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jaykwalker

How do you dress your baby?

LO is three months old and has pretty much lived in sleep n plays since day one. I like the convenience of the zipper or buttons and hate putting anything on over his head. Unfortunately, he's really long and fairly thin, so we're now running into trouble with sizing.

Anyway, how do you dress your baby? Pants and a t-shirt? Pants and a onesie? Are there any particular brands that are good for long and skinny babies? I know this isn't rocket science, but I'm clueless.

Posted Apr 16, 2015, 11:32 PM UTC

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cassiland•

Carter's and Gap run skinny. Gerber as well, but also a full size smaller than everybody else. We're a onsies house because my little dude is super active and tshirts are annoying (always in his face, bunched up, caught on things) they also keep him away from his diaper if I'm too busy to put pants on him.

Garanimals, Osh Kosh, and Old Navy are all shorter bulkier cuts.

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istayquiet•

I have found that Gap runs incredibly fat. My 26lb 10 month old lives in Baby Gap and has pretty much since she was born (always off the chart for weight, usually 90th-95th for height).

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cassiland•

Hmm, I only have a few pieces from gap and they fit my dude well. I suppose they could be the exception.

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kereezyJillybean, 9/4/14•

I agree! My kiddo is 98th for weight, 80th for height (21 pound 7 month old) and she fit into the 0-3 month sleep/play from Gap until she was nearly 6 months. It was insane!

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jaykwalkerOP•

Thank you! He does have one Carter's outfit that fits really well. I'll have a look at Gap, too.

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bonjourtabbyBaby bear born 12/12/2014•

I've got a long skinny baby and he seems to fit well in carters for the most part, especially their onesies and rompers. I am really in to dressing him in rompers, and I recently discovered that he looks SO cute in onesies with little cotton shorts. I was doing cotton pants when he was a newborn but he gets hot easily and we live in Florida, so the shorts work better for him.

We have to size up sometimes in pants so they'll be long enough, and it helps them fit better over his cloth diapers.

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LilaFaith•

I have a long baby and I found that Jumping Beans pants from kohls are a much better fit than the shorter Carters pants. Also they're super cheap which is great lol

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jaykwalkerOP•

I'll check those out, thanks!

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notmymonkees•

We do either one piece footies or onesies for our four month old. She has a couple blouses and pants for dressing up on rare occasion.

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jaykwalkerOP•

Just a onsie with no pants? Are you in a warmer climate?

Honestly, I feel like the lazy mom at daycare for just sending him in footie pjs every day. Haha.

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bainchi•

I'm in Chicago and when it's colder she wears a onesie with legwarmers. Easy diaper access is the key.

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llmgold11Ethan Rhys 5/22/14•

That's all he wore all winter. Now that the warmer weather is hitting it's onesies and pants with socks. This summer will be onesies.

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notmymonkees•

North Carolina, so warmer-ish, though we've had a cold winter. But yeah, if the heat is on in the house or if it's say in the 60s outside, she'll often have on a onesie and one of those muslin Swaddles as a blanket. She tends to run really warm.

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racerocks•

A bodysuit that'll fit over her cloth diapers and footed pants are my go to right now. Footed pants means no socks to find or to fall off and the pants don't ride up to expose her little legs. She finally has little hoodies and sweaters that fit so I've been pitting those on her on rainy or cooler days.

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jaykwalkerOP•

They make footed pants?!? That is brilliant.

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colbinatorbaby girl, 3/28/2014•

The footed pants are great until baby stands. Carter's includes some in some of their multi piece layettes, I haven't seen them separate.

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34FBaby girl 4/14•

Check H&M for footed pants, I loved them before baby could stand up. I found them to fit pretty long and lean.

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emrose28•

My guy is long and has a particularly long torso, so we do separates most of the time. Today he wore an 18 mo onesie and 9 mo pants. Baby clothing sizes are nuts!

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ummmmmmnope•

My son is long and skinny too - at 7 weeks (6 lb 5 oz at birth) he is still between NB and 0-3 in the belly and 0-3 in the legs and feet, mister string bean. He lives in onesies and pants.

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lampbowlspoon•

My son is super thin and long. But we cloth diaper so most pants don't fit well. Lately I've been putting him in onesies, usually long sleeved, and baby leggings. The baby leggings are super convenient because they can stay on during diaper changes. And they piss off my MIL who is always at my house for some reason, so that's a nice bonus.

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einzelnDavis born 2/2015•

Where do you find baby leggings for your boy? I have found a few at H&M but it's hard to find ones that aren't overly girly (like, even if they are black, they are ruched or something). It's really annoying how gendered infant clothing is! I really hate the bulky baby boy pants look. Why does my infant need cargo pockets?!?

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lampbowlspoon•

Ebay mostly. Search for baby leggings and there's a ton, they just all come from China. They're under $2 a pair shipped. We have plain black ones, a several pairs of striped ones in boyish colors. There are definitely way more girly options, but the ones we have are at least gender neutral.

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dr_millisievert•

Dollar store socks with the feet cut off.

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dr_millisievert•

Kid sized socks or adult sized socks, I mean.

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Astro_nautJosephine 20/08/14 in Australia•

I mostly kept Josie in onesies til she was about 5 months old. Full length ones when it was cold, short sleeved legless ones when it was hot. Sometimes I'd put leggings under the legless ones (put the poppers over them, helps keep them up!).

But now that Josie is getting older (she's also tall, and particularly has a long body so she grows out of things length-wise before the leg parts are too short), I almost exclusively dress her in leggings and a shirt or dress, it's super cute, and I find it works better than onesies now (idk why...)

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NeedsTeaStatbaby tinysaurus 11/05/14•

I had my son in sleepers until 10 weeks old, I was also lazy. After that it was long-sleeve onesies and pants, or short-sleeve onesies, pants, and a sweater. Now that it is warming up we spend the warmer part of the day in a long-sleeve onesie, and the rest in onesies and pants. For sleep he is still in sleepers.

I have a skinny, long baby, and he fits really well in Carters!

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andthischeese•

I buy all his clothes from the Carter's outlet. They have really good sales and always email coupons for an extra 20-30% off. I dress him primarily in long sleeve onesies with comfy cotton pants. Sometimes add a hoodie or sweater. Summer is a short sleeve onesie under cotton shorts. Only use zippered jumpers for bedtime.

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colbinatorbaby girl, 3/28/2014•

Carter's onesies are great for longer and thinner, but the pants seem hit or miss. My daughter grows out of the pants first, then footed jammies/sleep and plays, then non footed.

9 days out of 10 since about 4-5 months my daughter is in a onesie and leggings. Baby Legs FTW (lots of colors, useful for months, even great when baby wearing). Sometimes if she's just moved into a size we do matching pants but the longer she's in the size the more they are like capris instead ;)

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Jess928912 month old boy•

Carter's cotton pajamas run very long. They are awkward for my son to wear because he is very short. He grows out of them quickly but still doesn't fit into the next size because they are way too long. Carters onesies also run long. Basically all of carter's clothes. :)

Also, to answer your question, at that age, I usually dressed my son in only footy pajamas and onesies until he was about 8 or 9 months old. When he started to move around and learn to crawl, we put him in a onesie, tshirt, shorts, or pants so that he could crawl easier. And he only wears footy pajamas at night.

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athaliah•

When he was first born in the dead of winter, he was all bundled up at home, but now that he is 3 months and its warmer, we are a onesie household. If we're going out in public, I put pants on him. I hate t-shirts at this age, the shirts ride up when you try to hold the baby. We put a nice collared shirt on him for our family's Easter gathering and it was sooo annoying to pull it down all day!

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ShitHappensDude•

Warmer climate here too. My 3 month baby is usually hot and hangs out in the moby. So she usually wears a onsie with socks. If we go out I put pants on her or pack leggings if I'm scared she'll get cold in the moby. Baby wearing usually makes us both hot though. If the sun is bright and we will be outside I cover her in long sleeves and pants to prevent sunburn. We still chill in the shade as much as possible.

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einzelnDavis born 2/2015•

Old Navy and Gap sell tshirts with onesie bottoms. Basically, looks like a normal tee but functions as a onesie.

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athaliah•

Well TIL. I think I may have to go shopping soon, cause I do love the look of little baby shirts!

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kerida1•

My LO is long too and i find the carter pants work best for him. When it was colder i did onsies, pants, socks (and used the socks ons to keep them on) now that it is getting warmer i sometimes do those one piece snap up rompers from carters and socks

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perfectdrug659Crazy 1 year old boy•

I'm a big fan of onsies + pants, long sleeve shirt or sweater if it's cold. Overalls are also SO cute.

Joe Fresh brand is my #1, perfect for tall and skinny babies, great prices and SO damn cute.

Just a tip, if you have non-carpeted flooring, footie P/js or anything with feet are super dangerous once they begin to pull up to stand, for us that was at 6 months and I had to get rid of a bunch of footie PJs.

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gwenami•

My girl (average-long, but skinny) wears mostly Carter's onsies and pants. I like that they have stuff that's easy to mix & match. And the onesies are so stretchy, she wore the 3 month size from when she was born (she was 9lb60z) until she was probably 7 months old, easy.

Sleepsuits for bedtime though.

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fluffmama•

For us it's typically a onesie and tights. I hate pants on babies and we are doing cloth diapers anyways, so I don't even bother. Sometimes I wil add a shirt, some rooms in our house get chilly.

In the winter I put a fleece suit on him to go outside, no that it's warmer he has a cotton knit suit.

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fusselworth•

4 months in, we still mostly dress her in sleep and plays, unless we're meeting up with people and I want her to look extra cute. Otherwise it's "daytime jammies" all day err day.

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kereezyJillybean, 9/4/14•

I've got a chubadub. I find that the Carter's brand runs bigger(fatter) than the "Just One You" brand at Target. My kiddo can still wear some of her 6-9 month clothes from Carter's, but the days of 6-9m Just one you are WAY over. Her little roly-poly legs just can't shimmy into the pants!

Edited to add: The Just One You brand IS carter's, but I SWEAR it fits differently!

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ummmmmmnope•

I agree - The Just One You is way skinnier when held up to the other Carter's lines. I just organized my onesie pile by actual size so I would stop putting something on only to have to take it back off, and they're some of the skinniest ones, along with Gerber and the onesie brand. Circo, Old Navy, and Osh Kosh are way wider. Jumping Bean from Kohls is somewhere in the middle. Who knew dressing babies was so complicated!?

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