what to wear - winter babies?

[BarefootGirl]

My first is due Dec 1st and now that I'm in the 2nd tri I'm starting to think about scrounging second-hand shops for baby clothes and starting to register for a few things. I stocked up on cloth dipes already, but that's it. I don't have anything.

What do winter babies wear? Long PJs? Is it hard to change the dipes? Long-sleeve tees with cloth dipe and baby legs with socks? Regular short-sleeve onesies and just wrap in blankets all the time? Are gowns better (easier?) than long PJs?

Need advice. Just want to get whatever kind of basics are most comfortable for baby and most convenient for me. I don't think I'll need any "real" clothes til the warmer months, right?

[Knitting Mama]

I'd get lots and lots of sleepers. The zipper ones are cute, but the snapped kind are easier for diaper changes. Babylegs are probably going to be too big for your newborn. I have a ton that I'm just waiting for my baby to grow into!

[Blue Light]

winter clothing

My second DD was born 12/31. I had several heavier weight sleepers and/or fleece sleepers. I would put her in a long sleeve onesie, socks, and the sleeper. We used blankets but nothing too heavy. We keep our heat on 65 and I think she was just fine with that clothing set-up. When going outside I used a fleece hat, same general clothing, and a heavier blanket.

We live in the south so it is not artic temps here but we do get snow and have sub freezing weather. I didn't find the snowsuits useful at all. To bulky. Fleece jackets were nice. Wool socks/booties worked well. I tried to keep her hands covered if outside.

I love fleece and it did keep her very warm. Second hand shops usually have fleece clothing items.

[Nicole730]

Lots of fleece sleepers and long sleeve onesies. Sure there are snaps to get around, but I feel it keeps the baby warmest. I prefer zippered sleepers actually, I find them easier to change.

[Baby Mama]

Footed sleepers with snaps all the way down BOTH legs + onsies underneath + hats. For more warmth we swaddled.

[Norasmomma]

My kids are both fall babies, so when Dec came around they were still pretty little.

My list:

Footed jammies with snaps or zippers, fleece or heavy cotton
A fleece suit for outside if necessary, walks, etc
long sleeve onsies and short sleeve for under clothes
A nice knitted hat-all those little baby hats never fit my kids, they have big heads, lol
socks
warm booties-I liked Acorn fleece ones, their baby ewie ones are cute too

[tzs]

at the very beginning we just did onesies and swaddle and blankets.
later on we moved to footed pajamas.
my babe wore a hat all the time. usually just one of those cotton knotted ones but our house gets really cold so sometimes she would wear a winter hat.
she also wore these fake ugg boot looking booties that i found at target that people thought were so over the top but they were they only things that kept the socks on. ministar and robeez both make soft furry "boots" that would work.
look for a snowsuit or snowsuit thing that would work with the car seat. i borrowed one that was like a sleeping bag but with legs. she hated it b/c her arms weren't free but it was a relatively mild winter so for the most part we just wrapped her in blankets.

[tzs]

oh also...for sleeping we loved the sleepsack. toasty!

our salvation army has had some really great winter coat/snowsuits lately. i think people must be getting rid of them and nobody else but me is buying. i've got name brand winter coats for the next three years!

[tzs]

ugh....forgot about the sweaters. i liked having a couple little cardigans or hoodies to throw on over her sleeper. our house gets seriously cold.

[GingerNinja]

I'll definitely second the sleepsack.

My ds was born in April, but the day before that.. it was snowing here in Halifax!! We just have a no-name one, but love it.. that paired with footed sleepers seemed to do the trick.
We have a great baby hoodie too.. extra nice for keeping the neck warm while in the sling on those cold, windy days.

[Cutie Patootie]

My ds was born on the 3rd of January. He wore Rusko woolies, long sleeve cotton t-shirt, and a very warm sleepsack...every day until warm spring. LOL

This...


and this...
Long Sleeve woolie
(or this)
Long sleeve woolie onesie

then this on top...
Long sleeve cotton tee
(or this)
long sleeve cotton baby gown(I used these when he was brand new with the woolie long johns underneath. It made changing easy.
(or this)
long sleeve cotton side-snap tee(I used this when he still had his cord. I put it on the bottom layer and the woolie over top until his cord feel off.)


and then these...
long woolie nappy pants (I didn't use these as a diaper cover. They are wonderful wool long john bottoms.)
(or these)
woolie long johns

Then I kept him in a heavy sleepsack.
The grembo ones are very thick and warm.
I had this one and this one.

and these. LOL
woolie slippers

If I had to take him out, I put him in a little sleeper.

It sounds expensive, but because he didn't really need any clothes, I didn't have to buy a ton of stuff. I had 2 sets of woolies, 2 sleepsacks, 4-6 long sleeve t-shirts and 1 sleeper(for going out of the house). Also, you can lots of similar things cheaper online. I love wool. He was always toasty and comfy.

[BarefootGirl]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone! And thanks for the links, Cutie Patootie! What cute stuff! Wonder if I could find any of those items gently used? Though I bet they'd last through several kids if I could avoid diaper blow-outs and lots of spit-up.

[Cutie Patootie]

Originally Posted by BarefootGirl

Thanks for the suggestions everyone! And thanks for the links, Cutie Patootie! What cute stuff! Wonder if I could find any of those items gently used? Though I bet they'd last through several kids if I could avoid diaper blow-outs and lots of spit-up.

Yes, you definitely can! And they last through many babies.

[cloudbutterfly]

My son was also due December 1st, though he came a couple weeks early. :-)

He lived in Carter's footed sleepers with snaps. Easy dressing while they still feel so fragile, easy diaper changes. I especially liked the terry cloth and fleece ones...nice to have both depending on the indoor temperature. I didn't start using onesies much until he moved up into 6 mo. size...too much of a pain to get it over his head while his neck was still floppy. Long-sleeved kimono shirts/onesies are great.

I didn't have much use for anything else, other than cute outfits for the sake of being cute. They can't wear puffy jackets, etc., in carseats anyway, so I'd put him in a fleece sleeper and tuck a blankie around him when we went out.

I love the fleece Halo swaddle sacks--they seemed to keep him the perfect temperature with one of those terry sleepers. We're just weaning him off of the largest size (small) now. You can use them with or without the swaddle part and they cost the same as the regular swaddle sacks, so I wish I'd just bought 2 newborn and 2 small swaddle sacks to begin with.

[Bebe's Mom]

sleepers definitely!!!! Hats and socks and long sleeved onesies. also, we had a bundle me for her carseat..it was great. also we had a snowsuit for going out, which had a hood on it. I also liked onesies with mittens on them, but I had regular mittens as well. You can never have too many socks. We cosleep, so we only put her in a onesie, otherwise she would get too hot.

[belltree]

Footsies were great for our late November baby. We only used hats the first couple of days, he just overheated way to easily; we live in New England and keep our temperature in the winter at 62F. He was fine all winter long. Not every baby is constantly cold, and needs tons of layering, some are like little space heaters.