| Simple Japanese style clothing for babies and children | | | | preventing tears as it allows you to keep eye |
| are not only cute, they are also kind to babies and | | | | contact with your baby throughout. I for one noticed |
| are a great way to avoid tears and possible skin | | | | a big difference at changing time. |
| irritation. | | | | An added advantage of the wrap style clothes is |
| Traditional Japanese style baby clothes are based on | | | | that the care label can be placed away from the |
| the kimono 'wrap' style. This prevents the parents | | | | baby's skin, on top of the inside layer of the |
| from having to pull anything over the baby's head, | | | | garment. This can be especially important for young |
| which is a traumatic experience for babies - especially | | | | babies up to one year of age as their skin is very |
| newborns up to about three months. New parents | | | | delicate and can be easily irritated. |
| will tell you (including me!) of the difficulty they have | | | | One more advantage of the traditional kimono style |
| supporting the baby's neck and then trying to pull a | | | | baby clothing is that using cloth ties to secure the |
| baby vest over the head. It's tough and it can be a | | | | items at the top can eliminate the need for an |
| tearful time for small babies which can become a | | | | excessive amount of poppers. Ties which are |
| stressful experience for new parents. | | | | securely fastened (unlike drawstrings which can be |
| The wrap style used with Japanese baby clothes | | | | removed and can cause health risks) are a great way |
| allow you to place the baby on top of the garment | | | | of giving extra room for your baby to grow as they |
| and simply wrap the baby up, therefore, eliminating | | | | are easy to adjust unlike poppers or buttons which |
| the need to pull anything over the head. This simple | | | | are fixed. |
| way of dressing baby is an effective way of | | | | |