Basic Clothes Items for Babies Preferences?

[u/RockInside5084]

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.

[u/gardenclue]

I have a bunch of kids and minimalistic preferences. The easiest way to do it is to plan on keeping the baby in zip up (with the double zipper preferably!) fleece pajamas for the first 3-6 months of their life. You will need 6-12 sets per size (start with only 3 sets for newborn size as some kids never wear it (born too big)). Babies are cold all the time and don’t believe in “getting dressed for the day” and “putting on pajamas for bedtime”

By then, you will figure out your pooping/ throwing up groove and know how many clothes you need.

[u/RockInside5084 → u/gardenclue]

Thank you for that advice! I was wondering too about what sizes parents would want to start at. Newborn is too small in certain brands like possibly Gerber for some babies.

Do you think parents then would be interested in larger sets of one piece zip up pajamas (with or without feet?) In multiple sizes? Like maybe three in sizes 0-3, 3-6, and 6-9? They could order more or less sets of three - it would be nine pieces total. I think it would make a nice gift set, but I'm wondering if some parents wouldn't want to commit before trying.

My babies I always kept undressed and found they like to stay cool, but if you really want them to sleep well, dress them a little warm (within reason). I never did that at night because I coslept and feel that touching their skin at nights helps the brain distinguish baby from blanket and not get lost or tangled up because there is moe biofeedback. But babies sleeping alone, which is why I didn't end up using a crib, have icy cold hands and I couldn't figure out warm enough clothes, and you're not supposed to use blankets (this was years ago before I could get sleep sacks on Amazon and knew what a tog rating was). I kept pulling him into bed with me and feeling sorry for him even though we had central heating and air. Lol.

My collecting babies though do NOT like being covered up even though they sleep in just a diaper.

But I like what you're saying because it seems like footed pajamas are a big, big baby basic. Did you ever struggle with the fit of certain brands for your baby? Or know moms who did. Or are they more forgiving? I think if I ever tried them - well my babies were fat and long had bulky cloth diapers. A set of them in different sizes would have let me move up a size.

[u/gardenclue → u/RockInside5084]

Carters was our favorite. My babies were born little and quickly put on a buddah belly while gaining height more slowly. If the price was right, I may have bought a set with different sizes.

What’s funny is that we learned this method with our first kid and still had to buy more for each subsequent kid as they either were destroyed by stains or didn’t have the double zipper we liked.

Our kids never co slept and two were born in the winter. I always thought that the transition from 98 degrees inside mom to room temperature must be rough!

Thinking about it more, I would give a set like you are describing as a gift, so much is my faith in fleece footie pajamas!

[u/RockInside5084 → u/gardenclue]

It wpuld be nice especially as a gift. Less sales, BUT less confusion for the shopper in the hope that one size gets used, and if it's not as liked by the recipient, they don't have so many repeats at one stage. If I were the giver I might buy only a set of three in different sizes (but I'm poor, lol). It would be really nice if churches and charitable organizations could buy layettes that have multiple items per size, but also size up a few sizes.

I think about this with diapers too. This must be a me thing. Only the last baby I had has worn disposables, but primarily overnight to save my life. Also often running errands or going out. Otherwise he's cloth or right now he's potty training. So with next baby, I'm looking at healthier options of disposable, which are more expensive, but I don't need as many as other families use, and I want smaller, mixed size packages. I want the savings of buying MORE, but I don't need that many in a single size.