Dressing Miss Isabelle

This week Miss Isabelle turned three months old. I cannot believe how quickly that time has gone, and how much she has grown in those 3 months. She has learnt so much in that time (mainly that if she even looks like she might THINK about crying I will let her have unlimited boob!) and is such a joy to spend each day with.

With the reaching of this 3 month landmark, and as she is in the 50th centile for weight (she was 12lbs 12oz at 12 weeks) she has begun to grow out of her 0-3 month clothes. So, in homage to the itty bitty clothes that may never get used again (I could go on to have only boys, as could my sister-in-law and sister!) I thought I would share with you some of my favourite outfits she has had so far.

We were extremely fortunate when Isabelle was born to find out just how many generous people she will have in her life, as we received presents from so many people, most of them clothes. As Simon and I chose to leave the gender of our baba a surprise, we had only purchased a few gender neutral sleep suits (and we had some on loan from, you guessed it, my sister-in-law!). Neither of us are huge fashionistas, and were more than happy with the idea of dressing our little one in sleepsuits until they were old enough to walk. In fact, if people hadn't bought 'proper' clothes for Isabelle, I imagine that's exactly what we would have done!

All of the sleepsuits and vests we bought were 'supermarket chic', from F&F at Tesco and George at Asda. Their stuff is just as lovely as high street shops, but at a fraction of the price. Considering how quickly little miss grew out if these, I am so glad we didn't buy them from somewhere more expensive! I know they will be used again for future babies, so we definitely got our monies worth.

My most loved items from the last three months were bought by my aunt - a pack of gorgeous sleepsuits from Next which I just ADORE. They are beautiful prints, gorgeously soft and she looks so adorable in them! (Ignore her face in the bottom right pic! She loved it really!) I am not a big fan of pink, and personally hate when people buy a mass of pink stuff for their little girl, but the two pink sleepsuits in this pack are my absolute favourites!

Of course, people also bought us a whole host of 'proper' clothes for Isabelle, but most of them are for 3-6 months, so she is just starting to fit them now. However, her wonderful auntie Helen (that's my sister-in-law!) bought her some gorgeous 0-3months dresses from Marks and Spencer which she just looks so cute in! They are again great quality, and such classic little dresses that she looks like the most perfect baby girl in the world in them (which, obviously, she is!) Unfortunately we haven't had loads of wear out of these, as I was keeping them for special days, and she is almost out of them now which makes me so sad.

There are so many more little bits I could show you, including much, much more from both Next and M&S (particularly one set of newborn sleepsuits from M&S which she lived in for the first 3 weeks as everything else was too big!) but I would be showing you photos all year!

I can't, however, do a post about her first outfits with a mention of her "novelty" outfits - supplied by her very own fashion guru, auntie Katie. Sadly, we didn't manage to get a picture if Izzy in her tutu (yes...her TUTU) but I assure you it was something to behold! The "floof" seemed never ending! There was also her ladybird outfit, which was the first outfit she wore when she arrived home, and which I was so sad to see her grow out of.

Simon and I also bought her a novelty sheep pram suit, which I was convinced we would get no use out of but, luckily, this spring was FREEZING and Isabelle was smaller than anticipated (since I was a whale) so we used it lots. These little novelty outfits are all from Next as well, as all their girls clothes are just so beautiful. In fact, the only 'proper' clothes we have bought Isabelle ourselves are from Next, albeit for summer 2014 so we have a while to wait until she fits into them!

While Simon and I still prefer buying her sleepsuits ourselves, and I still dress her in those when we are just lounging about, she has so much gorgeous stuff for this next few months that she is going to be the best dressed girl around! Come back in 3 months time for the next chapter in our fashion show - it will include rompers, red jeans, peach jeans and dresses galore!

What's your favourite outfit for your little one? Anything you are particularly sad to see them grow out of?