As Halloween was approaching this past year, one of my male coworkers joked about wearing a onesie to work. I’m pretty sure he meant something like this:
…but I immediately pictured him in this:
Sorry, buddy.
Male coworker #2, a new dad, started howling with laughter and explained what a onesie technically is. Kudos to him for knowing the difference! I, on the other hand, tried to focus my mind on rainbows and butterflies. Suffice it to say, some of us need to brush up on our layette lingo.
Whether you’re an expecting mother or simply discussing costume ideas, it’s a helpful thing to understand the subtleties between certain articles of clothing, especially when onesies are involved. If you’re new to the baby-clothes madness, here’s a diagram I created (and husband beautified) to show you how they’re all related:
As you’re preparing your own baby’s layette, here are some things to keep in mind:
- How much of each item do you need? I was going to offer recommendations (you can find plenty of lists online), but realize that every family’s situation is different. Some parents like to take their babies out and let everyone hold them, so I imagine they would actually want to dress their babies in real clothes. Like, something other than PJs. And then there’s us. To be honest, we had our baby in sleepers for most of the first few months. I’m a sweats kinda gal, what can I say? It totally worked for us!
- Wait until after the baby shower to purchase any baby clothes. People love gifting baby clothes and blankets, and kind friends might offer hand-me-downs, so wait until after the baby shower to buy anything. I’m not sure I bought a single article of clothing for our baby girl, now that I think of it…
- Consider what season your baby will be born in. We had a whole bunch of adorable dresses for our baby girl, but since she was a winter baby, she hasn’t had the chance to wear too many of them. We also have a really cute reindeer costume in the closet, but she might just have to pretend it’s Christmas in July.
- Hold back on the newborn-sized clothing. Most babies outgrow the newborn (or “nb”) size very quickly (and some never fit it at all), so hang onto your receipts and tags for those.
There are a lot of things to say about baby clothes, but when it comes down to it, you figure out what you really like and need once your cutie pie arrives. I’ve had some friends who had summer babies, and they just let them scoot about in their diapers most of the day! So don’t think too hard about it (like I did), and just enjoy those chubby thighs and dimpled hands as much as you can!
P.S. Mr. Coworker, I believe the correct term for you is adult footed pajamas. However, if you search “onesie” online, one-piece costumes do come up. So I guess the word has been frindled and it’s probably okay to say onesie after all :).
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Wow. Super education. Thanks for the article 🙂 i’m a first time mom so i didn’t know about the variety of baby clothes. All these types of clothes i found from green-rose.uk.com and bought all kinds for my baby 🙂 Plus,they are from merino wool so keeps my baby super warm 🙂
I’m so glad you found this helpful! Congratulations!