Infant

Infant means bodysuits and newborn sizes, and it is the personalization market's reliable bestseller: birth announcements, baby-shower gifts, and grandparent humor never go out of season. Rabbit Skins owns this wall, with the 4400 bodysuit as the anchor.

Garment conventions

Infant blanks follow conventions built around diaper changes and big newborn heads: lap (envelope) shoulders that stretch over the head, snap closures at the crotch, and soft 1x1 baby-rib cotton. The Rabbit Skins 4400 is the template: 5 oz How dense a knit fabric is, measured in oz/yd². Typical ranges: under 4.5 oz is lightweight fashion; 4.5–5.5 oz is the midweight band most everyday tees fall into; 5.5–6 oz is heavy everyday and fleece; 6 oz and up is the heavyweight tier, with 7 oz and up the streetwear max-weight class. Heavier fabric drapes more substantially, holds prints flatter, and costs more per blank. combed A step after carding where short fibers are combed out. Combed yarn is smoother, stronger, and pills less than straight-carded yarn. ring-spun rib, three-snap closure, flatlock seams, a tear-away label A printed neck label attached with a perforated seam so the wearer can tear it out without scissors. Common on retail-grade and private-label blanks. , and 60-plus colors.

Sizes run newborn through 24 months. Babies outgrow them in weeks, so gift buyers routinely buy 6M or 12M instead of NB. Stock depth across the middle sizes rather than newborn alone.

What sells

Personalization, almost entirely: names and birth dates, announcement reveals for grandparents, shower gifts, and small-brand baby lines on Etsy and at markets. Orders are tiny and margins are high, which is why DTF and HTV Heat-transfer vinyl. A colored vinyl film cut to shape and pressed onto a garment with a heat platen. Simple, sharp, and cost-effective for small runs; less suitable for fine photo detail. dominate here: no screen minimums, full color, one-off friendly.

CPSIA & decoration notes

Infant garments get the strictest CPSIA scrutiny: the decorated piece is a children's product, so the decorator is responsible for third-party testing and a Children's Product Certificate, compliant inks and films, permanent tracking-label information, and documentation. Dyed and undyed textiles themselves are recognized as lead-safe, but what you add to them is not automatically covered. Don't add small embellishments (rhinestones, loose snaps, 3D parts) that can detach and become choking hazards.

Pressing technique matters: rib knit stretches, so let transfers cool fully and avoid over-stretching at the press, and use a pressing pillow so the snaps don't break contact under the platen The flat board a garment is stretched over during printing. In screen printing it holds the shirt in place; in DTG it positions the shirt under the print head. . Keep designs clear of the snap area entirely.