Buying Clothes for a Newborn Born in May

[Anonymous]

I'm having a brain fart and can't remember what my son wore in the house over the summer when he was an infant. We took him out doors in onsies. A newborn needs to wear sleepers inside even if it's hot outside, right?

[Anonymous]

It depends on the temperature in your house. We kept in warm so we usually stuck with the onesies or similar. On cooler days, we did lightweight cotton footed sleepers.

[Anonymous]

My son was born on May 2nd. I had lots of lovely onesies and summer clothes from DS#1, but had to buy some winter outfits because the first part of May was pretty chilly. And I keep my house relatively warm.

[Anonymous]

It's really important not to overheat your baby. If it's fairly warm outside and you're not using air conditioning, I definitely wouldn't put more on your DC inside than you're putting on him outside. We did like to use footed sleepers because I think it made our DD feel more secure (sort of like the feeling of being swaddled) but if it's spring/summer, I would use lightweight cotton rather than fleece as a PP suggested.

[Anonymous]

my may baby wore a t-shirt and a diaper usually, and sometimes leggings/pants. i never put her in sleepers because the house just wasn't chilly.

[Anonymous]

DD was born in June, but we used onesies and similar outfits almost all the time until late September.

[Anonymous]

When in May is your baby due?

For Wash DC:

May 1st -- avg high = 71, mean temp = 61
May 31st -- avg high 80, mean temp = 70

[Anonymous]

My son was born last April 30 and he wore long pants for most of May because last May was pretty chilly. I think sleepers will work just fine. Hopefully it will be warmer this year!

[Anonymous]

My baby was born first week of May. She wore mostly infant gowns with long sleeves (for easier diaper changing) or else footed cotton sleepers. By August she was in just a plain onesie when it was hot, but early spring and as a new newborn, she needed a little something more.

[Anonymous]

Buy lightweight sleepers. If it is cooler you can put a onesie underneath.

Also buy onesies with matching pants. If it is cool, you can put on the pants, if not, just the onesie.

[Anonymous]

My May 22 baby lived in onesies until September. As a brand-new newborn, we'd often swaddle him in a blanket during the day, often with little hat on top -- looking back, I kinda wonder if this was overkill, but oh well. At night he'd wear a onesie, swaddling blanket and hat, or a long nightgown or footed sleeper. We kept our house pretty warm.

[Anonymous]

First couple of weeks of May last year were surprisingly cold, so maybe a couple of long-sleeved onesies and pants. To sleep, DS wore a t-shirt or onesie and we swaddled him. Anything more than that and he was too hot, even with air conditioning on in the house.