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Can I send my two month old to day care in a onesie?
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Anonymous
I agree with this. A baby in a onesie is a baby whose parent can't bother to dress him. |
Anonymous
| My DD had some adorable onesies that were an outfit all by themselves. When they are that little there is absolutey nothing white trash about putting them in a onesie, especially in hot weather. I personally wouldn't think twice if I saw an infant in a onesie. If you're worried about it or that your LO will get cold just put some pants or the legwarmers in the bag when you drop LO off. |
Anonymous
| Dear Lord, it's just a onesie! What's trailer trash about that? And "onesie" doesn't mean just the white t-shirt kind. As PP said my DD also had some truely adorable onesies that I know were quite expensive (shower gifts). Nothing cheap or trashy at all. Put some cute little socks on it it was quite adorable. And to compare a baby in a onesie to a man in a wife beater is not even comparable!! OP there is nothing wrong with a onesie. Now if they're getting close to the age of one I would say it's time for some pants. |
Anonymous
Agree. Some people here have serious issues. |
Anonymous
| Onesie is totally fine for daycare, provided they don't keep it super-cold. I did it, babies at my kid's daycare still do it. Dropping a kid off in just a diaper is not dressing them. I mean, they're babies, who cares as long as they're comfortable? |
Anonymous
| To me, a onesie is a shirt. The only reason it covers the tush and snaps at the bottom is to keep it from riding up their little fat bellies when they are always being picked up and held. My DS doesn't even where just a onesie around the house. |
Anonymous
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This is an 8 week baby we're talking about right? So he or she isn't walking or crawling or doing much of anything except sleep and eat...
I don't see problem with onesies and those babylegs leggings in case it's cool in the room. The most important issue is comfort and that baby is taken care of well. Don't worry about appearances and other people's opinions so much. |
Anonymous
| 12:31 -- you sound like a whole lot of fun. You won't let your baby wear a onsie just around the house? Do you wear heels and a dress for dinner every night as well? |
Anonymous
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My kids have only worn onesies to bed. I agree with the
PP that says that they are just shirts. They need pants, shorts, something! If OP is self-conscious enough to post this question here, then I would suggest she go and buy some for her kid. My husband had this bad habit of dressing our DD in a onesie with leggings. I keep telling him that leggings and pants are different. She looked like a little sausage! Don't be trashy. Please dress your baby. |
Anonymous
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Seriously harsh PPs on here - it's a baby! A onesie is generally fine, but I agree with others that it may be too cool at daycare for just that. We bought some little leggings that worked well, even if they were big at first. Our older DD will be wearing lots of rompers this summer and did wear long-pant rompers and footies when she started (but it was winter then). Gap.com often has great sales to get some cheap pants/leggings. We put on socks too to keep her feet warm but didn't add shoes (Robeez for us) until she started taking off and eating her socks as entertainment (closer to 4 months).
Hope you're first week at daycare goes well! We love ours; DD was content and happy there from minute one and it's been a great community for her and for us. |
Anonymous
| Just put some stretchy pants on the baby - its not very hard! Then the baby is dressed, plus if there is a diaper blowout, its another layer to keep the poop from going everywhere. |
Anonymous
| I would not send my baby to daycare in a onesie. I agree with the others that it just looks like the baby is not dressed. Slipping on a pair of cotton stretchy pants is not a big deal. I have also never seen babies in daycare hanging out in a onesie. |
Anonymous
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It *NEVER* occurred to me that people would have such strong opinions on this topic! I have never sent DS to day care in a onesie b/c he has cute shorts I want him to wear before he outgrows. He has, however, been only in a onesie when I picked him up from day care after a blow up *despite* having clean shorts in his bin, so 'm assuming our day care provider doesn't think there's a problem with it (I didn't).
When he was 1 month old I had his picture taken for Xmas cards wearing a red onesie (with gasp, no pants!) I can only imagine what some of the people on this board would have thought of me had they received the card. I would have been cast as an unfit mother!! |
Anonymous
| Onesies aren't even shirts to me. I feel like they are underwear. |
Anonymous
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i am astonished at the strong opinion here. as long as babies are clean and comfortable (ie not cold), who cares what babies wear? these are babies for god sake! not attorneys or my office assistant or people in public office.
i'll add an offtopic aside. my DH is the SAH dad. when DS was a newborn, he and i used to fight about the crazy outfits my DH put my son in. my DH wouldn't notice, for instance, that a pair of shorts had a matching t-shirt... or wouldn't notice that DS was wearing colors that don't look good together... or would put DS into 6 month plus clothes that were too big. one day i had to really ask myself: do i really want to fight over this? do i really think this is whst good parenting is about? and do i want to be the SAH mom, making sure my DS is dressed perfectly? basically, you can see how i answered these questions if you saw my DS, happily running around apartment in onesies, the PJs he slept in the night before, and completely bizarre mixed up clothes. to OP: do what's right for you. everyone will have an opinion, and you can't make everyone happy, so keep you and your family happy. |