Infant clothing

In Western countries babies typically wear bodysuits and babygrows (known in American English by various names such as sleepers or footies).

For cooler weather and more formal occasions, they might become underwear beneath outfits more comparable to those worn by adults.

While these outer clothes often feature child-friendly images such as cartoons, for especially formal occasions such as weddings infants might wear scaled down adult styles such as mini-tuxedos.

For young babies garments will often have full leg and back openings to allow for easy nappy changing.

There are even infant clothes now made with bamboo rayon fibres which are marketed as being breathable and soft to the touch.

Excessive thermal insulation has been associated with an increased incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

[6] Clothing was responsible for an increased incidence of congenital hip dislocation (CDH) in Japanese infants.

[9] Canada prohibits the importation, sale, or advertising of classes of clothing and other consumer products that do not meet the minimum flammability standards.

[10] Standards for infant and children's sleepwear were defined in 1971 and amended in 1987 as part of the Hazardous Products Act.