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blandino 09:05 PM 06-24-2013
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.
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Starburst 09:17 PM 06-24-2013
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..."
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mamac 09:29 PM 06-24-2013
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.
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littlemissmuffet 10:30 PM 06-24-2013
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.
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GoodKarma 04:43 AM 06-25-2013
Raising my hand! My solution is to not snap them, just tuck them in like a regular shirt.
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Unregistered 06:28 AM 06-25-2013
YES!

Especially under overalls on a potty training child. How could that possible seem like a good idea?
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blandino 06:43 AM 06-25-2013
Originally Posted by 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.
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.
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AnneCordelia 06:50 AM 06-25-2013
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.
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TheGoodLife 06:57 AM 06-25-2013
Originally Posted by 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.
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!
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jenn 07:01 AM 06-25-2013
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.
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LK5kids 07:07 AM 06-25-2013
Agree, that would be very irritating!
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Blackcat31 09:09 AM 06-25-2013
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.
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My3cents 09:59 AM 06-25-2013
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-
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melilley 10:38 AM 06-25-2013
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!
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EntropyControlSpecialist 10:50 AM 06-25-2013
Originally Posted by 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.
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.
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littlemissmuffet 01:06 PM 06-25-2013
Originally Posted by EntropyControlSpecialist:
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.
Less than 10? My kid has HUNDREDS, lol! I hate tees for babies because they always ride up.
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Cradle2crayons 01:29 PM 06-25-2013
Onesies don't bother me at all. And where I live you can't buy them over twelve months so no worries with training kids in them.
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Luna 03:43 PM 06-25-2013
Slightly OT, but I had a boy "potty training" while wearing a onesie under overalls with a pullover sweater on top. And STILL, he sucked one thumb and wrangled the other thumb under and over and around all those clothes to stick it in his belly button. Potty training did not go well.
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Patches 03:52 PM 06-25-2013
Yes!!! Really I do not like them in onsies after they start walking.
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EntropyControlSpecialist 04:12 PM 06-25-2013
Originally Posted by littlemissmuffet:
Less than 10? My kid has HUNDREDS, lol! I hate tees for babies because they always ride up.
After dealing with infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss, I'm a complete weirdo (okay, freak) about the clothing being put on this baby that came from my womb. I have spent this entire pregnancy bargain hunting for expensive brands (for CHEAP) in the styles I want. It's the "style" of most onesies that I truly don't like. So, I've fixated on clothes and bows. I'm actually a weirdo about what goes on my teenager as well.

I only used 20 or so when I raised my Godchild because I didn't like them back then either, but it was what was gifted to me so I just used what I had.
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daycarediva 04:13 PM 06-25-2013
I don't mind onesies until they are potty training. My kids did the onesie, then undershirt thing, and I wear a (long) cami under everything. Crack kills.
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blandino 04:17 PM 06-25-2013
Originally Posted by 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.
I also do the tank top thing, under basically every shirt I own.

I definitely agree with the cold on their tummies, and when they are little I see the point that cold would cause discomfort thus crying and irritability. But on a 23 month old, they just seem cumbersome - especially in 95 degree heat.

Maybe because this DCG is babied in so many other ways, that this just adds to my list of irritations and ways her parents babying her makes my life more difficult.
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Lyss 04:36 PM 06-25-2013
Originally Posted by 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.
I'm the same, DD always had a onesie on as an infant (and as a toddler still wears them). Never really as a stand alone outfit or without pants but as an undershirt. Our house is terrible on heat and DD was a winter baby so she always had one under her clothes. I had them as a kid and I hate that shirts always rode up when she moved around. She still wears them at night (18months) and under outfits unless its warm out. Once she starts potty training I'm done with them though.

It doesn't bother me but I just have 2 under 2 the rest are potty trained.

I rarely snap more than one button, I dont think DD ever actually had all 3 buttoned!
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Sunshine74 10:16 PM 06-25-2013
I can't stand them, especially on the over twos. For infants I can understand, though I always have trouble with the snaps, but once the child is 2, enough is enough. And what's worse are the ones that are not just undershirts, but supposed to be worn as a shirt. Then they wear 2!

DCG who is supposed to be potty training wears one every single day as a shirt. I don't know what the biggest size is that they have here, sometimes I feel like they can wear them until they go to kindergarten!

On a slightly different, but related topic, almost as bad as onsies are those one piece shorts outfits (rompers) that little girls wear. Those are the worst for the potty training toddlers- preschoolers. They make them up to a 5T!

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Unregisteredpandamom 10:41 PM 06-25-2013
Yes, I hate those rompers too! I'll also add converse sneakers because kids like to take them off but it takes forever to put them back on because you have to loosen the entire shoelace to get the foot back in. I used to have a Child in my class whose mom is Eastern European. She sent her almost three year old in onesies and tights and pants and a shirt everyday. One day she sent her in two onesies plus a shirt and tights and pants! That poor girl was always sweating. Nice mom talked about pt, we were able to convince her to send dck in a single layer of clothing .
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craftymissbeth 09:52 AM 06-26-2013
I read this thread yesterday and didn't answer because they didn't bother me. Until this morning. When DCG shows up with a onesie so small I can almost see her chichis and then DCB shows up with a onesie so big the buttons are down by his knees

Maybe it was laundry day in both of their households
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Blackcat31 01:30 PM 06-26-2013
Originally Posted by craftymissbeth:
I read this thread yesterday and didn't answer because they didn't bother me. Until this morning. When DCG shows up with a onesie so small I can almost see her chichis and then DCB shows up with a onesie so big the buttons are down by his knees

Maybe it was laundry day in both of their households




Speaking of difficult outfits, I had a baby once come in a one piece outfit from Baby Gap. It was sweater type material and had teeny tiny little buttons all along the crotch area and NO other buttons or snaps for access so unbuttoning the legs was the only way to get it on or off and to change the diaper.

I only wish that baby had a onsie on that day... I did leave the buttons open all day so baby had flaps rather than leg openings.

I also made sure to tell mom that the baby could no longer wear that outfit to daycare.

Why in the world would someone even make an outfit like that?!?!?
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momma2girls 12:34 PM 07-29-2013
They really irritate me as well. There are times that all my children have onsies on. A couple of them have double onsies on!!! UGHH!!!!!!
I only had onsies on my own children, til about 12-18 months and only during the Winter months to keep them warmer. The children shouldn't be wearing them after this age, especially during potty training.
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Cradle2crayons 01:03 PM 07-29-2013
I'm weird I guess. Onesies don't bother me. I actually prefer them unless they are beginning to potty train then they are a no no. But here they don't make them past that size anyway.
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Familycare71 01:37 PM 07-29-2013
Originally Posted by Unregisteredpandamom:
Yes, I hate those rompers too! I'll also add converse sneakers because kids like to take them off but it takes forever to put them back on because you have to loosen the entire shoelace to get the foot back in. I used to have a Child in my class whose mom is Eastern European. She sent her almost three year old in onesies and tights and pants and a shirt everyday. One day she sent her in two onesies plus a shirt and tights and pants! That poor girl was always sweating. Nice mom talked about pt, we were able to convince her to send dck in a single layer of clothing .
Converse sneakers ugh!!! The hardest shoe ever!! ESP if its high top!

I don't mind onesies up to potty training- prevents diaper play. But once potty training starts no more! I only snap the outside two snaps
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daycarediva 02:37 PM 07-29-2013
Originally Posted by Sunshine74:
I can't stand them, especially on the over twos. For infants I can understand, though I always have trouble with the snaps, but once the child is 2, enough is enough. And what's worse are the ones that are not just undershirts, but supposed to be worn as a shirt. Then they wear 2!

DCG who is supposed to be potty training wears one every single day as a shirt. I don't know what the biggest size is that they have here, sometimes I feel like they can wear them until they go to kindergarten!

On a slightly different, but related topic, almost as bad as onsies are those one piece shorts outfits (rompers) that little girls wear. Those are the worst for the potty training toddlers- preschoolers. They make them up to a 5T!
My dck's wear these and I am SERIOUSLY sick of it, the whole thing has to come off to go potty and neither can put it back on! Worst idea for age 2-5 EVER.
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Sereetta 03:03 PM 07-29-2013
My my son who is two today I still put him in onesies because its hot and he can go without shorts while inside! He is potty training so I leave it unsnapped. Now that he is two I won't buy anymore but the one's he still fits he is wearing!
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Bookworm 05:57 PM 07-29-2013
Originally Posted by daycarediva:
My dck's wear these and I am SERIOUSLY sick of it, the whole thing has to come off to go potty and neither can put it back on! Worst idea for age 2-5 EVER.
I feel you. Everytime a DCK wears one of these things, they usually flood the bathroom.
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daycare 06:07 PM 07-29-2013
Originally Posted by daycarediva:
My dck's wear these and I am SERIOUSLY sick of it, the whole thing has to come off to go potty and neither can put it back on! Worst idea for age 2-5 EVER.
and it has a belt!!! who ever designed this obviously does not have any children.....must be the same person who designed skinny jeans for babies.....


UGH I hate those types of outfits
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Hunni Bee 06:59 PM 07-29-2013
I'm an odd one...I love onesies, only the Carters ones though. The Gerber or any other brand are shaped weird.

I think Ava Rose has about 100 of them already. A neighbor gave her 3 packs of the preemie ones, and she's been living in those at the hospital...they're so cute.
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daycarediva 09:49 AM 07-30-2013
Originally Posted by daycare:
and it has a belt!!! who ever designed this obviously does not have any children.....must be the same person who designed skinny jeans for babies.....


UGH I hate those types of outfits
DCG came in one today...a WHITE one. Old Navy has genius designers! I changed her and will change her back after pick up.

NOOOO WAY!
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Crazy8 10:07 AM 07-30-2013
I don't really mind onesies at any age up till potty training but I see no point to them when its 90 degrees out - they are undershirts!!! and also hate when they wear 2-3 layers of "snap" clothing at once (onesie, shirt that snaps, romper or pants that snap, etc.).
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