Baby Boys clothing autumn winter 2012

I have a son and whilst the boys section in any shop is often found lurking in the smallest dark corner of a shop compared to rows upon rows of baby girls clothing, there are some lovely easy to dress clothes for boys. In many respects, for some reason, manufacturers have made a lot more accessible clothes for boys where as girls clothes are too busy being busy and have a lot of sneaky poppers hiding amongst the lace!



So it will be a shorter blog than the girls post as there are fewer clothes for boys, I'll start with my chosen staple necessity :

Zip suits:

In winter shops are flooded with fleece zip suits. A zip goes right from top to bottom, be cautious about zips that stop midway, they are quite awkward to get a child in and out of with painful hands.

Zip onesie with zip going top to bottom from Next online available now.

Shops retailing fleece suits are.

Next- Online and usually in store bring out some zip fleece Baby grows in daywear acceptable schemes.

H&M - Do some great zip suits that look good as Daywear, be warned about the half way zip though.

Sainsbury's- Usually have a Cars,Peppa Pig and Thomas suit in their children's nightwear section.

TKMax- A must visit shop for new disabled parents, huge range of zip fleece onesies and easy zip sleep bags.

Very.co.uk - Have lovely zip Fleece walker suits.Pink stars for girls and blue for boys.

Mothercare- Occasionally brings out a sensible fleece onesie but more often than not they are silly and have hoods on with bee anteni etc. They bring them out more for fancy dress! My son lived in a snowman zip suit a lot during Christmas just because it was easy to put on!

Son modelling his Regatta "Fluffy puddle suit" as daywear in winter, from Regatta.

Go Outdoors, camping shops- Regatta do great fleece onesies for daytime use, they have no feet in them though which was useful in very cold days.

Fleece onesie from Regatta at Go Outdoors, in store or online at www.gooutdoors.co.uk

For warmer months- Cotton zip suits:

These are like finding gold dust! They are only available at www.zippysuit.com. I am going to get onto Mothercare about stocking them because it's high time the world of Baby wear got on with making easy clothes like this!

Zippy Suit which comes with matching bandanas. Also available in turquoise stripe. www.zippysuit.com

Trousers:

If you have sore fingers, weak fingers, easily dislocating fingers then go for thin elastic, heaving thick bands of elastic bedded within denim or cord can be painful. I tend to look for jersey material leggings and trousers.

Three pair set from Ladybird at www.very.co.uk, easy to pull on,thin elastic,jersey material.

Part of Mix and Match lovely range from Mothercare online and in store.

Tops-

I look for popper free if possible but if there is one pesky popper at the neck we undo it using teeth or both of us tugging at it and then leave it undone! Envelope neck openings are great, nice wide opening to easily chuck over baby and literally it is as easy as throwing over baby's head! Wool cardigans are good because button holes have good give in them so undoing and doing buttons is a dream, the same applies to jersey materials.

Part of Mix and Match lovely range from Mothercare online and in store.

Amazon baby envelope neck t shirt, great easy dressing item, no poppers and go under any thing!

Easy dress jumper, button holes have give so can undo and open head opening. www.mothercare.com

Recommended buy! Fleece zip through top, easy dressing, easy for baby to lie down in as no hood! From www.mothercare.com

To go with above Mothercare trousers this envelope opening neck top below is great.

Recommended buy! Fleece zip through top, easy dressing, easy for baby to lie down in as no hood! From www.mothercare.com

Sets:

Some of the easiest dressing sets, I look for easy buttons on jersey or wool materials as button holes have give making buttons easier to do and undo. Envelope opening tops,as few sets with popper vests as possible.

Part of Mix and Match lovely range from Mothercare online and in store.

Great buy! www.next.co.uk easy button holes, feet enclosed so no picking up peeled socks from a floor! Found in newborn boys section at Next online.

Great buy! www.next.co.uk easy button holes, feet enclosed so no picking up peeled socks from a floor! Found in newborn boys section at Next online.

So great I am buying this set! Envelope opening t shirt, easy material for undoing buttons from Marks and Spencer's online.

Marks and Spencer's set, RECOMMENDED by me as the tops have no poppers, envelope opening necks so easy to chuck over child's head, elastic jersey bottoms.

Marks and Spencer's set, RECOMMENDED by me as the tops have no poppers, envelope opening necks so easy to chuck over child's head, elastic jersey bottoms.

Cardigans and coats.

Zips and large toggles are the easiest for my husband with poor fine motor movement in hands. When you are quite disabled you are unlikely to be going for long countryside treks in the ice and snow so these tops do not have thermal insides and do not have hoods.

Good outdoor winter layer, zip and toggles make quick easy dressing. www.next.co.uk boys baby wear collection.

Ironically we are disabled people who can't afford heating on all day, if old and a millionaire in UK you still pick up a help with heating cheque from DWP, if chronically ill good luck to you! So our son wears these tops in winter to keep snug, would like to point out we do have heating but have it on in bursts unlike my wealthy pensioner parents who can wander around in their t shirts in winter and book theatre tickets with help with heating cash!!! From www.next.co.uk

Recommended. Easy zip dressing, snug and padded, not a slippy material making it safer for weaker arms to keep hold of baby when lifting into buggy etc. From www.next.co.uk

Vests and under garment clothes:

Mothercare do Velcro vests in their premature clothing range but they go up to new born size :

Ironically we are disabled people who can't afford heating on all day, if old and a millionaire in UK you still pick up a help with heating cheque from DWP, if chronically ill good luck to you! So our son wears these tops in winter to keep snug, would like to point out we do have heating but have it on in bursts unlike my wealthy pensioner parents who can wander around in their t shirts in winter and book theatre tickets with help with heating cash!!! From www.next.co.uk

Velcro vests!! A rarity in the UK to find! Go do them in newborn and smaller sizes. www.mothercare.com

Once past newborn vests and if was cold we used envelope neck long sleeve t shirts.

Envelope neck tops for going under garments in winter. www.mothercare.com

To be honest I want to be just a normal mummy sometimes, especially on special occassions where Sense and practicality go out the window where clothes are concerned! However when our son is in a zip suit we have great comments of how lovely he looks in nice traditional baby wear. There is choice out there in any aspect of parenting for any disability so just enjoy and try for yourself x

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