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We're weeding through all of the shower gifts (read, clothes) and I'm wondering how many of each you used and/or are planning to use/have...
Newborn clothes (obviously depends on size of the baby and how fast/slowly they grow)
Bath towels/washcloths
Nursing bras/tanks
Bottles (planning to EBF but will also pump once I go back to work)
Baby blankets/burp cloths
Anything else you'd recommend plenty of, or minimal of...
Re: How many of each....
Side snap kimono shirts-I forgot that #1 lived in these as a newborn. Shirt and diaper and that was it. We had 2-3 in NB anf 2-3 in 0-3. #2 never wore them once home. My taste in clothing changed a lot from #1 as a baby to #2.
Obviously your kids never woke themselves up because they pulled their hair or scratched themselves. DD likes her hands in her face except she frequently tries to scratch her eyeball out and gets wildly upset. That being said we prefer the sleeves that fold over vs the mittens. And my nephew was notorious for grabbing his hair and pulling it.
Blankets: I had a summer baby who didn't spit up, so I didn't use many recieving blankets, but I have 8-10 A&A blankets that i swaddled him in and are now his blankies.
I bought one nursing bra and was given a few tanks. I might be minority, but I nursed in regular bras and tanks and didn't wear any nursing attire after 2 weeks pp.
NB clothes: Ben was a bit of a peanut. I didn't buy any nB clothes, because I thought they would be a waste, but he was 5lb8oz when we brought him home from the hospital and was in NB clothes till about 10 weeks. I ended up buying a few outfits for him, but we are fortunate that my sisters and I rotate clothes, so his wardrobe is mostly hand me downs and I only needed a couple of outfits on top of what I had from them. I think I bought 5.
B Born 6.27.13
We had a limited selection of NB clothing. A mostly outgrew it by 6ish weeks (she was 7lbs, 1 oz at birth, came home at 6 lbs, 5 oz. and was back to birth weight by 1.5 or so weeks old. We did have a lot of blowouts to deal with (BF poop is very runny and most BF babies poop very frequently) so expect to go through several outfits a day.
Bath towels/washcloths
We had way more washcloths than we needed (I think 12?) and we had three towels, which was a good number.
Nursing bras/tanks
I was one of those people who went from an A cup pre-pregnancy to a C+ cup with BFing, so there was no way my old bras would work. I'd recommend having enough bras/tanks that you can wear one a day until you do laundry. Since I tossed mine into A's laundry, they were usually washed twice a week, so I had about 4-5. I couldn't use mine for more than one day because inevitably I would leak or she would dribble/spit up on them.
Bottles (planning to EBF but will also pump once I go back to work)
Like @MRads said, you'll need several bottles a day for pumping (don't forget to count what you'll need if you pump before work too). I found that transferring to the 2.5 ounce Medela test tube like bottles after pumping worked best for me. Also, you may want to have a variety of bottle brands avaialble at home in case LO has a strong opinion on them.
Baby blankets/burp cloths
We did not use many blankets, but we used a TON of burp clothes, at least 2-4 a day. A spit up a ton, but was a happy spitter. It was nice knowing that we had enough to go through several days of laundry. I want to say that we had around 10-12 of them.
Anything else you'd recommend plenty of, or minimal of...
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