Stretch Suits for Your Baby

Stretch suits .... what are they? Well stretch suits are baby grows for those less old fashioned of us. It is the one item that you can guarantee that you will have loads of bought for you as a baby gift. With my first baby I received tons of them , which I was greatful for , but unfortunately they were all in a newborn size and my baby was born weighing 9lb 15 oz. So none of them fit him!! When it came to buying them in the correct size , I found that I was swayed by the ones that looked the cutest. It is not until you are faced with trying to dress your little bundle of joy in them that you realise that some are more practical than others. I had bought some that did up ...  Read the complete review

Firstly i will tell you about buying your stretch suits or baby grows as the not so posh people like me like to call them. Wholst i was pregnant with our first child everone brought me baby grows so we had hundreds of them, all in very pritty designs and all different ways of putting baby into them but not very practical untill you have got the hang of dressing baby, i know its not rocket science but is very frightning when you first start out as they are so small. I would recomend buying baby grows with poppers all the way down the front as these are the easiest to dress baby in. Scratch mittens never stay on but you can get baby grows with ...  Read the complete review

What should you consider when packing a stretch suit for your new baby before going to hospital? It might not sound like it needs much thought but here are some tips I learned from being a first time Mam giving birth in hospital. I had done the cute baby clothes bit during my pregnant wanders round the baby departments of each shop. I gave myself the luxury of buying one baby outfit for my first baby. I knew that the rest of the family would be doing the same and it seemed a bit wasteful to go over the top. I chose one of those all in one stretch suits "baby first" - which seemed so small - but cost so much £20 I seemed to remember. I showed it ...  Read the complete review