How did you dress your baby after birth?

[NewDirections]

I'm having a homebirth and I'm wondering what is the best way to dress my baby when he/she is firstborn. I know in the hospital this wouldn't be an issue, as the baby would be in a t-shirt, hat, diaper, and swaddled in a blanket. However, at home I'm not sure what to put on the baby Experienced mamas, what is best to dress my newborn in on his/her birthday?

[pamamidwife]

I think it's so nice to do skin to skin with mom or other parent for at least the first day. Blanket over baby and family member.

[brightonwoman]

My DS was born in the morning. We put a diaper on him and wrapped him in a blanket and snuggled him. I did put a hat on him cuz the blanket didn't cover his head, but he didn't wear any other clothing that first day. We did a lot of skin to skin, but kept the blanket on him too.
That night I did put a shirt on him (plus hat and diaper) cuz I was worried about his arms/chest being exposed in the night, and it gets pretty darn cold here in the winter at night (I'm in Alaska!) I started putting him in jammies et al on day 2.

[weliveintheforest]

my son didn't wear anything for his first day. I probably put something on him for the night, but I honestly don't remember. I agree that it's nice to just lay with baby on you or your partner's skin with a blanket over you both.

[lola731]

my youngest 2 were homebirths, and after skin to skin/bf/bath w/me time, we dressed them in soft baby pjs. I had picked out special outfits (we didn't know if baby was a boy or girl each time, so I had a girl outfit and boy outfit ready to go...just something i wanted to do ). i'm in alaska, too

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[GoBecGo]

I had chosen an outfit for DD. It had been set out for her arrival for a week and i LOVED putting a baby in it finally (she was born at 41+4).

After a few hours of skin to skin we put a cloth nappy on her, a kimono-style vest (so she didn't have to have anything else pulled over her head that day!) and a little sleepsuit. Then i wrapped her in a shawl i'd knitted for her and left her having a last cuddle with the midwives while i had a shower and DH tidied up a bit from the birth.

[SamGroom]

after skin to skin, we put ours in a really soft sleep gown.

[Ruthla]

After DD1 was born, the MW put a baby hat on her and then wrapped her up in a blanket. After about half an hour or so, we put on a diaper and a "baby bag" then wrapped her back up in a new blanket. I forget if we put her in socks right away- over the next few weeks, that's mostly what she wore- hat, baby bag, diaper, socks, and blanket.

After DD2 was born (in late April in Baltimore, no A/C), we dressed her the same way we'd dressed DD1, but she got too hot. We quickly switched her to hat, diaper, onesie, socks, and blanket, adding or removing layers (blanket and/or socks) as needed, depending on the heat.

[cc_mama]

My mw's have a onsie and baby gown on the homebirth supply list for after skin to skin time. We will be ec'ing so I will probably skip the onsie, but love the long gowns for babies.

You're at home, easy enough to change the baby's outfit if you don't like it

[Kidzaplenty]

I love onesies! After the skin to skin time, I use those as much as possible the first weeks.

[ACsMom]

Hadn't really thought about this, hmmm....

[WindyCityMom]

I live in Chicago and my home is pretty chilly.

If baby is born during the morning/daytime hours I'll keep her in just a prefold for that time (diaper not going on right away unless she's like my DD1 who had massive poos from just after birth). Clearly I'll have a blanket over her, but I'd like to do alot of skin-to-skin. Later on, I'd put a kimono on her. If she's born at night I might just put her in a kimono shirt after a bit of skin to skin. They're easy to unbutton anyhow, and allow for skin-to-skin while keeping the rest of them warm, plus a blanket.

[Belle]

I honestly don't remember what we put her in. I think it must have been a plain t-shirt and a diaper with a hat.

[Peony]

My house is cold. My babies go into soft little sleepers, hat, and a blanket.

[dogmom327]

With DS I was so out of it (and being stitched up for 2 hours) that I have no idea (which makes me sad--that I don't really remember those first few hours with him). With DD, she was naked (and later a diaper) and we were skin to skin for the first 10-12 hours. After that she went to a onesie and baby legs wrapped in a swaddle blanket.

[Angelorum]

Mine was born in July, and it was hot! He and I both wore nothing but diapers (mama cloth, lol) for the first couple of days, until I felt like getting up out of bed a bit. I don't think ds wore anything but his diaper and a blanket until he was a week old and we went to church.

[laughingfox]

My daughter was born in August, and we had no A/C, so it was just a diaper.

This one's due in April, so some clothes might be needed.
If it's colder, I'll do a gown before I do pjs/pants/babylegs, at least for the first few days. That way baby's legs can still touch eachother.
Otherwise it'll be a baby shirt- not a onesie. I want to be able to rub that baby tummy.