Breastfeeding In Your dearjohnnies

We just received a great question posed to the blog:

"Are the easy to breastfeed in? Doesn't look like it. I've seen another gown that has front panels that help with breastfeeding without showing everything."


Our Answer:


dearjohnnies are real hospital gowns, so they have all of the design elements but done better!
The snap down sleeves open completely and nursing can be done with ease.

dearjohnnies allow for medical access for the days after you deliver when nurses and doctors will need access for IV's, to check your bottom, and your incisions. Other "nursing gowns" which may have slits or front panels do not have these hospital gown design elements. The purpose of dearjohnnies is to provide women and children with comfortable, safe, and secure hospital gowns. They are approved for medical access and what you will really want to and need to be wearing during your labor, delivery, and recovery.

We suggest using one of our coordinating swaddling blankets for privacy or tucking your baby into your gown to nurse. To hold up the back portion of your dearjohnnies hospital gown while your sleeve is un-snapped, tuck the back panel and snaps into the back of your nursing bra strap. This way when you need to snap back up, it is all right there!


One dearjohnnies customer sent us this photo. Tucking your baby inside your hospital gown to nurse is an excellent way to gain coverage as well as precious skin to skin contact!

Healthcare Reform? How About Hospital Gown Reform? We Approve!

This is a funny cartoon and it is fitting in the midst of all of the Healthcare Reform chatter on the web today. Thank goodness dearjohnnies thought of Hospital Gown reform YEARS ago!






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A Favorite

Blogger Shana Cody of My Favorite Everything recently delivered Piper Danielle in our Cece Gown! They both look beautiful and we were glad to be a part of her big day!



The Cece can be found at dearjohnnies in s/m, l/xl and plus. Also matching robes and swaddle blankets are available.

thank you StyleBakery

Recently dearjohnnies was featured on StyleBakeryMom!

They featured the Rory which is a best selling gown (purple is HOT)! The Rory also has a coordinating robe available in sizes s/m and l/xl.

dearjohnnies is the original designer hospital gown company. Modeled after real hospital gowns approved for medical attention. Your gown will fit better and give you more coverage, security and comfort than the drab gowns they hand out and re-use for inpatient and outpatient treatment. Bring your own!

Scary Moments Made Better With A dearjohnnies

We just received this letter from a customer who during a scary batch of moments during her delivery, found that her fashionable Lola hospital gown kept the mood light and kept her feeling safe and secure. These are the emails we just can't keep to ourselves!



Hello Rachel-


I had such a great experience with your gowns that I wanted to take some time to write (albeit a year later) to let you know.



I purchased 2 gowns for myself, as well as another for a friend who was set to deliver several weeks before me. Exactly three weeks after my friend, I went into labor myself, and upon arrival, I immediately put on my first gown (Lola). Right away the compliments came from anyone who saw me in my gown; I was incredibly comfortable, not only because I was wearing something of my own, but also because it was so unbelievably soft! After thirteen hours of natural labor and reaching almost full-dilation, however, my doctor discovered that a resident had mistaken my son’s bottom for his head and the he was in reality coming “Frank breech,” or bottom first. As a result, I was immediately given an epidural and rushed into the operating room for a cesarean delivery. (The attached pic was taken just before I left for the O.R.)



You can imagine the rush of emotions at that point, but as I rolled into the O.R. the compliments began flying about my gown from both nurses and doctors, alike, and my frazzled frame of mind was immediately changed into one of confidence and joy. Even after thirteen crazy, tiring hours, I felt beautiful and comfortable once again and ready to welcome our baby boy into the world!

Cole was born on December 12, 2008, weighing a healthy 8 lbs., 6oz. (See other attached pic)



I recently gave a friend the “Lucy” gown/robe combo for her upcoming delivery and her mother was so impressed, she plans to purchase an additional gown for my friend’s delivery herself!



Thanks so much, Rachel, for all you do to help make one of the most special days of a woman’s life even better!!!


-Sally Franklin
Eufaula, Alabama
(A military wife, previously of Duluth, MN, for the birth)

It's All About Quality and Comfort

A recent email from a dear repeat customer-

I have been a fan of dearjohnnies since I bought my first monogrammed gown before a medical procedure in 2006. I bought another in 2007 before the birth of my first child and I am not kidding when I say nurses were stopping by just to *see* my cute pink polka dotted gown!

I rarely had to push the call button as there was always a nurse in my room, asking about my gown, commenting on how cute it was, saying that they had never had anyone bring in their own hospital gown before! I am expecting identical twins in about ten weeks and I have already pulled out my two dearjohnnies gowns in preparation for the hospital. These gowns are made to last! Despite being several years old and being washed many times, they still look crisp and brand new.

Love, love, love this product. Thank you for helping me to personalize and feel more myself during some of the most important times of my life!

M. Kim

Gift Certificates Now Available

We have had many requests for gift certificates at dearjohnnies. Over the weekend we launched this service and now happily provide them in a choice of dollar amounts. Flowers die, and candy is not always welcome in the hospital. Give your friend, family member or child you know who is headed to the hospital something that they can really use.

Available at dearjohnnies