The Smart Guide to Dressing Your Baby
Dressing your baby is quite different from how you dress yourself up. It is specially challenging if you are a new mom or your baby can’t tell you how they feel about their clothes. Babies are more sensitive to temperature changes. Therefore, you have to be more careful about slight changes in the weather. For a new mom, dressing a baby is like a trial and error process; you make many mistakes but learn with time. However, this is your lucky day today; we have curated a list of guides and tips to help you with dressing your little one. We assure you that these tips will make your life quite easy.
- Dress Your Baby Comfortably At Night
The night dressing routine of a baby is very important. The dressing at night should be something that helps your baby have a better sleep. Babies often need frequent changes of diapers; often, they throw up in their sleep. Their clothes should be such that even if you change them, it does not impact their sleep. Therefore, it should be simple to change and made with the softest fabric that improves your baby’s sleep by offering the right comfort. Therefore, go for something like ribbed clever zip baby pajamas that come with a single concealed zip in the middle that goes from the top to the bottom.
- Start With The Neck Of The Dress
When you are dressing your baby, start with the neckline. Stretch the neckline and pull it through your baby’s head. Throughout the process, keep your hands and the neck fabric away from the baby’s neck to avoid any friction with the baby’s delicate skin. If you have long nails, make sure they don’t hurt your baby through the whole process. After the neckline, go for the sleeves. Don’t push your baby’s arms through the dress’s sleeves. Instead, put your fingers through them, take the sleeve opening to your baby’s hands and grasp it towards the inside of the sleeves.
- Choose The Dresses With Front Fasters
You might be worried about how your baby looks when fully dressed and might want to go for dresses with back zips and buttons. But it is not a good choice, specially when your little one can’t sit unassisted. In the early months, babies are mostly in the lap or lie in their cots; if there is a back zip or uneasy button adjustment at the back, they may not be able to lie comfortably. So make sure you have the dresses with front fasteners and zips. You can also go with buttons under the bum; they are easier to change the diaper.
- Extra Layers Of Clothing In Winter
Winter can be very harsh for your baby, specially if it is their first winter. They need extra layers of clothes and protection to stay safe from the cold. So, dress your baby in an undershirt or high neck before putting their dress on. You also need to drape them with a blanket to keep them warm. For the legs, put their diaper, warm leggings, and socks and finally put trousers at the end.
- Reduce The Layers In Warm Weather
As the weather gets warmer, it is time to reduce the layers. You can start with taking off the blanket but keeping the undershirt as the weather becomes a little less cold. But as it becomes warm, replace the high-neck/undershirt with a vest that keeps your baby’s temperature normal. Finally, reduce the clothing to a single layer, trousers without leggings and socks.
- Buy Dribble Bibs
When you are a mother of an infant, be prepared to have a stock of dribble bibs. The baby will throw up during baby formula feeding and eating, and these bubs will be your go-to choice. They will help you save your kid’s clothes. You can also use these dribble bibs if your baby’s clothes are a little less comfortable from the front due to zips and buttons. This way, there is no need to compromise on the design of your baby’s outfit, and it saves your baby’s skin from irritation and as well.
- Don’t Overspend On Clothes
In the early months, babies grow fast, and their clothes don’t fit them, so there is no point in overspending on buying new clothes. Additionally, some people buy a lot of clothes before the arrival of their baby. Often they get wasted when they don’t fit the newborn. So, wait until the baby is born to buy the clothes that fit their size.Dressing a baby needs care and attention as it can be pretty tough, specially for a new mother. There are a lot of accessories that go in the wardrobe of a baby to make it complete. Things such as dribble bibs, leggings, and vests can help in all seasons to keep your baby protected and save it from the brunt of changing weather. So, let this guide help you!
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