Today’s parents generally pay more attention to the quality of milk powder, complementary foods, diapers and other products, but they are not too picky about buying clothes for their babies. In fact, the clothes they wear on a daily basis also have an important impact on the healthy development of children, especially for babies aged 0-3, who have certain requirements on clothing fabrics and styles.
Next, I will talk about how’s choice of clothing for infants of different ages from the perspective of children’s development.
Prepare some [monk clothes] for the newborn baby.
At least 6-8 pieces of close-fitting clothes should be prepared before the child is born, because the newborn may vomit milk, defecate and urinate at any time, and it is normal to change clothes many times a day.
Generally, 6 to 8 pieces are enough for children born in summer. Children born in autumn and winter also need to prepare 3 to 4 pieces of coats, which can be bought slightly larger, and the baby is more comfortable to wear.
The newborn’s clothes should be lace-up or button-down [monk’s clothes], also known as [butterfly clothes], which is the following:
The neck of the newborn is soft and weak, the pullover clothes are not easy to wear and take off, and it is easy to paste the milk vomited on the clothes onto the face when changing clothes after spitting milk, so it is not recommended to wear pullover clothes for the baby.
This kind of side-opening monk’s clothing is easy to wear and take off, especially when changing diapers, you don’t need to take it off completely. As long as you untie your lower body, your child is not easy to catch cold, and the pressure on the busy novice mother will be less (don’t ask me how to know, cry).
If the indoor temperature is appropriate, the baby can only wear a jacket or a long monk’s suit and wrap a diaper under it.
Although the newborn needs to prepare a few more sets of clothes, but don’t hoard too much, because the child grows too fast after birth. As the old saying goes, if he buys a small one, he will probably not be able to wear it when he comes out of the month. I
Jia Er Bao will wear 3-6m clothes just after the full moon, and 0-3m clothes can only be eliminated.
For babies aged 2-3 months, try jumpsuits.
About 2 ~ 3 months, it is not suitable to wear lace-up monk clothing. At this stage, the baby’s movements are getting bigger and bigger, often [dancing], lace-up and split style are easy to spread out or nest into a ball in the movements, revealing small belly, the child is uncomfortable, and the warmth retention is poor.
At this time, children can wear the following conjoined climbing clothes.
This conjoined model not only does not reveal its small belly, but also does not oppress the baby’s weak ribs and internal organs. The baby’s round belly is very fragile, so it should be well protected ~
Baby jumpsuits are closed in three ways: pullover, zipper and deduction.
Children of small age are advised to wear deduction, When changing diapers, as long as the buttons of the legs and crotch are pulled open, it can protect the baby’s belly from catching cold and also avoid the trouble of wearing and taking off. After the baby’s neck is hard, he can also wear jumpsuits with pullovers. The warm-keeping effect of pullovers in autumn and winter is better than that of deduction, but if the baby often spits milk or deduction is more convenient.
The zipper can be worn at night when you don’t need to wear it for a long time. It can also be used for a coat and put it on the outside of one-piece underwear. (Ah, I am a one-piece dress that I push all my life ~)
At present, it is generally not recommended to give children clothes that cover their hands. Children need to touch the things around them with their hands to promote sensory development. Moreover, if there are thread ends in gloves, children’s immature fingers may be stuck, causing danger.
Some climbing clothes have foot covers (even the foot style), which keep warm when it is cold, but if the child grows taller, the foot may be strangled, so buy a bigger one. Even the foot style should carefully check whether there are thread ends and coils inside to prevent strangling the baby’s toes.
Not connected to the feet
Connected feet
If the temperature is low, you can put on two or three jumpsuits for your child, which will not cause layer after layer of elastic band to overlap and oppress the waist, and will also be convenient for your child to move. After your child will climb, you can more realize the benefits of jumpsuits: easy to wear and take off! !
If it is split clothes and trousers, the children often crawl away after wearing half of them. Only the parents who have experienced this kind of pain can understand it.
How to choose the fabric of clothes?
At present, there are mainly the following kinds of materials for baby clothing on the market: pure cotton, multi-layer gauze, bamboo fiber and polar velvet.
Close-fitting clothes (such as newborn monk clothes and close-fitting climbing clothes), try to choose thinner and soft pure cotton fabrics, such fabrics will not harden after washing, thicker cotton clothes will become stiff and harden after washing several times, children will wear skin discomfort.
Gauze clothing as far as possible to choose dense fabric, soft to the touch, woven loose material will be some hard, wash several times also easy to deform. Gauze fabric benefits are very breathable, suitable for summer wear. Bamboo fiber clothing is relatively smooth, light and thin, summer wear cool breathable, but sweat absorption effect is not as good as pure cotton fabric.
Polar velvet clothing has a good thermal insulation effect and is suitable for wearing in autumn and winter. However, polar velvet is made of chemical fiber, and its air permeability and sweat absorption are not very good. It is not recommended to wear it.
In terms of workmanship, try to choose clothes with few stitches. The stitching part is best on the outside and flat sewing technology is adopted to prevent stitches from rubbing the baby’s skin. The washing mark of clothes should also be sewn on the outside.
How do you choose the brand?
I will give priority to big brands when buying clothes for my children. The European and American brands I often buy are carter’s, gap, mini rodini and beauty loves. The clothes are very comfortable and the styles are also relatively good-looking. However, these brands are not designed for Asian children and are easy to deviate from the size. When buying, you cannot just look at the recommended size, but you should combine your children’s body shape to choose.
Asian brands such as Uniqlo, Muji, Miki House and Qianqu will be more suitable for the body shape of Chinese children. The fabrics are softer than those of European and American brands and the prices are softer.
Here, we mainly recommend the baby series admired by domestic brands. His family has its own fabric patent. There is a kind of milk fiber that is very soft and comfortable. It is very suitable for the baby to stick and wear, that is, the price is too high. Parents who have the ability to buy can try it.
Avoid buttons and stay away from drawstring
When choosing clothes for children, be careful not to choose clothes with tight neck, arms and legs. Children will be very uncomfortable and inconvenient to move. Try not to buy buttons, so as not to bite off the buttons and swallow them (they all chew them what when they have teeth).
Some clothes will be added with long ties, tightened ropes and so on in order to look good. Don’t buy this style! It is easy to entangle the child’s limbs or neck, causing danger!
How to disinfect clothes?
The clothes that children wear need to be disinfected regularly, not with disinfectant, but with direct sunlight exposure or high temperature boiling and washing. Baby’s clothes are often stained with milk stains, feces, saliva, sweat stains, etc. After cleaning, there may still be stains remaining, which is a hotbed for harmful bacteria to breed.
Now many family balconies are completely enclosed, most of the ultraviolet rays are blocked by glass, clothes sun on the balcony also can’t play a germicidal effect. Especially in the southern plum rains season, clothes are difficult to dry, more likely to breed bacteria and mold.
Direct sunlight or high-temperature boiling and washing can kill harmful pathogenic bacteria on clothes without destroying normal flora like disinfectant, thus providing close protection to children.
Most foreign families use dryers. Clothes are thoroughly dried at high temperatures, which can kill many harmful bacteria that are easy to breed in humid environment. It is also a physical disinfection method.