Shopping clothes for your newborn baby can sometimes be intimidating. You need to strike a delicate balance between keeping your baby comfortable and looking absolutely adorable. Here are a few helpful tips for choosing the
Shopping clothes for your newborn baby can sometimes be intimidating. You need to strike a delicate balance between keeping your baby comfortable and looking absolutely adorable. Here are a few helpful tips for choosing the perfect clothes for your little angel.
Onesies to the rescue – A baby’s head is still pretty delicate, so you wouldn’t want to squeeze it through a shirt’s tight head opening every single day. One-piece outfits that you can snap or zip up will become invaluable during this time. Don’t just grab all the Onesies you can find, though. Chances are you’ll get quite a few of them as baby shower gifts.
Buy big – Newborn-sized clothes can be too cute to ignore. Steer your gaze away from that adorable tiny cowboy outfit that would just fit your baby perfectly and instead opt for the bigger sized clothes a few shelves further down. Since babies grow amazingly fast, chances are their clothes can become too tight in the blink of an eye—if you buy perfectly fitted ones. You can get more mileage out of a Marks and Spencer bodysuit if you buy them at least a size ahead of your baby’s actual age. Just roll them up while they’re still too big and roll them back down when your baby grows into them.
Skip the fussy collars – Your baby’s skin hasn’t built up a lot of resistance yet, so it’s still very sensitive. Baby Center recommends buying clothes with either soft or no collars. Lacy collars may look cute, but they can irritate your baby’s sensitive skin.
Save money with hand-me-downs and secondhand baby clothes – Don’t turn your nose up at hand-me-downs and clothes from nearly-new sales and secondhand stores. As Reader’s Digest pointed out, infant clothing items from secondhand shops are a great way to expand your baby’s wardrobe without having to empty your wallet. You might not be able to use all of them before they become too small to fit your baby, though. But if that happens, then then you can always pass them on to another new mom.
