Baby boy sleepsuits - where to buy non logo, sweet clothes

[TakeMeToTheMilk]

I'm looking for places to buy baby boy sleepsuits and need ideas!
Big no-no's: Disney, logos/slogans, old man clothes
Likes: stripes, primary colours
Not too expensive though. H and M do some stripy short sleeved vests I like, boots mini club have nice pictured stuff and I like jojomaman Bebe but they're pricey. Any ideas where to look?

[WankerDeAsalWipe]

Well i think most children would find diggers and trucks more interesting than fried eggs or apples but hey ho - it'd be a boring old world if we all likes the same thing.

btw, dressing your child in motor vehicle patterns or football patterns doesn't turn them into yobos .

[stubbornstains]

I'm fairly confident that the only design that will raise a flicker of interest in my newborn will be an enormous picture of a breast. And I haven't seen many babygros adorned with that particular motif on sale .

[chillychicken]

Next sleepsuits are bloody brilliant. I couldn't care less what design is on it, the scratch mits are the only ones my DS can't wriggle his hands out of. M&S are shit. They are huge. Nearly 6 months old and 0-3 are still fitting. Tesco are good but Asda come up small I find. John Lewis pretty good too.

[Stinkylinky]

Baby Gap. I love all of their boys clothes and have spent a small fortune on bits for DS' arrival!

[CheerfulYank]

Agree with Next. Some lovely colors. :)

[OgreIt]

Scandinavian brands like Duns, Smafolk and Maxomorra are great (but expensive!). I also love Slugs and Snails - they do tights for boys and are comfy and gorgeous for babies.

[scratchandsniff]

Sainsbury's do packs of 3 babygro and in the past I've picked up some brightly coloured or striped ones for DS. They're nice soft cotton, wash well and aren't expensive.

[DaisyDando]

Waitrose! Their basic sleep suits are jolly and some are even striped.

[AvocadoLime]

I don't buy from expensive places for little babies (maybe when they're older) but IME Mothercare do nice ones like you are describing.

[Pointlessfan]

Sainsburys ones are good and 25% off at the moment. We had gorgeous ones from there with little stars all over them.

[Woodenheart]

Boots Baby Club range are lovely, some have no feet in them, so they last for months & months & months

[Icedfinger]

Sainsburys
Next
H & M- also for vests that pop up the front!
Boots- had some lovely short rompers from there too

There are also some great online places for boys but are v expensive.

[ThatsNotEvenAWord]

Another recommendation for Boots, it's also where I'd buy clothes for a DD if I had one, lovely alternative to princess pink stuff there

[NoArmaniNoPunani]

Frugi and toby tiger are worth looking at when there's a sale on.

[MrsAukerman]

H&M are great for plain and stripes. This also just caught my eye!
m.hm.com/gb/product/14673?article=14673-U

[TrojanWhore]

Are there no unisex clothes for babies any more?

What is the differences needed between boys and girls at this age?

No, I'm not just being arsey. I'm commenting on changes by marketing teams, presumably to drive people to spend more. Because handing down basic items between all DC in a family used to be the norm.

[TakeMeToTheMilk]

Thank you so much! Absolutely perfect ideas! It's nice to know I'm not alone in my quest to dress a baby boy as a baby boy, not an old man with a logo across his front. I'm going to pop into sainsburys today and have a look at what they have there and will try boots online in a bit and try the shop another day. I have ages to go before we meet this little fellow but after finding out he's a he I've started noticing there is so little clothing wise for boys compared to the girls aisles. I have an attic FULL of clothes which were my little girls and will be using lots of them... real men wear pink and purple... but I'm not sure he will thank me for putting him in dresses.
GOD... will need a new thread when he's out of sleepsuits for daily wear and into clothes (I like sleepsuits for ages on babies). My little girl didn't wear jeans until she was 2 and even then only once or twice because they just didn't seem comfy compared with stretchy leggings or tights. Little boy clothes seem to involve a lot of denim ??

[ch1134]

What's wrong with diggers? gender stereotyping from day 1.
What is a baby boy sleepsuit though? Do they sleep differently to girls?

For brights I went Tesco, Boots, John Lewis, H&M, Vertbaudet.

Vertbaudet and JL are small. JL wash badly. H&M best all round for value and easy online shop.

[TakeMeToTheMilk]

Unisex sections online seem to be that vile light brown/yellow poo type colour, and a lot of Disney. There's the obvious white which I have a lot of and will be using again but colour wise it's a lot pale blue for boys and baby pink for girls it seems.

[ch1134]

X-post.
I found Sainsbury to be the worst. All diggers and cartoons.

[TakeMeToTheMilk]

I don't mind diggers and cars actually, if they're colourful and don't come with the logo 'my mummy digs me' (ooo ... I quite like that one!). 'Baby boy sleepsuits' in the title was just so people knew what I was after and who for. Agreed that they sleep the same... my girl wore clothes with cars/trucks/boats and my boy will no doubt wear flowers but really it's the plain stuff I'm after.

[blacktreaclecat]

DS wears jeans now (he's nearly 3), as they seem practical for him. He's quite an active boy and likes getting dirty.
Up until about 2 I didn't put him in jeans though- soft dungarees and jersey trousers.
I agree that getting nice clothes for boys is more difficult- really annoys me!

[ftmsoon]

Sainsbury had some nice ones, but may have been last season now. I dislike dressing my DD in pink all the time.

[sianihedgehog]

I'm all over Mothercare for nice bright and not blue and grey and bloody diggers! I love pretty much the whole "little bird" range, and I think the "farm animal and stripe" sleepsuits are lovely.

[WankerDeAsalWipe]

So, I take it that lots of you who insist on gender neutral clothes were such things yourselves? I'm not a "girly" woman by any stretch of imagination, but I do wear woman's clothes and indulge in pink from time to time. It doesn't make me a doormat or inferior to men. By the same token whether I chose to dress my sons in things with diggers on as babies had no effect in the young men they are becoming. People are more than the clothes they wear. I honestly can't really remember much about their baby clothes to be honest, if they were comfy and cosy then that was the main thing. A lot of their clothes were gifts which may not have necessarily been my own taste, but they were given in love so I appreciated them. There is also nothing to stop girls wearing clothes with diggers on if the parent or child likes them. My youngest was often mistaken for a girl (because he was "too pretty to be a boy" ) even when dressed in "boy" clothes. I took the OP as a desire to get away from the pastels/Winnie the poo/flat cap and braces type of stuff rather than some quest for all babies to be dressed neutrally which I think is a bit odd.