Every experienced mom out there told me I needed footed sleepers for my first baby. "They're so easy!""You don't have to fumble with buttons and snaps at night""You won't expose your baby's whole body during diaper changes"Well, prior to my son being born I thought I would love zippered sleepers just as much as all the other mamas. I couldn't have been more wrong. From the first use of those sleepers, I hated them. My son's feet were so large, they wouldn't fit past the ankle. Thank goodness his legs were so short, there was inches of extra room in the legs.The zippers often broke after their first wash or melted in the drier, rendering the rest of the garment useless. Not once, but twice did I zip up my wiggling baby's precious belly skin making me a very guilty mommy. During diaper changes, I still had to uncover most of his body and hope my son would compliantly bend his knee to fit in the legs. By the first month, I was so over the sleepers I donated all of them to Goodwill and ordered these.These gowns have been such lifesavers. There are no zippers, no buttons, no snaps. PERFECT for night time parenting.The neck is nice and wide so clothing changes are hassle-free and you never have to pull a soiled garment back over Baby's face. Diaper changes are especially easy since you only have to expose Baby's lower half. The sleeves also have sewn in scratch-free mittens. The quality is very high. No weak seems, the material is nice and thick yet soft, the print does not fade or pill even after 3 months of use, and the length is great even for long babies. My nearly 8 lb baby was too small for these as a newborn, but by the time he reached 6 weeks, these fit loosely, but still safe for sleep. Now at 4 months, he is still wearing them with lots of room to go. Usually my son grows out of each size exactly at the upper age limit of the clothing piece, so I would say these fit true to size and I predict the gowns will fit right up until 6 months.If you have a winter baby, you can easily add a onesie and socks or pants only under the gown or a swaddle over for added warmth during the night.UPDATE:My son is now 6 months old, and just as predicted, it appears he will still be wearing these sleepers overnight. He is 50th percentile for both height and weight and I believe that he will continue to wear these sleepers for another month or more. The shoulders still fit perfectly, the sleeves are just the right length with wide wrist openings (perfect for those wrist rolls!), and the length is just now showing his feet. I just pair with socks and he stays perfectly warm. At 6 months of regular use, the fabric still feels thick and soft, the seams are still all in tact, there is no pilling or fading or yellowing. These looks just as new as when I first purchased them.
