cotton?? A bit like towelling but much lighter??

And the same, but fancier, or with a nice cardi/jumper over for daytime.

The outfits are mostly an utter pain in the arse, trousers and t shirts just look ridiculous on a teenytiny I think. I recall being a bit more organised for dd, but a dress and tights is not nearly so much bother as trousers/dungarees for boys

Although dh used to moan like mad if she had tights on...he could not get to grips with putting them on at all, so much so that if I had put her in them he'd have changed her into something else at the first nappy change he did!

poo explosion.basically poopy nappy.up back,down legs.squish.
you'll find out which brand nappy work for you which doesn't
for us, huggies all the way.better fit, less poo explosions

Cloth nappies hold poo explosions in!

If not cloth, I think Aldi have been the best we've had. I don't use many disposable though, just grab what is on offer wherever I'm shopping. Often Lidl, they are very good too. You definitely don't need to use big brands unless you have a 5 year old still not dry at night who wees for England in which case you need pampers suck up all known fluids 12 hour dry nappies.

Yes to everything said above.

The poosplosions are great fun
Basically their poo is rather runny after the meconium is all finished and comes out with force so tends to erupt out of the nappy - down the legs but more often up their back. I would advise having a tub of hot water + stain remover in the kitchen to rinse and dump pooey clothes in - a lot easier than trying to individually scrub items and wash them and then you can just take the whole lot straight from tub to washing machine and they'll come out brand new

I don't think cloth is worth the hassle.not pc at all to admit
buy nappies easier
use napisan as stain remover.I had swing bin with liner,all poopy clothes in that,straight to washing machine

Twitchy, I find Next sleep suits excellent, they do some in lovely soft cotton, they wash really well and like you say the patterns and colours are really nice.

I like gap vests, they do them in packs of 5 and if you have an outlet store near you, you can get them at a decent price.

baby gros/vests that only pop at the legs/bum are a mare if you have leaky poos, get ones that pop all the way up, H&M do the best

wooley tights are horrible and itchy, please don't put them on a newborn!

newborn cloth nappies aren't worth it IMO, as you usually need a different type of nappy from 4ish months - 18ish months so its quite an outlay for just a few weeks . They get more economical if you wait a few months and get birth to potty ones (birth to potty ones are not actually that suitable for brand newborns)

Just like with disposables, different brands of cloth work better at different stages

don't hot wash poo stained clothes, it cooks it in, do a cold rince first then hot wash

I would agree with the vest and sleepsuit combo. I'm expecting Dc2 in 3 weeks so have been wading through all the baby clothes kept from Ds. Maybe it's more tempting with girls clothes to use outfits but I found sleepsuits worked well for us.

Also, in the car I used a Morck (sp?) blanket which lined the car seat and you could wrap him up in it - a bit like a fajita. You can then open it up as you need to without taking the baby out the car seat. We used the car seat with the travel system and it was really handy to fling open when you went in shops or inside anywhere.

I also had a March baby so he just wore a vest, babygrow and if outside a little cotton jacket or cardigan and a hat (then blankets). We never had a pram suit.

Looking at all the stuff I saved most of the sleepsuits are from next and still look brand new. They also have built in scratch mits which was handy.

Vest, babygro, cardigan - blanket/hat/pramsuit for going out depending on the weather.

I never bothered changing from day to night, didn't see the point - just wore one outfit til it got dirty and then changed for a clean one (usually about every 5 hours in the first few months ).

The occasional wearing of socks isn't so bad if on top of sleepsuits with feet in (so they don't fall off) - this is on a cold day or if you're going to be out and about for more than an hour or so and they substitute for shoes, which I agree aren't necessary until your baby is cruising (about 8mths on). Having a blanket about you (in pram and/or car) is really useful just in case - go for fleece blankets as they wash easily and dry quickly. We bought an all in one fleece with hood on ebay which I think will work well as I carried my first DC about in a sling a lot for the first 3 months so a snowsuit wouldn't have worked for me; (I anticipate using the sling a lot again with a toddler to look after.) Slings are great for keeping you both at a steady good shared body temperature! Good luck - it all makes sense once the baby is in your arms. And don't forget to look after yourself!

It is a universally acknowledged truth that socks will not stay on newborns ... EXCEPT the towelling 0-6mth ones from Gap

the knee high jo jo maman and also H&M baby socks stay on

Mine still wears sleepsuits during the day at nearly 7 months if we're not going anywhere. So much easier to take off and put on when he's been sick everywhere.

Nappy, vest (long or short-sleeved, depending on weather), sleepsuit, maybe socks/bootees on top if we're going outside, a hat (wooly or cotton), and a cardigan.