Infant clothes for DC summer?
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Anonymous
| I am a first-time mom trying to build my registry and figure out the essentials I'll need for the first few months. It seems like most of the infant clothes are long-sleeved or even long sleeves and pants. I know babies need to be kept warm, but will that be too hot for summer in DC? Should I try to get only short-sleeved onesies and then transition into warmer clothes in the fall? |
Anonymous
| Infants overheat quite easily. I think my son basically lived in a onesie during the summer when he was 5-8 months old. |
Anonymous
| I second the sleeveless onesie suggestion. It’s okay for infanta to go sleeveless during DC summers; they not working on the Hill, after all. |
Anonymous
| OP here - thanks! Any favorite brands? |
Anonymous
| Mine wore onesies with no pants all summer. Primarily from Carters and Baby Gap. |
Anonymous
Carters, costco has nice sets. Target too. Kids go through tons of clothing their first two years. Don't overspent. Ask for 0-12 month clothing. |
Anonymous
| Don’t buy too much stuff now. My kid was born in November and in 18 months clothes by July. |
Anonymous
| My spring and summer babies hung out in short sleeved onesies and no pants, with a light muslin blanket for sun protection as needed. Summer stuff is probably just not as available right now. |
Anonymous
| Now is actually a great time to search for summer clothes as some are seriously discounted. I scored Baby Boden pieces for $5 this time 2 years ago for my summer baby. Search sale sections of stores like Baby Gap and Old Navy for onesies. You may want a couple footed ones for sleep but otherwise the short sleeved ones are all you need. |
Anonymous
| At that age my baby lived in Carter’s onesies all summer long. I had 2-3?nice sets of clothes for pictures but I didn’t bother buying the nicer brands till she was older and not growing out of everything in a week. |
Anonymous
| I had a June baby and baby wore long sleeves and long pants or sleepers for the first month. Brand new babies don’t regulate their own temperatures very well and I had serious postpartum sweats so we had the AC on for me. Then after that we tended to wear long sleeves for sun protection since babies under 6 months aren’t supposed to wear sunscreen. |
Anonymous
HA! Made me laugh. |
Anonymous
| Will your baby be a newborn in the summer? I had a July baby and thought it was hot AF outside, we kept our house pretty cool so still put him in longsleeve bodysuits and pjs. So I guess it depends on how often you think you’ll be outside with a newborn (we really didn’t want him to get eaten alive by mosquitos so weren’t outside much more than a walk or two a day until September when it cooled down) and how cool you keep your house in the summer. If an older baby by summer, yeah i agree don’t put too much stuff on past 0-3 months bc you don’t know how quickly your kid will grow. |
Anonymous
| Consider whether they'll be in air conditioning inside or being taken around outside. Keep in mind they get SUPER sweaty in a sling in the summer. We are not heat and humidity people and don't spend much time outdoors in the summer. So a short-sleeve onesie and pants was perfect for a newborn in an air-conditioned home. |
Anonymous
| Rompers are great! |