We’ve had many differing styles of one-piece t-shirts – hand-me-downs, brand new, colors, patterns and white (white is always the largest stack). Gerber’s classic white Onesies has always been my favorite. Gerber Onesies are made of light 100 percent preshrunk cotton with quality construction. Because they are light, I always used onesies as the extra shirts I carry in the diaper bag. This saves room while still providing extra clothes for “just in case.”
The Gerber Onesie is a one-piece bodysuit style T-shirt. The top is identical to a standard cotton t-shirt with a flap that wraps around baby’s bottom and snaps. This keeps the shirt in place so it doesn’t bunch up or come un-tucked from baby’s pants. The three snaps come together easily and hold very well, especially when baby bends over or the shirt starts getting snug. Trust me we tested these several times when I wanted to get just one more wear out of the shirt.
Updated styles have sleeves with a finished hem. Older versions do not have the finished hem (this was in order to keep the sleeves from cutting off circulation in the arms). Around the neck opening fabric is overlapped to allow the opening to become larger when slipping over baby’s head. Those baby’s with large noggins (like mine) need not worry about shirts getting stuck or having to wear a larger size because the neck is too small. Gerber also makes all their onesies tagless. This means all of the garment information is screen-printed on the inside of the shirt and a tag won’t bother. The print seems to lasts better than before. I have several older shirts that I have no clue what size they really are since the words wore off before I got them.
Gerber Onesies are available at pretty much any baby store. A package of 6 cost around $10.00 and come in sizes Newborn to 24 Months. The shirts come in plain white, colors, pastels, prints, patterns, short sleeve and long sleeve 0 pretty much whatever way you want a baby shirt. Sizing seems to run similar to the majority of my son’s clothes and true to size. The size of his onesie has closely corresponded to his age and size as well. Children larger than the 50th percentile obviously will wear their onesies larger than their age.
Sizes: 0-3 Months – up to 10 lbs
3-6 Months – 10-13 lbs
6-9 Months – 13-16 lbs
12 Months – 18-20 lbs
18 Months – 21-24 lbs
24 months – 24-28 lbs
Being born in the fall Little Guy practically lived in an onesie of some sort until about 8 months (when summer came) usually a white Gerber Onesie. The shirts are great for providing that extra layer of warmth. Since we all know people want to hold and pass baby around, the onesie provides a layer underneath that won’t bunch up with passing. It always seemed to me that my son felt more fragile without an undershirt. Once summer came there were many nights that a white onesie doubles as jammies so he had something on but wasn’t too hot. Now I primarily use onesies with overalls which makes a super cute outfit.
Although we don’t use onesies as much as before (since my son is a wiggle worm and doesn’t like to sit still for the snaps) these were definitely an important part of my son’s wardrobe for quite a long time. Occasionally there are coupon offers from Gerber that can be found by visiting the Gerber website.
