Trying to be practical about buying baby clothes...

grace_smith03 · July 2009

Hey, all! My mom and i have been oohing and ahhing over baby girl clothes ever since i found out i was having a girl....she's gung-ho about buying dresses from 0-3 months, I think it's more practical to at least wait till the 6-12 month range...

any observations? From other boards, i've gathered that the baby will be using primarily jammies/onesies for the first 6 months...when did you start dressing your baby girls in cute, fun outfits?

TIA!

rylen11 · July 2009

I started to put her in the cute stuff around 3 months; before that it was mostly rompers or onesies and pants.

katlizabeth · July 2009

Ds wore jammies and sleep sack things for about the first 4-6 weeks, and then we started dressing him in outfits. Not always something too fancy and cute, but a oneise and pants (or sometimes something cutsie!) I think it may depend on the weather where you live too-I wouldn't dress a baby girl in a cute dress very often in the winter in Wisconsin (I know they'd be bundled up outside, but still).

KeepingItLowKey · July 2009

Started doing cute dresses and outfits around 2 months.

ougrad1 · July 2009

It depends...Emerson skipped over 3-6 mo size completely. She grew so fast. Don't buy the cutsie stuff in 0-3. She may end up wearing it for the first four weeks of her life.

I started really dressing Emerson up when she started mother's day out at around 5 months.

bananaQ · July 2009

I guess I am in the minority here. I regret buying nice outfits for the 1st year, esp 0-3 and 3-6 months. A couple(1-2) nice outfits per age group would have sufficed, as DS was always in jammies and sleepers during the 1st year. I have so many unworn (or worn once) beautiful outfits. Oh well, that's a first time parent for you.

Now that he is standing and walking, I can appreciate the outfits more.

Smores730 · July 2009

During the first 4 months, we only got her out of onesies and the like a handfull of times for holidays or whatever big occasion. Also before you load up on bigger dresses know that once they start crawling, dresses can easily get in the way.

7river7wed7 · July 2009

bananaQ:
I guess I am in the minority here. I regret buying nice outfits for the 1st year, esp 0-3 and 3-6 months. A couple(1-2) nice outfits per age group would have sufficed, as DS was always in jammies and sleepers during the 1st year. I have so many unworn (or worn once) beautiful outfits. Oh well, that's a first time parent for you.
Now that he is standing and walking, I can appreciate the outfits more.

This - dd still wears a onesie most days with shirts or pants layers to fit the weather. Unless its a special occasion, she doesn't wear cutsie outfits.

Kellina · July 2009

I have a boy, but the first 2-3 months he LIVED in sleep-n-plays or sleep sack type things. Trust me, when you are changing them 12 times a day and they have blowouts, you don't want them in cute stuff! And you're not really going anywhere where they need to look "dressed up"!

Even now I prefer either all-in-one rompers that look like a onesie with "shorts", or a onesie with pants or shorts. (elastic waist, cotton...)

I bought cute little plaid shirts, even T-shirts... but they ride up and you need a onesie under them, so now in the summer it's pointless...

HTH!

abrtpk1 · July 2009

A few cute dresses per age group could work...but chances are you'll lean more towards practicality once you're in the mix of being a new mommy!I agree with pp that said dresses are sort of a hindrance when babies are crawling around!

Emmerson spends most of her time in cute comfy cotton outfits. (Unless we're heading somewhere special) I buy a ton of stuff at Baby Gap. It's pretty affordable, cute and practical. It also washes well. The other brands that I tend to gravitate towards are Tea collection and Zutano. Zutano is great (if you like the mismatched look:O)) but all of their stuff is mix and match and very comfy...washes extremely well, etc. All important things for babies under one, IMO.

Good luck!

nbjenni · July 2009

My girls were preemies and born during the fall/winter, so I rarely put them in dresses. They stayed in sleepers for the most part. I did, however, get a few newborn dresses (like their coming home outfit) for special occasions (Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc). Around 4 months I put them in dresses anytime we went out. Carter's makes really cute and comfy cotton ones, and they also have a party dress line. I'm a huge fan of smocked clothing so my girls have a lot of that, too.

SBear12 · July 2009

Lyla was a pretty average sized baby, born in October.

She wore mostly rompers and onesies/pants for the first couple months in size 0-3. Then when she hit size 3-6 (around 8 weeks old, I think?), I loved putting her in little cotton, long-sleeved dresses with leggings (Zutano and Gymboree, mostly)... she wore those ALL the time. Obviously no bare legs or short-sleeves, since it was the winter (in Pennsylvania).

By the time spring rolled around, she was into size 6-12, and I've dressed her in cute cotton dresses all summer long.

DBride2006 · July 2009

I suppose it depends on your lifestyle. I WAH and it is not uncommon for DS & I to not go out in public for 2-3 days at a time. At home, all he wears are onesies and cotton pants/shorts. If he was in daycare, I might "dress" him more. So he has tons of onesies and cotton pants, a few pairs of jeans and just 2 or 3 "outfits" in each size. I imagine a girl would be the same for us, too.

As PP said, seasonality affects things, too. ?

babiesonboard · July 2009

My girls always had cute outfits--they were mostly sleepers, one pieces & onsies during the first few months, then graduated to simple dresses around 4 months. My oldest didn't wear the really nice fru fru dresses until she was walking (11 months) & they're so cute walking around and trying to twirl.

I love LOVE the Carter's soft cotton dresses--they're too cute & cheap!

Mjmksb04 · July 2009

Since you are having a winter baby, I would recommend that you mostly buy sleepers and other practical clothes and limit the number of fancy dressy stuff. Think functional and practical and warm for the first 3 months.

Kentuckychick_8201 · July 2009

Being that you are having a winter baby like I did (she was born November 6th) I wouldn't recommend buying a lot of dresses in small sizes. The only dress DD wore before easter was her first Christmas dress when she was 7 weeks old. The rest of the time she mostly just wore sleepers and warm pants outfits. My advice: Stock up on warm sleepers and save the dresses for summer.

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