The Mimou Babywear Blog

Welcome to the Mimou Blog! Find helpful tips, practical advice, and inspiration for life with your little one—from babywear and everyday essentials to the little things that make parenting special.

Parent's hand on the soft cotton of a Mimou polo set on a calm baby — clothes for sensitive skin and eczema guide

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Clothes for Babies with Sensitive Skin and Eczema: What to Look For

For a baby with sensitive or eczema-prone skin, clothing is in constant contact with their most reactive organ — and the right choices make a visible difference. Here’s what to look for (soft cotton, flat seams, tagless, gentle dyes), what to avoid, and how to wash it.
Mimou little gentleman baby outfit set presented as a baby shower gift with ribbon — best baby shower gifts guide

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Best Baby Shower Gifts: A Practical Guide to What Parents Actually Want

Do you buy the cute outfit worn twice, or the useful thing parents actually thank you for? The best baby shower gifts are both. Here are gift ideas new parents genuinely appreciate — organised by usefulness, thoughtfulness, and joy — plus what to avoid.
Newborn in a Mimou panda cotton suit beside a packed hospital bag — hospital bag baby checklist guide

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What to Pack in Your Hospital Bag: The Baby Clothing Checklist

The baby’s side of the hospital bag is far simpler than the endless lists suggest. Here’s exactly what clothing and essentials to pack and how many, the car seat safety rule, and what you can safely leave at home — so you’re ready without over-packing.
Newborn in a Mimou denim dungaree romper and bonnet — newborn coming home outfit guide

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Newborn Coming Home Outfit: How to Choose the Perfect One

The going-home outfit carries a lot of sentiment — but it also has a practical job: keeping a newborn comfortable, warm, and safe for the journey. Here’s how to choose one that’s lovely and works, including the size strategy and the car seat safety rule every parent should know.
Parent checking the fit of a Mimou floral first walker shoe on a baby's foot — baby shoe sizes guide

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Baby Shoe Sizes: How to Measure and a Size Chart by Age

Baby shoe sizing is genuinely confusing — EU, UK, US, and age labels that don’t line up. Here’s how baby shoe sizing actually works, how to measure your baby’s feet accurately at home, a clear size chart across all systems, and how to tell if shoes really fit.
Baby in a Mimou cotton tee and shorts set beside folded baby clothes — newborn layette checklist guide

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Newborn Layette Checklist: How Many Clothes Does a Newborn Really Need?

Almost every first-time parent overbuys tiny newborn outfits that get worn once. Here’s a realistic layette checklist — how many of each item a newborn actually needs, why not to overbuy the smallest sizes, the car seat safety rule, and what you can skip.
Parent's hand on the soft cotton of a Mimou baby polo romper — organic cotton baby clothes guide

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Organic Cotton Baby Clothes: What to Look For (A Buyer’s Guide)

“Organic” is one of the most loosely used words in babywear — and not every product wearing the label has earned it. Here’s why organic cotton genuinely matters for a baby’s sensitive skin, the certifications that actually count (GOTS and OEKO-TEX), and the construction details to look for.
Baby in a well-fitting Mimou plaid collar romper — baby clothes size chart guide

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Baby Clothes Size Chart: Sizing by Age, Weight, and Height

A baby’s age tells you surprisingly little about what size they actually wear — weight and height tell you far more. Here’s a clear baby clothes size chart, why brand sizing varies so much, the practical rules that save money, and how to tell if something really fits.
Tiny newborn in a soft Mimou cotton deer romper cradled in a parent's hands — premature baby clothes guide

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Premature Baby Clothes: A Guide to Dressing a Preemie

Dressing a premature baby comes with its own practical needs — from sizing by weight to fastenings that work around delicate skin and medical equipment. Here’s how preemie sizing works, what to look for, keeping a tiny baby warm, and the gentle practicalities of dressing a preemie.
Baby sleeping peacefully on their back in a crib wearing a Mimou koala romper — how to get baby to sleep through the night guide

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How to Get Your Baby to Sleep Through the Night

“Sleeping through the night” doesn’t mean what most exhausted parents think — and that changes how you approach it. Here’s what it really means, realistic expectations by age, and the foundations that build consolidated night sleep: routine, timing, drowsy-but-awake, and a safe environment.
Baby in Mimou little dino muslin romper being offered first puree in a high chair — starting solids guide

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Starting Solids: When to Start and the Signs Your Baby Is Ready

Starting solids is about developmental readiness, not a date on the calendar. Here are the three physical signs your baby is ready (and the things often mistaken for readiness), what the WHO and AAP advise on timing, how to begin, and the safety essentials.
Parent patting a baby's skin dry on a changing mat, baby in Mimou white cotton romper — diaper rash guide

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Diaper Rash: Causes, Treatment, and Prevention

Nearly every baby gets diaper rash, and it has little to do with how attentive a parent is. Here are the causes, the different types (and why treatment differs), the clean-dry-protect routine that clears most cases, how to prevent it, and when to see a doctor.
Parent bicycling a baby's legs to relieve constipation, baby in Mimou elephant romper — baby constipation guide

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Baby Constipation: What’s Normal, What’s Not, and How to Help

A lot of what looks like baby constipation isn’t — breastfed babies can go a week and be fine, and straining is often normal. Here’s how to tell genuine constipation from normal baby business, the common causes, gentle age-appropriate remedies, and when to call the doctor.
Baby in Mimou zebra print romper smiling to show first bottom teeth — baby teething order guide

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Baby Teething Order: Which Teeth Come In, and When

Baby teeth tend to arrive in a predictable order on a recognisable timeline. Here’s the full chart of which teeth come in and when, the real signs of teething (and what teething does NOT cause), how to soothe sore gums safely, and caring for those first teeth.
Drowsy baby in Mimou little koala set settled for a nap — baby wake windows by age guide

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Baby Wake Windows by Age: The Complete Chart and Guide

Once you understand wake windows, a huge amount of baby sleep stops feeling like a mystery. Here’s the full age-by-age wake window chart, the biology of why overtiredness backfires, how to read your baby’s tired cues, and the common mistakes to avoid.
Parent bottle-feeding a baby in a Mimou baby polo romper — how to introduce a bottle to a breastfed baby guide

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How to Introduce a Bottle to a Breastfed Baby (Without the Battle)

The breastfed baby who refuses a bottle is one of the most underestimated feeding challenges. Here’s the timing window that works best, why someone else should offer the first bottle, paced feeding step by step, and how to troubleshoot refusal.
Parent and baby in Mimou strawberry gingham romper in skin-to-skin contact — baby bonding and attachment guide

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Baby Bonding: How Attachment Forms and How to Build It

Bonding isn’t a single magical moment — it’s a process built through thousands of ordinary interactions. Here’s the reassuring science of attachment, the “serve and return” loop that shapes it, practical ways to build it, and what to do when bonding feels hard.
Baby in Mimou colorful jungle romper mid-crawl reaching for a toy — baby crawling stages guide

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Baby Crawling: The Stages, the Timing, and How to Encourage It

There’s no single correct way to crawl — and some babies skip it entirely. Here are the stages that build toward crawling, when it typically happens, the conditions that encourage it, and the rare signs worth checking with a doctor.
Parent handing a baby in a Mimou knit collar romper to a daycare carer — when do babies start daycare guide

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When Do Babies Start Daycare? Readiness, Timing, and Transition Tips

The first daycare drop-off is harder than anyone warns you. Here’s an honest guide to when babies typically start daycare, how separation anxiety factors into the timing, signs of readiness, and the strategies that make the transition smoother for baby and parent alike.
Newborn in Mimou safari romper gripping a parent's finger — newborn reflexes guide

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Newborn Reflexes: The Complete Guide to What They Mean and When They Fade

Every healthy baby is born with a set of automatic, hardwired reflexes — Moro, rooting, grasp, stepping, and more. Here’s what each one does, why it exists, when it fades, and why pediatricians treat them as a window into a developing nervous system.

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