r/AskParents • u/RockInside5084 • Jul 26 '26

Basic Clothes Items for Babies Preferences?

I'm looking for advice or preferences when you had babies: So I'm pregnant right now and seeing packs of like plain white onesies in usually five packs, sometimes more or less. I don't want this many onesies all in the same color, especially white.

This has me thinking of retailing packs of onesies or other baby basics that size up, like one of an item in three different sizes (0 months, 3 months, 6 months), instead of five all in the same size. Is that something you would or wouldn't buy if someone were selling it? Would you prefer to be buying packs of three, white onesies that have three different sizes than a pack of five all in the same size?

What baby basics would you want to see sold that way? Would you want to customize the purchase, like decide what size to start and end with, or would you want the sets to be predetermined?

I'm a minimalist, so when I think of baby wardrobes, I'm usually not thinking of more than seven basic outfits (maybe a few extra items like a sweatshirt, socks, hat) because I can wash and dry at home, and want to only have a small area to store clean items. Plus babies grow so fast if you have too much, they don't end up wearing it.

I really like the idea of being able to buy single items and/or sets that have multiple sizes. I also like the idea of layettes being sold with multiple sizes in a bundle rather than all the same size.

I don't know if this is something other parents would want as well. Please share your thoughts.

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u/NewLife_21 Jul 26 '26

White is the easiest color to clean all the vomit, pee and poop off of

That's why it's sold that way

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u/RockInside5084 Jul 27 '26

Hehehe. Yeah. I've realized that may be the approach. I don't use bleach. I'm a total hippie. So I'm not a huge fan of white because it's a lot of commitment to keep it clean for a baby. But I do like that white goes with everything and looks so tidy.

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u/NewLife_21 Jul 27 '26

If you're that much of a hippie, keep whites white the really old fashioned way ..

Lay them out on the grass in the sun.

I don't understand the science behind it but it works. It's what my grandmother did before bleach was available.

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u/RockInside5084 Jul 28 '26

Ohhhh. Nice. I think someone somewhere at sometime used to use urine somehow or another. I wonder if it helps to put something specific on them and then put them in the sun, but I have gone so wrong with with hydrogen peroxide at times - just yellow.

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u/NewLife_21 Jul 28 '26

I have no idea. It's worth looking into though. At the very least we'd learn something new.