A few weeks ago, Nathan’s parents came by to drop off some of his things from when he was a baby/child. Toys for Annabel to play with one day, his favorite books for her to read, and some of his tiny clothes for us to see. It was funny to see how far baby clothes have come in the last 30 years!
Take this little outfit for example:
Nathan’s mom says this was the precursor to the “onesie.” You can open up the snaps like this:
for easy diaper access. You’ll also note (if you can see it) that there are two snaps on each side. This way, it can grow with baby! Snap the top one to make it smaller and the bottom one to add a little bit of length. Pretty clever, no?
So maybe baby clothes haven’t come so far after all where this outfit is concerned!
However, the footie pajamas have definitely improved. Now there are actually shapes where the feet fit right in, whereas when Nathan was a baby, you had this:
Sealed in pants, but no designated space for the feet.
One thing that hasn’t changed? Carters.
I guess they cornered the market a long time ago!
Speaking of baby fashion, am I the only one who thinks that babies in onesies with pants over the top look like little old men? I’d much prefer just regular shirts with pants, but then you have the problem of the shirt constantly riding up and creating quite a draft for baby’s back and belly. My solution? Onsie over the pants!
So much cuter if you ask me!
And if I had to guess, I’d say that Annabel agrees with me!
Wouldn’t you say?
Love the polka dots! I don’t remember if I commented on the ponytail blog post, but I thought that was hilarious too!
Thanks:)
Man, when I first started reading this post, I thought there was gonna be a baby fashion show with pics of Annabel in all of Nathan’s old baby clothes! Oh well…
I like your pants-under-onesies idea. Although either way, it’s still pretty funny when you think about it – either pants snapped over your “shirt” or your “shirt” snapped over your pants! 
Yeah, Nathan was a preemie, so his clothes were tiny. Too little for ABK:)
P.S. She’s totally rockin’ her polka dots from Auntie Bethany.
Good taste, Auntie Bethany! So cute. And I like the pants under the onesie, also. It’s very 80′s; she looks a little Jane Fonda.
Ha, I hadn’t thought about that, but you’re right!
I feel bad for Nathan’s feet when he had to wear those yellow pjs. Poor 80′s babies.
I love the onesie over the pants. You’re setting new trends and Annabella is following!
HAHAHA, yes, those poor, deprived 80′s babies! I’m not sure how we all survived. Can’t wait to see pictures of Annabella rocking the onesie over her pants!