2-Year Old Too Old for Onesies?

You are right, once you are into potty training onesies are a major pain! My son wears long-sleeve T-shirts with a zippered sweater or jacket and stays nice & warm. I think once they're walking and not being held quite as much, the shirts don't ride up nearly as much as when they were babies. I just got some great 100% cotton long-sleeve T's at Target for $6.

i still put my 5.5yr old son in plain white Ts from the hanes 3packs to stay warm. from 12mo + though i bought him the gerber long john serperates in the packages. you could look for those or like others just solid long sleeves. look in the underwear section & baby layette section

I stopped putting onesies on my daughter when she started using the potty b/c anything to make it easier helped her go every time.
I was at Target last weekend and near the baby section they had really cute longjohn sets for $6.99. We live in the snow so I bought my daughter 2 sets. She loves them.

Little boy undershirts work great. You can also watch Target around this time. They get plain long sleeve toddler girl shirts that people are looking for to use under costumes. I have used both of these. Onesies are a waste of your time and will hamper her learning to go on the potty. Good Luck!

Hi H.-
What about long johns for kids? They make them in more than the traditional style, now, too. You can get silk, cotton, etc. You may even be able to get some really light (but warm) stretch pants or leggings. For tops, just teach her to layer- maybe a thin long sleeve like they make for women. My suggestion is Target., I went online, but frankly can't find what I want. I know I have seen the thinner shirts and leggings or long johns for kids in target, and maybe even khols. I hope this helps!
Good luck.
-E.

Hi H.,

My daughter was born in October 2007. I'm buying her 3T long-sleeve shirts and turtle necks, and I'm finding they're long enough to tuck into her jeans or pants. They stay put pretty well over the day, too. I also have several leggings outfits with long shirts that aren't tucked in, but are long and cover her well through the day. I add a jacket when we're outside, and she's snug and warm.

J.

Dear H.,
I always put little thermal underwear on my kids. The tops tend to be a little long so they tucked in nicely even to use as jammies, but they wore them during the day under things too. They make really cute ones for little girls with flowers and things on them, but even just the plain white ones are great and you can get them on sale often. My kids lived in them throughout fall and winter. They work great!

I always put my son in two piece longjohns. He wore the pants under his pants, which he could pull up and down with his pants, and the shirts like a t-shirt under his regular shirt. He wore them at night too...

My daughter is almost four so we faced this awhile ago, but I remember those thermal type shirts, even plain colored tighter night shirts, are great for layering under a tshirt, and it looks really cute! I am also a preschool teacher and have found it is very time consuming and inconvenient to have a child potty trining in a onesie. You want her to feel successful, so dont give her extra obstacles

I found the crotch part of the onesie kept ending up under my son's tush and getting peed and pooped on! Also, how big is your daughter? I found that cheap-o packs of onesies seem to stop at 18M and after that there is a poor selection of 24M that are $4-$6 apiece! I got regular undershirts for him once he showed an interest in toilet training. They stay in place just fine. I think it's due to a difference in his movement/muscle tone plus the fact that he now tends to climb onto my lap more than I pick him up.

they have under shirts with or with out long sleeves or tank top style. Those worked for us and now they are older they still were them.

One thing about using the toilet is that it is preliminary to becoming independent of mommy and daddy and nanny etc being "in charge" of a individual's becoming aware of the need to use the toilet , the ability to get there and remove the necessary clothing and ending up clean and dry after using it. This is so much easier in summer with panties and shorts with fairly loose elastic.

In winter you want to encourage the same amount of self control and sufficiency, but you do not want it to result in wet or dirty clothes that have to be changed just as if it were a diaper change. You also do not want the child so loosely and lightly dressed so that she is cold all day whether or not she is wet.

I like velour and corduroy and knits that are sort of clingy and move easily and usually give good coverage while allowing easy removal.
Panties under dresses are easiest to remove, easier than tights, but pants that have elastic that isnt too tight work pretty well and are very warm.

Encourage her to feel proud of her new found independence. try to avoid snaps and buttons etc she can't handle in a timely manner.

Have fun with this stage. They do grow up all too fast, don't they?

Blessings, N.

I have an extremely active little tomboy who is 4. Believe it or not, I've found that leggings and a turleneck underneath a jumper is fine to keep her warm. If it's very cold, you can add a sweater on top. Dresses are actually pretty easy for little girls to manage with regard to potty training (better than snaps or buttons on jeans). And, once the weather warms up a little, you can substitute a short-sleeved shirt under the jumper, or remove the leggings, so it's more versatile. I think onesies are a big hassle once you're into potty training. If you're worried that her little tummy will be exposed to the cold, just buy her shirts a size too big. That way they'll be a bit longer (and she can wear them again next year!).

check out the website Nova Naturals. they have some beautiful wool undergarments on their website. i had one for my DS for last winter and loved it. this reminds me, time to order a bigger one for this year.

Helllo H.: I have always kept my children, and now my Grandchildren in Onesies, as long as possible. I just put tights on them with it so the legs are warm. I just used blue tights for the boys. It took my husband by surprise the 1st time he saw it but the laughed that boys legs need to be warm as well. You can get onesies in sizes up to 4 at most stores. Nana G

I was in this same dilemma once our boys hit the potty training age. I just moved them up to x-small undershirts. I recall from my friends little girls that their undershirts tended to be tanks or camisol types but it's till a layer to keep her warm. But layering seems to be so popular nowanyway so you cna always put a long-sleeved top under a short-sleeved top which also gets you more use outa of the short-sleeved top once warm days are gone.