Question from July 2012 Board...

BecomingFamilyofFour · March 2012

Hello, Ladies! I'm hoping that since you all had babies last summer in July, that you will be able to help me. I'm starting to think about the "coming home" outfit for my LO that is due this coming July. I don't know if I should buy a long sleeved or short sleeved outift? What did your LO wear home from the hospital? Any advice would be great! TIA!

ohdrama09 · March 2012

https://www.carters.com/null/3-Piece-Short-Set/714442450698,default,pd.html?cgid=carters-baby-girl-short-and-skirt-sets

^that is what we brought DD home in. Different colors, but the same set. I had a light receiving blanket I put on her in the car because we had the AC on.

jmo866 · March 2012

DS wore a long sleeves, and it is very hot here. He could have worn short sleeves I suppose, but I feel like we were always worried about him being cold in the beginning and always kept him so snug-a-bug. In reality, the A/C was on in the car, and he was outside for like 30 seconds, so he could have worn anything.

katiewhompus · March 2012

DD wore a long sleeve shirt, pants, and socks. The shirt was a kimono style vs over the head which was so much easier to put on her. It was ridiculously hot (102 in VA) but she went from an AC'd hospital to the cold car to our cold house so she didn't get hot and the clothes kept her from getting sun.

katiewhompus · March 2012

(the socks disappeared in the car)

Timshel17 · March 2012

I still can't believe they let us take her home (haha!)... anyway, she was in a sleeveless dress and socks. It was insanely hot, but like a pp said, we were mostly inside or in the car, so it didn't really matter. If short sleeves and the car is cold, you can use a blanket, if long sleeves and your LO is warm, turn up the AC. Our AC is finicky though, so I think that's why we went with the sleeveless dress. She is pretty warm blooded and ended up wearing onesies and no socks all summer.

scuba2011 · March 2012

We did a short sleeve onesie outfit that had pants with the built in footies.

doubleOmommy · March 2012

DS wore a short sleeved onesie and pants with socks and a light blanket:)

MISSMOLLY1214 · March 2012

This is similar to the little set we bought. We decided not to use the cardigan since it was so hot. We did cover her with a light blanket because we had the AC on in the car.

https://www.carters.com/carters/2-Piece-Dress-Set/V_121A379,default,pd.html?cgid=carters-baby-girl-collections-baby-brights

swimiz500 · March 2012

It was a little dress with a little short sleeved sweater over it. She has never liked being warm though, so it worked well for us. Congratulations on your LO- such a wonderful and exciting time!

LyndseyLC · March 2012

we live in MN and it was really really hot and humid in mid July. She wore a newborn size sleeveless dress home.

MISSMOLLY1214 · March 2012

swimiz500:
It was a little dress with a little short sleeved sweater over it. She has never liked being warm though, so it worked well for us. Congratulations on your LO- such a wonderful and exciting time!

That is the dress Sara came home in too!

damabo80 · March 2012

We brought DD home at the end of June (in Georgia). The drive home was 10 minutes.

I went for cute. I dressed her in a cotton sundress, socks, hat, and had a blanket over her (since we were going from the A/C hospital to the a/c car, to the a/c house.

nbbride06 · March 2012

A long sleeved footed sleeper. The hospital was cold.

MOONGIRL2467 · March 2012

DD wore a newborn sleeveless dress with socks. And a light blankie. Good luck! And enjoy because time goes by too fast!!

queeniecrayon · March 2012

MISSMOLLY1214:
swimiz500:
It was a little dress with a little short sleeved sweater over it. She has never liked being warm though, so it worked well for us. Congratulations on your LO- such a wonderful and exciting time!
That is the dress Sara came home in too!

Ellie came home in the same dress!!!! LOL it was a warm late June in Michigan and I thought it was perfect. She spent most of her first 2 months in short sleeved onsies. I had all these footed sleepers and we barely used them. She's a warm baby though..if she falls asleep in your arms she wakes up a sweaty mess.

RubySB3 · March 2012

It was hot in MA and DS wore a long sleeved onsie, shorts, socks, and a hat. The hospital was chilly and the car had AC. We used an aiden and anais blanket in the car to keep his legs warm.

Congrats- such a sweet and exciting time

Amitchell0626 · March 2012

DD wore a sleeper.

iheartmyllama · March 2012

doubleOmommy:
DS wore a short sleeved onesie and pants with socks and a light blanket:)

This

Cindilouwho24 · March 2012

This is what she wore home. I did bring a short sleeved dress with me to just in case it was really hot out.

erika1677 · March 2012

iheartmyllama:
doubleOmommy:
DS wore a short sleeved onesie and pants with socks and a light blanket:)
This

Yep. Nobody was at our house or anything, it was just us so we went for comfort I will say this~She was so small that NB stuff didn't fit her and I wished I had a premie outfit or two. She still hasn't outgrown NB socks Big Smile

lisamoe · March 2012

I originally planned on bringing DS home in a short sleeve shirt and pants ( this outfit was too big) so I ended up bringing him home in a onesie with pants.

I would bring a 0-3 month outfit and a newborn outfit to make sure your LO fits in one or the other.

katie4253 · March 2012

I'd opt for a long sleeved footed sleeper. Comfy and warm enough if the ac is on.

dairygirl19 · March 2012

It was C.Place pj set.

Green pants with a tshirt and a little jacket over it.

I say long sleeves for sure. It was 110 in the shade when LO was born but the hospital was a bit chilly, the car, the errands we did on the way home and our house was all A/C.

Saltina11 · March 2012

Carters short sleeved onesie with pants. Blanket over her.

starz57182 · March 2012

She came home in her hospital hat, and a long sleeve tee under a short sleeve onesie. By accident. We had put the onesie on her the day before we left because the hospital just put her in a long sleeve tee and blanket. One of the times that they took her to the nursery, they put the tee back on under the onesie. When we left the next day, no one noticed and I didn't think about it until we got home. Oops.

Anyway, it was pretty warm, but like everyone else has said, every place we went had AC. She didn't even wear pants or socks home, because it was all too big anyway. I definitely suggest bringing different sizes. Our baby is a bean and the NB onesie was baggy even over the top of the tee shirt. She wore her NB forever.

mvhyde · March 2012

Just a onsie and a receiving blanket.

Kara03 · March 2012

We brought dd home in a summer cotton short sleeve dress with a blanket over her for the car ride.

Brady77 · March 2012

Mine came home in the LS kimono shirt with cuffs that the hospital dressed her in every day, diaper, hospital hat and receiving blanket. It was over 100 degrees here and the carseat are so hot. She lived in those shirts for several weeks.

By the time we were leaving, I just didn't care about changing her and those shirts were great.

I had brought these with me, kimono onesies and l loved them, she wore them a lot at first since I hated putting things over her head.

https://www.amazon.com/Gerber-Baby-girls-Newborn-Sleeve-Onesie/dp/B005LUROU8/ref=sr_1_2?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1332722692&sr=1-2

CocoBrynne · March 2012

https://www.carters.com/carters/Baby-Bear-4-Piece-Sleeper-Set/V_121A019,default,pd.html?cgid=carters-baby-boy-little-layette-take-me-home-sets

This and a lightweight Carters swaddle blanket over his legs. The outfit is really light cotton, so it was perfect, we had the AC on in the car and at our house.

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