I sound like a first timer, but what does a summer newborn need?

[suwoo]

This is my third, but the other two were December and March born. What does a baby due early August need? I am thinking those short leg short arm babygros and normal long leg babygros. Do they need a vest underneath? And what about hats? Would it need a little cotton hat or a sun hat or no hat? I will have a top layer at the ready as who says heat is guaranteed these days .

My DD was born in August and it was so hot.

She had a nappy and a vest on (short sleeves) most of the time. If she had a baby grow on I don't think she had a vest on.

Def need a hat though ideally not out in the sun at all but I know that isn't always practical.

suwoo i will watch this thread too as ds was born very early april and this one is due at the begining of august and i am also wondering exactly what to dress baby in?!
I was also thinking of the short legged and armed baby grows though?

Lots of vests (the shortsleeved body ones with the poppers). My first ds had a March birth and spent the summer in vests, socks and sun hat! My 2nd ds was born in august and wore the vests and little shorts or loose cotton trousers all the time! Good idea to get a good parasol to fix to the pram/pushchair and get good at applying suncream to wrigglers!! We had weddings to go to both those summers and they wore cute shortsleeved romper suits for those special occasions!

Hooray Suwoo - just think, new baby and not too many layers to wrestle them into! Sounds marvellous doesn't it compared to all the coats hats and scarves we're all dealing with at the mo

My DS was born at the start of September, when it was still warm. He spent a lot of time just in short sleeved vests, sometimes with a T shirt over the top. He also had a little pair of denim dungarees and some light cotton leggings. In hospital the mw kept making me put a baby grow over the vests and I kept taking it off again. Somedays he just had a nappy! He had a little sun hat for going out.

You have confirmed what I thought- but I wondered if the midwives would make the baby wear a hat in the hospital. I think I need to get shade a babe too. I am loving some of the short rompers, so I am glad they are perfect. Roll on the warm weather eh?

In my experience, the midwives will have your baby in a thermal vest and bobble hat in hospital! They tell us to keep baby's bedrooms below a certain temperature but you go on the maternity wards and it's like an old people's home in there! The babies are hot, the mums have to send their dh/dps home for more nightwear coz they're sweltering....maybe you should pack a hat in your labour bag just in case!!

Yeah I think I will take a cotton hat which I will whip off when alone! I am in for 4 nights or so as having an elecctive, but found that with both my other two when you have a private room (in a scuzzy NHS hospital) they forget about you leave you to your own devices.

Good luck with it all!

My July and August babies wore loads of those baby gro things without feet footless babygro I would also say its worth having sleeves still to protect them from the sun
I had a shade a babe but TBH don't really rate them that much as you can't see much through them and very quickly my babies got frustrated with that. You get sunshades that are sort of hood extenders IYSWIM like this I will probably get this this time round (due July) but not being too optimistic about the weather TBH!
Hoping to help

I suppose it depends on what pram you've got. I've got a bugaboo and that will be ok as is rear facing and I will be blocking most of the sun, but I'm thinking in my mountain buggy (double) the baby will be facing forwards and will be more exposed. I am likely to use it for about one day though, so not sure whether to bother.