Katy, I would think by the time you get winter you won't need a cover all bib. The mess reduces rapidly. I can use a 'normal' bib on DS now just to catch the chin dribbles. I still put a muslin over his trousers for any accidentally dropped food but the cover all bibs with arms didn't do that job, still had to have a muslin there.
My favorite bibs have turned out to be the cheapest possible sort form one of those bargain shops (here they are pound shops), all plastic, short sleeved, just dunk in the sink with the washing up. All other bibs with the velcro fastening mess up all the other clothes in the laundry even when I make sure they are fastened before going in the machine...they became a pet hate of mine!