For those that had summer babies
Hi there. A very good friend in New Zealand is expecting a baby girl in January 2011 which is high summer over there. I had a winter baby so he was bundled up from the get go and I'm not sure how many/few layers of clothes would be appropriate for a baby born in the middle of the summer? I'm wanting to get her some baby clothes - can you help me with what you put your baby in when he/she was newborn? Are full body sleep suits too hot?
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We were given some beautiful muslin wraps as a gift which we never used - they were from people who happened to live in Melbourne as well and perhaps forgotten about the whole northern hemisphere thing - but if I had had a summer baby they would have been brilliant. They were much bigger than usual muslin squares and a more sheer muslin - I'll see if I can find a website with something like that on them.
http://www.babystar.co.nz/shop/GIFTS+&+VOUCHERS/Aden++Anais+Muslin+Wraps+4+pack.html?id=Pooxf83R&mv_pc=s
They aren't quite the same as the ones I was talking about but similar and some cute patterns etc.
Verdaubet as mentioned above have some lovely lightweight outfits and at the moment all the summer stuff is on sale...make sure you enter a discount code as there are loads available at the mo...there should be one on the home page.
Before I left I bought my son (BIN 09) a fantastic wetsuit from Mike's Diving. When the weather started to cool it was great to put him in that in the pool cos it meant he could stay in longer without his lips turning blue (like his cousin's were who was in there nude!)
I think they are a great gift - especially for oz or nz. Great price and fantastic quality. Here is a link:
This is the one I bought and it's brilliant:
http://www.mikes-diving.co.uk/two-bare-feet---baby-neoprene-wetsuits-sunsuits---age-0-mths-to-4yrs---633-p.asp
There are a few others available too:
http://www.mikes-diving.co.uk/baby-wetsuits-51-c.asp
Baby Gap and Next are also great for baby girls and although Gap is just opening in Oz I dont think it's in NZ. It's nice to have clothes that no one else has (I always sent my nieces clothes from there before I left the uk - mostly bought in the summer sales). You could just buy some things that are 3-6 months or older.