Gerber Variety Onesies Review

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 Onsies has always been my favorite. 

The Gerber Onsie 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 out several times when I wanted to get just one more wear out of the shirt.

Onsies are made of light 100% preshrunk cotton with quality construction.  Because they are light, I always used onsies as the extra shirts I carry in the diaper bag.  This saves room while still providing extra clothes for "just in case."  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 folded to allow for the opening to become larger when slipping the onsie over baby's head.  Those baby's with large noggins 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 onsies tagless.  This means all of the garment information is screen-printed on the inside of the shirt.  This is nice since the tag does not bother baby and the print 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 Onsies are available at pretty much any baby store.  A package of 6 cost around $10.00 and come in sizes New Born to 24 Months.  The shirts come in plain white, colors, pastels, prints, patterns, short sleeve and long sleeve.  Sizing seems to run similar to the majority of my son's clothes.  The size of his onsie has closely corresponded to his age.  Children larger than the 50th percentile obviously will wear their onsies 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 onsie of some sort until about 8 months (when summer came) usually a white Gerber Onsie.  The shirts are great for providing that extra layer of warmth.  Also, since we all know people want to hold and pass baby around the onsie provides a layer underneath that won't bunch up with holding.  It always seemed to me that my son felt more fragile without an undershirt.  Once summer came, there were many nights that a white onsie doubles as jammies so he had something on but wasn't too hot.  Now, I primarily use onsies with overalls, which makes a super cute outfit.  Although we don't use onsies 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.

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