Coming home outfit for a baby girl due end of august

[Beckyxox12]

Just wondering what I could dress a baby girl in to come home who’s due august 30th in England id like an actual outfit rather than just a baby grow I was thinking maybe a dress and then I could pack a cardigan and some tights aswell incase it’s colder. What’s everyone think

I guarantee you that you won't want to be faffing around putting tights on a newborn. Unless it's super scorching, she'll need a vest and babygrow, cardigan/jacket, blanket and hat. Remove layers as appropriate. Make sure she's comfy, not dressed up just to go home. She'll have puked down the front of herself before you walk through the door.

Put her in a playsuit and sunhat.

I was so grateful to be out of the maternity ward I grabbed the first babygro in the bag, threw DC in it & legged it (very slowly).

Good luck with it all OP.

you definitely don't want tights - babies legs will probably be too skinny & delicate.

I had forgotten that newborns have chicken legs! All skinny & wrinkly - awwww!

I'm the nicest possible way, you're going to have a shock.

Vest and babygrow, if you want her to be comfy

don't have anything with buttons or poppers at the back. it is not comfortable for baby to lie on her back on a row of buttons.

Agree completely. We had some French babygrows which buttoned at the back given to us and they got very little wear.

Get her a really lovely baby grow, perhaps one personalised with her name (if you've decided) in advance. 'Outfits' were far too much trouble for me before 3-4 months - just had her in a baby grow/ sleep suit the whole time.

Don't get anything with buttons down the back, your baby will be too floppy to do them up easily!

For what purpose? For a nice photo, or to squeeze into a car seat, or to meet some important people?

Dresses and car seats don't mix.

If you really do t want a baby grow, you can get nice leggings and top sets. Just as comfy.

I remember with DS2, he was born at the same time of year, he was huge (9lb 12oz) and didn't fit into anything I'd bought him. The shops had stopped selling playsuits as they'd got their autumn/winter stock in. Then we had a heatwave in October and I was still trying to squeeze him into playsuits that were too tight for him when he was born.

DD1 was born during a mini heat wave last September. We brought her home in a vest and baby grow. I’d bought some really cute ones with a zip up the front for ease.

You can get fun babygrows too. My son was in a stormtrooper one, he was born in June.

I picked a special baby grow that I really liked for my wee one to come home in.

An pretty all in one is your best option. I can’t imagine dressing a tiny newborn in a dress. Honestly it will be the bottom of your list when waiting to go home from hospital.

DH put an England Rugby shirt over DDs babygrow just before we left hospital. Just for a few minutes, quick photograph and then took it off as it obviously wasn't suitable (it was size 3-6months!)

Babies look ridiculous in dresses until they can walk! Least practical things ever. Actually no, tights for babies are the least practical thing ever, especially when their nappy needs changing every hour.

Sorry, that wasn't very constructive was it. I vote for a pretty babygrow.

Dress any baby for the physical comfort of that baby. Not for looks, fashion, status, parental pride.

You know how it feels when a label scratches, collar is too tight, fabric is a bit itchy/sweaty, something digs in? Baby skin is far more sensitive; and they are really bad at temperature regulation. So anything a teensy bit too warm/sweaty/ constrictive/itchy/pokey/hard/irritating, a baby will react the only way they know how; bawling, thrashing. . Unable to settle, sleep, feed.

A loose pure cotton babygrow is ideal. Preferably one without a collar because newborns have very short necks unused to constriction. With no fancy embroidered picture (the stitching is itchy/ tickly/ sharp on the inside,).

Anything with polyester or nylon is unabsorbent/sweaty, and anything wool is tickly/itchy. Frills are irritating.

No buttons poppers down the back, because a baby lying on its back can feel them.

Mine is coming home in a babygrow. I have bought some jersey dresses/leggings which look comfy in 0-3 though

I bought a dress, tights and cardigan for dd1 to come home in. She was 7lb 13oz, I bought newborn sizes and it was huge, especially the tights. Changed her into a sleepsuit the minute we got home. My next 2 DC came home in sleep suits.

Babygrow and shawl. Presumably you'll be in a car and not waiting at a bus stop so no need for a sun hat. A babygrow that's easy to put on and off and can be binned/bleached if she poos out of the side on the journey home. Dress and tights? I'm presuming this is a joke.

Presumably you'll be in a car and not waiting at a bus stop
Well, this. I'm always slightly bemused at the "going home outfit" angst, tbh.
She's going home, not going on tour.

My DD came home in jeans and a pink 'I ❤ Mummy' t-shirt , which I still have in a memory box somewhere.

She was also dressed in day clothes every day...which I now see as somewhat symptomatic of the fact I had raging PND.

Choose something comfy, maybe with layers, but tbh with hindsight I wish I'd made more of the babygro period. Maybe you could find a particularly special one?

I always dressed my baby girls in dresses, and was careful to make sure they were comfortable. There's nothing cooler on a hot day than a cotton dress, and as you say, you can add a cardigan. This site is lovely. www.childrensalon.com/baby/dresses-skirts/dress-sets?f=1007

@MintyCedric

My DD came home in jeans and a pink 'I ❤ Mummy' t-shirt , which I still have in a memory box somewhere.

She was also dressed in day clothes every day...which I now see as somewhat symptomatic of the fact I had raging PND.

Choose something comfy, maybe with layers, but tbh with hindsight I wish I'd made more of the babygro period. Maybe you could find a particularly special one?

Jeans?!?

I don’t think tights are a good idea, but a cute little romper would be perfect! I didn’t bring my son home in a sleepsuit: I had a super soft little dungaree/romper thing. I actually dressed him in clothes most days.

I also preferred sleepsuits with zips. Cannot be doing with poppers!