Dress Up: Carters
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Winter Clothing for My Newborn - What to Buy and How to Dress
Asked by M.R. from Chicago
on September 7, 2010
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Hi all, I am expecting my baby in October and need advice on how to dress her during the Winter. She'd be hardly 1-4 months then, and Chicago has bad winters. What stu...
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- Its great that these days they make the bundle me's or car seats covers so you dont have to stuff your baby in a snow suit or bulky winter coat. They are GREAT, I high...
- We had our son in the beginning of December last year. He lived in footie fleece PJs! They are so warm! Good luck!
- One thing I read is always dress infants in 1 more layer than you would your self. I also also had (and still do) put them in a carter's undershirt/onesie. That keeps ...
Pricing on Clothes at Garage Sales
Asked by T.O. from Chicago
on July 23, 2010
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We're thinking about having a garage sale and I'm wondering how to go about pricing some of my daughter's clothes. I'm thinking it's pretty typical for boys clothes (...
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- What I do is if it is a set I hang it up or tape it together and place it seperate from the other clothes. That way you can price them differently, we do a clothes lin...
- I always sell the nicer stuff on craigslist, it sells better, but otherwise what we always do is $1.00 for tops & shorts, $2.00 for pants, $2.00 for sun dresses, $3 fo...
- Guess I am out of the norm lol. If it's a nice outfit and you paid a lot for it I would put maybe $3 or $4 on it. You can always go down on the price. If it doesn't...
Dressing Infant at Night
Asked by A.S. from Dallas
on May 12, 2010
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Hi Mommies! I have a 7 month old DS. We live in North Texas, so summers get pretty hot. We would like to keep his room around 75 or 76 but I'm not sure how to dress...
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- I suggest a lightweight, one-piece pajama, with feet. We lived in Southern California when my son was born, and until about age 9 months, and that is what he wore onc...
- We keep our house around 76-78 but the nursery is always the coolest place - the vent is almost directly above the HVAC. I always dressed my babies in a light-weight ...
- We live in N. Texas too and we used to dress Aubrey in a onesie, carter's cotton pants that I bought at Babies R Us, and a pair of light socks. She was always comfy. I...
Hand-me-downs....
Asked by S.J. from St. Louis
on July 17, 2011
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When you get hand me down clothes for your kids, who gives them to you? Do you ask, or does someone just offer?
ETA: I am just curious - I hear a lot of moms on h...
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- Usually from really close friends. I don't think I would ask for them.
- I never ask for hand-me-downs, but if someone offers I pretty much always accept them. As for my hand-me-downs I usually look for a needy family and donate them to th...
- One of my closest friends here has a son that is 18 months older than my oldest son - she gives us 90% of his clothes....some still new with tags....when my kids are d...
Shorts Under Dresses for Little Girls?
Asked by M.R. from Cleveland
on April 8, 2011
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I have a 4 y/o daughter and she loves her girl dresses!! However, in the summer if she's out playing she must wear some type of shorts under the dresses so she can hav...
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- When my SD was younger, we just used cropped leggings or outgrown cotton shorts, which weren't long enough on their own, but were alright for skirts. I keep DD's old l...
- This might sound silly, but check out the PJs at Carters or Walmart or wherever. A lot of them have the "biker shorts" made from cotton. That's what I used for DD la...
- You can get cute little skorts at a lot of stores. They are skirts with shorts sewn in.
I Hate "Boy Stuff" - Bad Mom?
Asked by C.J. from Dallas
on February 5, 2010
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Ask anyone - I am the froofiest, girly-est, pinkest GIRL you could ever imagine.
So for me to have a BOY shocked everyone!
I've been pretty good about it, but it's ...
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- I echo the suggestion of Dr. Dobson's book. My mother bought it for my husband and I when our first of two little men came into the world and it was an appreciated and...
- I was a single mom of three, 2 girls and 1 boy. I had the opposite problem, growing up with three brothers. I loved sports and trains and legos...I had to learn how to...
- And you could have girls that whine, scream at the top of their lungs too. All I can say is count your blessings. Children are here to teach us. We can learn that they...
Do You Put Your Kids in Comfy Clothes for Nap Time?
Asked by R.D. from Richmond
on January 18, 2012
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My mom called and told me I forgot to put 'nap clothes' in my son's bag this past weekend when my parents were watching the kids, that she had to put him in his pajama...
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- my daughter napped in whatever she was wearing and whateevr position i could get her to sleep in....i'd never risk waking her to do comfy clothes. She loves frilly dr...
- Only if they were in jeans....otherwise, what they had on was perfect.
- Nope.. Even in daycare they slept in their day clothes. They just take off their shoes. Heck they fall asleep in their car seats, ion the floor, in their high chai...
SIDS Worry
Asked by K.G. from Los Angeles
on March 9, 2009
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I've been having my 6 week old little girl sleep in a pack and play in our bedroom since we brought her home from the hospital. We have a blanket under her head as a ...
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- Lose the "pillow" blanket. With a young infant I would sleep with both bedroom doors (yours and hers) open, so that you can hear her breathing when you wake at night, ...
- It IS scary, but try not to let it worry you too much because you don't want it interfere with all the joy you are feeling. Yes, there is the rare SIDS case, but most...
- Hello K., Congratulations on becoming a mommy! Yes, blankets are a risk with a baby. There are several other ways to keep them warm. The potato sack sleepers are...
Winter Clothing for a Newborn
Asked by A.L. from Las Vegas
on October 27, 2010
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Hi, I will be delivering a new born in early Dec and was wondering what kind of winter wear to get? Are they allowed to go out the first week since its pretty cold in ...
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- I love those micro- fleece sleep and plays. They are warm without being overbundled. Carters makes some really cute ones for little girls. The rule they told me at the...
- I delivered my son in January and we live in Ohio so it was pretty cold. We used and still use 'Bundle Me' for the cold months. It easily goes over the carseat and str...
- My kids were born in November. I just put them in one piece footed outfits (zipper only, no snaps) and in a fleece sack w/ a light blanket to go over their faces if it...
Daughters
Asked by E.A. from Los Angeles
on September 16, 2011
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Hi Moms
I am so excited after 2 boys I was blessed with our 1st & last daughter!!!! I feel like a new mom because my youngest is 5 & I have never had a girl before. I...
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- Sigh, I was too practical when my daughter was a baby, dressed her mostly in leggings and cute T's, thinking she would wear dresses later. Now she'll only wears jeans ...
- I have 2 daughters, so I don't really know differently - i am sure boys do many of the same things or things pretty similar. My girls also do plenty of "boy stuff" and...
- Oh, how fun! I had three boys before I had my first girl (I then had 2 more girls!, so 3 of each, in that order). My first daughter loved hats. I had hats for her for ...
