Baby PJ with Zips Vs Snaps – Its the way to go – Don’t go for anything else – You won’t regret it!
Originally posted 2021-02-19 17:28:44.
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Zip Up PJ Tips
Claire
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Team magnet pajamas!
Sleepers with magnetic closures! We had 2 with fold over cuffs. They were the best even if they were expensive.
Yeah nah. You ever zippered an umbilical stump? That shit stays with you. Snaps all the way.
No zip ones suck, they get into weird shapes because of the stiffness of the zip and look wo uncomfortable for baby. Snaps all the way!
I’m a fan of gowns for newborns. A pain to get on but so easy to change the millionth diaper in the middle of the night.
Pro tip have one or two sets of snap PJ’s incase your baby ends up in the hospital. The tubing can be fed through the holes between the snaps. But yes have the rest be zippers.
My absolute favourite PJs are Zippy Jams because not only do they have a zip from neck to foot, they also have a crotch zip! I can just unzip their butt to change them.
Yes yes YES
Also, if you’re really fancy- MAGNETS
Fuck the snap pajamas. STM, I literally immediately donated any that people gave me.
Ain’t nobody got time for that!!!
Bend the knee!
I hate zippers because that right leg won’t bend enough to go back in at 4am. With snaps I only have to undo 3-4 on each side not the whole dang thing. And who wants a open top on their baby in the winter, brrr.
MAGNETIC MEEEEEEE it’s so much better than zippers!
Even better? Pajamas with magnet closures.
Zippy Jams are where it’s at. It’s like combining the Snaps with Zippers. SO good. I love them so much.
I thought I had learned this lesson well from my first child, so when I found out I was having multiples the second time around I bought zippered pajamas for all of them well in advance to take advantage of thrift store sales. And then one of them was born with clubfoot and can’t wear them. Snaps exist for a reason!
Know what’s even better? The open bottom nightgowns. No snaps or zippers!
And onesies with 2 zips, not one. Or bum changing is not fun.
and dont get the ones from old navy because the zippers break gaaaah
Unpopular opinion here – I love the snap pjs!! The flexibility of being able to snap in any direction is great.
Ok this is contentious but I’m on team snaps. They are way easier to close around my babies chunky thighs.
Get the dress kind!! NO snaps necessary!!
Till you’re tired and the screams of the 7 hells echo through the house because you’ve just zipped your baby into his zipper – I can confirm
For those mums that don’t know , there’s always a coloured popper where the legs meet the torso to show you where the leg bits end :p
i read this while pregnant and am sooooo glad i didn’t only get zip ups bc fuck those. i hate feeling like i’m gonna break her leg getting it back into the side w out the zipper. snaps for the win!!
Team snaps. Every zipper PJ I’ve bought for my infant bunches up near their neck and it seems mad uncomfortable. Snaps 4 lyfe.
BRING NOTHING ELSE TO THE HOSPITAL. Pants don’t work with the cord clip. I sent my poor mother to khols for more two way zip PJs the second I got home with my daughter.
When I was pregnant I was OBSESSED with finding zip up baby jammies (they’re really unusual in the UK). Got massively stressed that most of my baby’s clothes are snaps. You know what? It’s not a big deal. It’s nothing like as bad or as annoying as I’d imagined.
Baby nightgowns with open bottoms though? Those bad boys are game changers. Love them.
There are those magnet pajamas too…
I’ve seen where the snap jammies are handy for babies in the NICU since they often have wires and tubes running in and out. Maybe see if you can donate to your local hospital?
Why you’re wrong:
1. With snaps, you don’t have to completely expose your baby to change a diaper. You just have to undo a few snaps, fold the leg up (not sideways, so you don’t have to undo all the snaps down to the foot) and then a quick change and snap up the few snaps.
2. For babies that that need medical equipment that involves tubes and wires, snaps are a must!
3. Fat thighs? How about we squeeze and squish until we just barely get it zipped up and it’s stretched unevenly across/up into the diaper. LEAKS!
Double zipper. Always the double zipper.
Or newborn jeans! What the hell for!?!!?
Better yet. Magnetic Me. No zips, snaps, etc. just some magnets!! Life savor for me
The worst are the ones with snaps on the inside of the legs and then you have to try and match them to right snap part in the dark at 4am! There have been times I just left it hanging open like a kilt!
My mom bought us a bunch of baby night gowns and said she made us live in them til we could crawl.
I don’t like them for going out, but around the house they are great. No fasteners at all! Just pull them up to change diapers, long enough when you pull them back down to keep feet warm.
Zippers all the way, I have the most active 9 month old. CHANGING HER IS HELL WITH BUTTONS, she crawls away constantly and she never stays still while changing. EVEN DOING 3 BUTTONS ON HER ONSIE IS A CHALLENGE. So yeah, fuck buttons.
Especially the ones that zip from the bottom to top!
I preferred the long open ended gowns. You can just scoot it up for changing.
I still pick on my husband about this:)
Zippers don’t go around tubes/wires. Just saying.
I prefer snaps unless the zipper is the double ended one that you don’t have to take the whole sleeper off to change a diaper in the middle of the night.
I like the new “double zipper” ones so you can zip up from the leg to check the diaper without unzipping near their arms! I can’t believe they didn’t have those for my other kid 3 years ago
Actually – Two way zip pajamas! Target cloud island or Carter’s has them. The best.
My daughter is 17 months and we’re team ‘T-shirt & diaper’ at the moment. I can probably get her in a dress but got forbid I put something over her legs. Little miss fussy pants.
I can’t say I have ever seen zipper pyjamas, are they not a thing here in the UK?
The worst of both worlds are the pull over clothes. Who the hell wants to fight with a baby’s head, pulling the arms through the tight shirt. It’s awful.
I’m team zipper all the way. I can deal with the 3 snaps on a onesie, but that’s my limit.
Magnets. I’m always raving about them.
I kinda like snaps 😶
Ohhh yes and there are so many other flaws with baby clothes,,, idk who designs this stuff 🥴
It’s seems like I’m the only one that staunchly disagrees with this.
I find the snaps so much easier. I think it’s way easier to check if the diaper is wet/poopy without unzipping the whole thing. And I don’t have to fight the leg in/out.