Oh Snap, Baby Clothes

Whoever designs baby clothes needs to retire or be exiled from planet earth. Yes, they are absolutely adorable, especially the girls' clothes. Bows, hearts, "pretty like mommy", little muddy puppies, silly monkeys, "handsome like daddy", cartooned farm equipment, and so on. The cuteness goes on and on. 

But where is the ease of changing your baby's clothes? Onsies are my favorite for LittleMan. They're the easiest thing to put him in. A boat neck top that's easy to it over his head and fast and only three snaps to put together. 

However, what's with all the snaps on other clothes? It doesn't make it any easier or faster to change him. I've counted at least twelve snaps on one of his pajama coverall outfits. TWELVE! How is that easy? You can get arthritis or carpel tunnel from all those buttons. And forget about quiet nighttime diaper changes. When you pull apart each button, it shakes the baby and makes a loud noise, waking him up. 

Zippers are key. LittleMan has a pajama coverall that zips all the way up. Genius! It's easy. Just put his limbs in the appropriate places and zip up. No twelve button snaps to give you arthritis and the zipper won't jerk the outfit and wake him up. Why are zippers not as popular as snaps?! I understand you want to make it difficult for the baby to undo their clothes themselves, but that's where one snap comes in handy; there is a flap of fabric that reaches over the zippers slider and snaps down. 

More zippers now! Make it easier for mom and dads everywhere.