Babies do not like clothes. I’ll just say that upfront. I guess its because they have just spent nine long months swimming around in their mom’s tummies and the feel of clothing is itchy and foreign. So it is a struggle just to get Britanny into a onesie without upsetting her. That being said, I am not ashamed to admit that she rarely ever leaves them. She wears a onesie to bed, in the car, to play, even to church (gasp!). The only time we whip out the separates (pants and shirts) is right before laundry day. This is simply because of necessity, not because separates look any cuter.
It is my firm belief that babies do not need to be dressed in fancy clothing because they will ruin them! I do not know a single baby who will withhold their spit up/throw up/ poop because “my outfit cost mommy and daddy 100$”. Babies are the ultimate egalitarians. They do not care where they are, who they are with or what they are wearing- they will be messy no matter what.
That being said, I do not understand the concept of buying your infant brand-name clothing. Your 6 month old is not going to know the difference between Gap Baby and Wal-Mart , and I am pretty sure that people will not judge you if you let your baby be comfortable. If they do, you can just shame them into feeling bad for you! Let them know that since you do not get any sleep and get some sort of bodily fluid on you once a day you have the right to let your baby wear their “lazy clothes” all day long.
I believe that people who dress their babies to the nines do it so that they can use their baby as an accessory. Like a handbag, your baby comes everywhere with you. So why not have matching shoes, handbags and a baby? Well, because a baby is a cute, disgusting being that loves to ruin anything clean or nice. I did my laundry on Saturday, and on Sunday I got two big globs of spit up on my jeans within 20 minutes. Babies understand irony. The moment it is inconvenient for you to have them be messy is the moment they choose to become terrorizing pooping/throwing up machines.
Babies have an odd sense of humour- they have no problem rolling around the floor naked, but the moment you try to keep them looking nice for a picture or church they pull out all the stops. They can go from calm and sleeping to screaming and spitting up faster than you can whip out a bib. Or hand them off, if you are Aaron and don’t like the mess babies make. In many ways a baby is like a rude man- they burp, spit, and fart with no care or concern with who is around. You wouldn’t want to accessorize with a dirty, grungy adult, so why take so much time and effort to accessorize with a baby? You just know that you will have to change them within the hour.
All in all, I believe that no one should judge when my baby is wearing a onesie because they aren’t the ones who deal with the mess. Besides, who wouldn’t want to wear comfy clothes 24/7 while being adorable? My vote is for onesies. What's your vote: comfy onesie or fashionable accessory?
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