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[Springmummy19]

Any of you guys got an idea of what your baby's coming home outfit will be?

Those of you with children,what did your child wear as coming home outfit?

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With my first I didn't find out the sex so had only taken plain babygrows! I had a girl and mum came to visit and brought a gorgeous little girly one so she wore that home.

My second I knew was a girl and again I just put her in my favourite sleepsuit.

Tbh I love babies in sleepsuits for the first few weeks, they look adorable, they're comfy and easy to get on and off , imo there's no need for anything 'fancy' to go home in . I'll be doing the same again with this baby

I'm sure you'll get people say whatever fits them. But I did choose a cute little suit (that people had gifted us) for each DC when they came home and I've kept each of them.
You probably need a vest, long sleeved suit, cardigan, hat and then a blanket if your are in the UK. Remember babies overheat fairly easily so don't overwrap them.
I'd recommend you get suits with the flip over hands as scratch mittens never ever stay on and believe me in the first months they definitely need them.
Congratulations on pending birth

Whoops a strike out fail there 🙄

Honestly? I’ve got 3 children and I couldn’t tell you what any of them wore to come home in.

Babygro, blanket, hat, car seat. I just wanted to get the hell home and get some painkillers and sleep. No idea which babygro. I didn't care.

We bought a novelty babygro from DH's favourite film which I've just dug out in anticipation of DC2 arriving. In fairness though I was so relieved to finally be leaving hospital I could have wrapped him in a bin bag and still been happy!

I had planned a lovely cath kidston Disney outfit but it was miles too big, so a pink baby grow that we got in newborn size

Just a normal sleepsuit. I don't think I really want to faff about with little dresses and tights/socks or separates, tbh. Would rather just go for practicality!

Plain babygro. Don't set your heart on anything too special or the little bugger will sick or poo on it before you get them home.

The little blanket they were each covered in was more special to us. The little hat too.

Remember it's not all about the baby. Get your favourite maternity outfit on too. DH wore his best jumper.

Just a babygrow, didnt buy anything special. My Mum had to out and buy tiny baby size cos the babygrows I took with me were all way too big so even if we had of bought a special outfit it would of been the wrong size.x

Going to hospital (long story ambulance crew dressed her) short sleeve bodysuit, sleepsuit, knitted trousers and cardigan and huge smurf hat from the ambulance pack. It was cold and they were worried about her getting cold.

Coming home short sleeve bodysuit, sleepsuit, knitted onesie, pramsuit. We walked from hospital to a station taxi rank so bundled her up.

DP picked a special bodysuit which she wore to the hospital and I chose the knitted onesie.

From my experience I'd say a sweet homecoming is a really lovely thing to plan for but the reality may be a bit different to what you expect.

I promise I'm not saying this to be mean but just to temper expectations a little. If you have a straightforward birth and are with it enough afterwards to think about putting your beautiful, dreamy new little bundle in a homecoming outfit then that is brilliant.

If you stagger out of the birth centre sleep deprived, shell shocked, emotionally haywire and not entirely certain if it's day or night or what your own name is then that's pretty normal and ok too!

I had a lovely super soft wool hand knitted receiving blanket that I dreamed of wrapping him in to come home but I honestly can't remember if I used it or not. Had a lot of use since though and I have many happy memories of him in it.

Wishing you all the best for the birth and all sorts of beautiful moments with your new baby when he/she arrives.

I remember what my first DC came home in but that’s honestly because he was so big at birth nothing I’d bought him fit so DM had to buy and bring in emergency babygrows and it was cold outside so the only thing I had that fit was a Next snowsuit I’d brought ‘just in case’ . I still have it.

I don’t remember what the others came home in, including DC4 who is only ten weeks old. I didn’t really plan a particular outfit, just took a few I really liked along to hospital.

I asked my DH to pick his favourite babygro of the ones we had that fitted; it was a nice way of involving him.

I’d planned DD to come home in a unisex babygrow that I’d bought after my first scan, she pooed all over it so just came home in another babygrow I’d packed. I’ve still got the babygrow I’d planned to bring her home in so will be using it for this baby. She also had a hat and a fleecey jacket on (winter baby).

It's funny how different we all our with recollections, I can remember all of my DC outfits... But I can't recall the following few months they were such a sleep deprived haze, I was always amazed when a my mum friends gave their child's age in months and days when I was asked is often have to start counting on my fingers or say they were born in......

Dd I had got a lovely white and beige star baby grow with matching hat and mittens that I loved. For ds I had bought a little outfit after my 20 week scan when I was told he was a boy, It was a long sleeved vest with an attached diki bow and a pair of baby slacks.

thank you guys. You've all been so helpful. we don't know the sex so I have to get something neutral. I've bought loads if who's baby grows and vests and stuff, was just curious about what to bring baby home in.

I'm currently at that phase of getting everything and wanting to get the hospital bag sorted but I didn't even think about the possibly of it (more than likely) not going as planned in my head. looks like a babysuit seems to be the best option

Both my kids came home from hospital in a babygro with pirate ducks on, and this baby will wear the same one 😁 as it happens they are all boys, but we would have put a girl in the same babygro!

Babygrow with best underneath and a hat and blanket to travel home in as it was early Jan

Ignore the haters, all my 4 have come home in the same little outfit, and now I'm done with babies (sniff) I'm working out how best to store it. We're not overly sentimental with lots of baby stuff, so this is one of our few mementoes.

Id say:

1. Unisex so you can use with future babies if you wish
2. Newborn size, or if you're really organised consider buying a tiny baby and size 0-3 as well just in case
3. If you would want to keep it or use it for future babies, put it away afterwards or just keep for special occasions
4. Babygro or little set is safest as good for all winters
5. Look at eBay too - they sell gorgeous stuff from brands like zip zap / tutti piccolo / PEX / petit bateau new with tags or unworn much cheaper

And if you have a grandmother with handy fingers or something, I'd consider getting something handmade to add to the specialness. And lastly, if you are too tired, or you have a refluxy baby and it's already sorry before you leave, that's fine too, there will be time later. Congratulations and good luck!

DC1 I lovingly spent days sewing a little wrap over jacket to wear over a baby grow. The jacket wasn’t big enough and started coming apart at the seams immediately - total waste of time!

DC2 the only special effort we made was involving DC1 in choosing some new baby grows to get him used to the idea of getting a sibling, so we picked out one of those as his going home outfit as it was the first time they met each other.

(Also DC2 was unexpectedly huge and spent a few weeks in NICU so by the time he got to wear his ‘going home’ baby grow he had to be squeezed into it).

I think it’s nice to have something special to wear but don’t get too fixated on it! Unless your baby is born at the height of summer they’ll probably wear a hat so a nice hand knitted hat would be an easy way to have something special you can hang onto as a keepsake.

My partners son who doesn't live with us and is only 12 bought his little brother a couple of sleep suits with scratch mits for Christmas. As he lives in the states and we very much don't get to see him apart from over FaceTime I decided my little boy will come home in one of those sleep suits which will seem pretty insignificant to some I guess but I thought it be nice for my partner as well to feel like his boy is as much a part of it as possible from being so far away 😊