Baby bodysuits are an essential part of every baby’s line of baby clothes and baby layette items. Baby bodysuits are also known by a variety of other terms, including baby onesies, baby one-piece shirts or outfits, baby rompers, baby shirts, or baby undershirts or underwear. Layette is a term that means a collection of clothes for a newborn baby.
Probably the most popular of these terms is baby onesies, which is actually a trademarked name used by Gerber for their bodysuits. Most baby sites use the term baby bodysuits to describe them in category and product listings, and both baby onesies and baby bodysuits in written text will mean the same thing (mostly they will be used interchangably for some variety so it doesn’t read so repetitively). Just as the terms themselves are highly interchangeable, baby bodysuits or baby onesies are an important but versatile part of your baby’s outfit.
Essentially a baby bodysuit or baby onesie is a short sleeved shirt for a baby with one significant difference – the bottom of the shirt in the back wraps under the baby’s diaper and fastens to the shirt in the front. In this way baby bodysuits provide additional support for the diaper to help prevent it from falling off or twisting around.
Baby bodysuits, or baby onesies, are primarily worn underneath other baby clothing such as dresses, coveralls, or shirt and pant sets. As any experienced mom will tell you, however, baby bodysuits can frequently work just fine as an outfit by themselves, especially when the baby onesie is combined with a pair of
baby pants and some
baby socks!
A popular trend recently has been to provide your baby with some attitude by selecting cute sayings or sassy phrases on the front in the same way that adult t-shirts have always done. Some sites have even coined their own terms for these printed onesies; Baby Mall Online calls them
Baby-Says Bodysuits.
Most baby bodysuits are available in sizes up to 24 months. Somewhere around the 2 year mark most kids will be wearing more adult-style clothing, with regular shirts and pants. This isn't an accident, nor even a style issue. Instead it's based on practicality. When your little one starts potty training the snaps at the crotch would present an awkward obstacle to overcome! So at that point it's best to move on from bodysuits and switch to "grown up" style clothes.
Bodysuits also are frequently available in seasonal designs, such as
sleeveless baby bodysuits and
long-sleeved baby onesies in addition to the standard short-sleeved baby bodysuits.
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