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We usually put my 16 month old in a short puffer coat and snowpants. I am thinking of getting a longer parka type coat for her next year. The one piece snowsuits are too annoying to deal with!

I think both are good to have. I put my daughter in the snowsuit for playing in the park so that she doesn't get dirty and her legs stay warm. In the stroller, I normally just use the coat since we have a warm foot muff.

C is 19 months and we mostly just use the puffy coat. She has cheap snow pants for playing in the snow, or being in the carrier on super cold days, but in the stroller it's just the coat. I didn't want to buy too many things since she won't fit any of it next year. There have been a handful of times that a one piece would be helpful but I'm glad we focused on a nice warm coat that I really like and cheap snow pants.

That said, this winter we had hardly any snow at all, then a storm dumped three feet of snow and it just kept coming, so there was no playing in the playground at all (it was taller than her! Snow pants can't help that!) if there was just a little snow on the ground I may have felt differently.

eBay has some super duper cheap name brand snowsuits with tags. Some even have Velcro on top shoulders so it grows with them and may last more than one season.