Kitguide from Baby to Toddler

06.10.2016 by Rotschopf in all, Clothing

Our youngest is already on his feet a lot and we felt it was time to give an overview over his kit …

First year:

According to sources, Babys in the first year of their life were mostly swaddled. Some were only swaddled up to the hip, some were fully wrapped. On their hats, babies often wear some sort of coif or hat.

For our photos, we swaddled our youngest, but not in a historical manner when it comes to how hard to pull the bandages. While a lighter form of swaddling is coming back into fashion these days, modern babies are neither used to this historical sort of firm swaddling, neither is it healthy for the baby. We would like to strongly advise against swaddling your baby without having consulted a professional in advance and we do not recommend to swaddle your child in a historical manner!!!

Our little one has a basic set of:

Linnen coif
loose kyrtle made of linnen
loose kyrtle made of wool

Optional (recommendable when the baby starts to become mobile):

Leatherbelt
sewn stockings/hose
Hood
wooden rattle

Other items:

1 Babywearing wrap made of linnen
1 Pillow
1 small Straw matrace for the cradle
1 linnen sheet
1 Woolen blanket
1 Baby cradle

Second year:

Depictions of toddlers are rare, but show some similarities:

At home, children often go barefooted and in a loos kyrtle. When on the way with their mothers or fathers, they are often carried on their arms or in a wrap and sometimes already wear adult clothing styles.

Girls and boys both wear the same loose kyrtle in the first years and are not distinguished by gender in their clothing. Only with 6-7 years of age they start wearing genderindicating fashion of their parents.