Onesies

[blandino]

I know this is a silly pet peeve, and I am not trying to be overdramatic. Does anyone else find onesies incredibly irritating, after a certain age ?

I have a DCG who will be 2 in 3 weeks, who still wears onesies every day. On a baby, I totally get it - but on a 2 year old ?!? It just makes checking for a BM difficult, plus the snaps get on my nerves during a diaper change. And half the time I forget she is wearing one (because of her age) and will go to put her pants up and then have to lay her down again to do the ones.

I have had this happen with a few other families, most of which are ones who still treat their 2 year olds like babies. With the other ones, I just started leaving the snaps open because she was potty training.

DCG is small for her age, so that's why they still fit her. They are 12m, so I am thinking that's why mom is still putting her in them. If she went to look at 2T clothes, I think she would realize that they rarely make onuses in toddler sizes.

I mean I am not about to make a policy banning onesies after a certain age ( I would like to, but I think that might be a little much). I just wonder if anyone else has found this to be an annoyance ?

And, just FYI, if anyone remembers, this is my DCG that I posted about with ZERO self help skills who is almost 2 and still goes in a swing.

[Starburst]

Lol, I sometimes find them frustrating period! There were times when I was changing all the babies diapers and right after I put their pants back on I realized that I forgot to button the onesy back up. I thought it was too fast... That's how I came up with my child care motto/philosophy: "If it seems to easy, your probably forgetting something..."

[mamac]

Yes! My two boys have been out of them for at least 2 years and I completely forgot how annoying they were until I got my first infant a few weeks ago. By the second day I was only snapping 2 of the 3 snaps because I knew it would only be a short while before I had to change another diaper. I feel the same way about the seemingly endless snaps on pajamas or pants. I would always get really irritated when I snapped up their pants only to find that I was off by one snap and had to redo the entire thing. Usually the only time I had my boys in a onesie was during the colder months when I didn't want their little bellies sticking out.

[littlemissmuffet]

I also can't stand onesies on toddlers. Where I live, 24 month onsies are very common... and are worn quite frequently in the winter months as under shirts.

[GoodKarma]

Raising my hand! My solution is to not snap them, just tuck them in like a regular shirt.

[Unregistered]

YES!

Especially under overalls on a potty training child. How could that possible seem like a good idea?

[blandino]

I also can't stand onesies on toddlers. Where I live, 24 month onsies are very common... and are worn quite frequently in the winter months as under shirts.

See the DCG in the past who did that, was doing it for warmth. They were German, and always dressed her in so many layers. I am assuming it was out of habit, since in Germany I would doubt that children leave the house with only a single layer on.

But this DCG is doing in when it's 90+ degrees out. In the past few weeks she has worn onesies with no pants on a few times, at 23 months !! Hers is just a case of infantilizing her.

[AnneCordelia]

I have four children in care who came with onesies all winter. If it takes me 0:02 to snap a onesie snap and there are three snaps, four changes a day and I work 49 weeks a year then I spend 6 hours a year doing up onesies.

No thanks! I lee them undone after the first change and snap them after what I expect will be the last.

[TheGoodLife]

I know this is a silly pet peeve, and I am not trying to be overdramatic. Does anyone else find onesies incredibly irritating, after a certain age ?

I have a DCG who will be 2 in 3 weeks, who still wears onesies every day. On a baby, I totally get it - but on a 2 year old ?!? It just makes checking for a BM difficult, plus the snaps get on my nerves during a diaper change. And half the time I forget she is wearing one (because of her age) and will go to put her pants up and then have to lay her down again to do the ones.

I have had this happen with a few other families, most of which are ones who still treat their 2 year olds like babies. With the other ones, I just started leaving the snaps open because she was potty training.

DCG is small for her age, so that's why they still fit her. They are 12m, so I am thinking that's why mom is still putting her in them. If she went to look at 2T clothes, I think she would realize that they rarely make onuses in toddler sizes.

I mean I am not about to make a policy banning onesies after a certain age ( I would like to, but I think that might be a little much). I just wonder if anyone else has found this to be an annoyance ?

And, just FYI, if anyone remembers, this is my DCG that I posted about with ZERO self help skills who is almost 2 and still goes in a swing.

I personally never used them past 9 months- they but me, too! I think it's silly to have older kids in them, unless its really cold and you want their shirt to stay over their tummies. After 1 they can pull their own shirt down, and onsies are annoying!

[jenn]

I don't mind them on babies, if they are the ones with 3 snaps. I usually just snap the middle one.

If they come in outfits that snap from one ankle to the other, I change them into something else and then put them back in the snapping outfit at the end of the day.

I think there should be an age limit, mine would 18 months or younger. It cracks me up when the kids "working on potty training" show up in onesies or overalls. ::

[LK5kids]

Agree, that would be very irritating!

[Blackcat31]

BOTH my own kids wore onsies until they were toilet trained and then they simply wore undershirts.

My DD was toilet trained around 21 months and my DS at 26 months.

Up until then though they both wore onsies.

I wore an undershirt while growing up too...the tank style with the little bow in the front. I wore one until I probably started wearing a bra. But even now, I wear a tank top under almost ALL my shirts.

I don't know why. Just something I've always done.

I also never have more than 3 (MAX) kids under 2 here so any kids wearing a onsie wouldn't bother me or slow me down. It is what it is.

I prefer the PITA of dealing with a onsie than to see a baby/toddler with their butt cracks hanging out or their little bellies exposed to the cold.

[My3cents]

I hate button snaps period. My hands dry out from the diapers and then snapping them up it does get to be a pain and redundant. I also have mild arthritis. I despise the twenty thousand snaps overalls on anyone. They are so cute- but a pain for daycare. This is one of those things that parents just don't think about at all. They just have one or two children to care for and don't think about the provider having to do all those snaps/buttons.

I had one child come with a onsie from another country so it was an odd piece of clothing to begin with. It snapped all the way up the back and then half way across the back and then also at the crotch. The kiddo's took care of that one for me, it was too much fun to take off someone elses snappy clothes.

I think I have something in my policy book that says to be please kind to the provider and not dress your child is fifty million snaps/buttons etc..... and that easy off and on clothing especially at the potty training stage works best for me.

I have a baby that I change many many times a day. He likes to go often and Mom likes to dress him in overalls. The minute she leaves off they come and they go back on right before she picks the little up. I need to do what works best for me during the day. I so get that the parents like to dress the kids up and show them off and have fun with that but again I have to do what works for me during the day. This seems to work for both of us.

I can relate to your post and totally get where your coming from-

[melilley]

I don't really mind them, but I think around 2 should be the cut off, especially if they start potty training. In the off summer months I am always cold so I always think that the kids are cold also so a onesie under a shirt, in my mind, keeps them warm.
I'm like BC, I wear tank tops under all of my shirts!

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

I know this is a silly pet peeve, and I am not trying to be overdramatic. Does anyone else find onesies incredibly irritating, after a certain age ?

I have a DCG who will be 2 in 3 weeks, who still wears onesies every day. On a baby, I totally get it - but on a 2 year old ?!? It just makes checking for a BM difficult, plus the snaps get on my nerves during a diaper change. And half the time I forget she is wearing one (because of her age) and will go to put her pants up and then have to lay her down again to do the ones.

I have had this happen with a few other families, most of which are ones who still treat their 2 year olds like babies. With the other ones, I just started leaving the snaps open because she was potty training.

DCG is small for her age, so that's why they still fit her. They are 12m, so I am thinking that's why mom is still putting her in them. If she went to look at 2T clothes, I think she would realize that they rarely make onuses in toddler sizes.

I mean I am not about to make a policy banning onesies after a certain age ( I would like to, but I think that might be a little much). I just wonder if anyone else has found this to be an annoyance ?

And, just FYI, if anyone remembers, this is my DCG that I posted about with ZERO self help skills who is almost 2 and still goes in a swing.

I hate onesies period. I have less than 10 for my baby, that were gifted, because I think they are weird and I refuse to buy them. :: I would make an age cut off.