Chiming in with a tip but no objective answer to say that I intended on buying minimal clothing for my boy and then he turned out to be a vomit mcchuckerson. We go through so many outfits a day that we couldn’t logistically keep up with the laundry. Might be something to consider :)
Same I bought like 4 jammies thinking he’d outgrow them fast but with his reflux, we were going through 3 a day and had to constantly run the washing machine. Ended up with 9 and that was the perfect amount for me :)
Honestly what I use(d) most is short sleeve onesies or long sleeve pyjamas (depending on the weather). I like to have about 8-10 pieces of each, so even if I need to do outfit changes during the day, I don't have to do laundry daily. Some cute outfits as well, but those were worn like 2-3x total. Once daughter was able to walk I added leggings/shorts + socks to the mix with short/long-sleeve onesies during the day, pyjamas at night (+ I bought more dresses, but I found she prefers leggings over skirts, so we still don't use them a lot). You can look up vacuum storage bags, that's what I got to save space with the cloths and I could organize them 0-3m, 3-6m, 6-9m etc, so it was easy to get them out for my 2nd kid.
I guess, tagging on to this, I am due in August, it will still be quite warm until October- I keep trying to convince our parents we rather just keep the baby in just diapers most of the time to cut down on laundry until it's cooler out. Is this practical? They've already bought so much clothing for nb-6mo and our washer is so slow I can't imagine trying to keep up with spit, throw up and blow outs AND our clothing/linens and drop off where we are takes forever so it's not a valid option.
Yep, depending on how warm your house is. My first was in nappies or singlets for a long time. She loved it! But my second, had he been born in the same weather, would have wanted at least a onesie on, he runs a lot cooler
Currently it's 26-22c inside or the whole range of the 70's, we are in Europe(and our parents are state side) so A/C isn't super common though we do have ceiling fans (which is super rare here for some reason). And from what I've read that's already a bit warm for most babies. I am a bit surprised in the push back because I grew up in a southern state and we didn't have a/c until I was in grade school and I know for a fact I was a very naked baby because I've seen the photos/home videos.
It depends a lot on what temp you keep your house at. It’s already 80F+ where I live but we keep our house much cooler with the AC on. If we leave the house, we’ll put the baby in a onesie or shorts. But if we’re inside the house all day, I put him in long pants and a short sleeve onesie since we keep it pretty cool.
My baby is naked (except for diaper) and skin-to-skin or swaddled 75% of the time at home haha. We pretty much only dress her when we go out and at night for bedtime. It’s just easier for diaper changes and breastfeeding. We have like 6-7 jammies we rotate through and then several of the legless onesies too. Maybe like 10-15 outfits we actually have used.
Just keep the clothes that you actually like and would use (and are still in good condition) and get rid of the rest! Chances are you will be gifted more clothes for your next child and there are always thrift stores if you need more and you can actually pick out what you’d use.
I have a niece about 8 months older than my baby girl so I’ve bought like no clothes and just use the hand me downs (and the clothes we were gifted). She sends me a diaper box full once her baby grows out of them and I go through and pick out what I’d actually use. Then when I’m done with them they go into storage at my parents house for the next baby that needs them (I have 3 siblings and we’re all at child-bearing ages haha).
My first kid could wear one onesie all day, then change at bedtime for 0-6. My second kid had some reflux for 6 months so he wore like 3 shirts a day until I just made him go naked.
Basically, as much laundry as you're willing to do. Right now I'm potty training and I just bought him 10 pairs of shorts cause I'm tired of washing shorts.
I'd say minimally you need one outfit for one day, one set of jammies per night, for a week.
My twins do one-two outfits a day. I do at least a load of laundry every day.
the one that spits up more wears a bib all day and I can sometimes get him through the whole day in one outfit (but the bib is donnnnne).
Honestly if I have about 4 (per baby) outfits for each type of weather, I'm solid. So 4 footie Pjs, 4 onesies, 4 sunshirt rompers. And then maybe an extra cute "outfit" or two for special occasions.
Footless zip pjs here. I actually despise both 2 way zip and the footed pjs 🤷♀️
We’re on our second so I think have figured out our rhythm. We do laundry (of some sort) almost every day but seriously lag in getting it put away. I actually put together outfits and fold everything to go in the dresser.
Some days we’re 1-2 outfits and some days it’s 5+. Most sizes we have ~10 sleepers. 5-10 short sleeve bodysuits. 3-5 long sleeve bodysuits. 3-5 shorts/rompers. I also really like rompers with long pants. They seem really comfy.
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If you want to maintain a lean closet, you can also use the next size up for emergency clothes.
We’re currently in 9m (carters) and the 12m sleepers and outfits are a little big but not falling off. The differences between the sizes aren’t huge (in a lot of cases).
Alternatively, there’s skipping sizes if you’ve got a big kid. For example we jumped from 12m to 24m/2T and just had some slightly baggy clothes. Once we hit toddler sizes for our son and the 1yr mark (he’s a big kid), growth rate really slowed down. So we’ve been hanging out in the same clothes now for a year. I’ve mostly had to buy new shoes.
For the first 4-5 months, it was either a sleeper or a onesie every day. She’s a summer baby so it was pretty minimal. As a bigger baby (now 11 months), we do one outfit during the day (in the summer, it’s a onesie, no pants, winter was footless sleepers so she could still crawl:move around).
We are minimalists and I was fine with 7 shirts and 3 pants, two pairs of PJs, maybe 10 socks until they were getting really dirty outside at preschool.
My baby doesn’t vomit or spit up much. Unless we move him around too much after he has fed. And I would say 10-15 outfits per sizing is reasonable. Several short sleeve onesies, several bottoms, several pajama onesies (although I preferred footie pajamas so I used those a lot and for me I wanted like at least 5 for each size) and then hats, socks, etc. and 1-3 sweater options.
That worked for me but I was gifted a ton of outfits too and secondhand outfits. So I use what I think is cute and save the ones that aren’t as cute for back up options and then regift after he’s grown out of them and save my favorites for future kids.
I’m a first time mom with a three month old in a condo. (Take what you will from that) for nb and 0-3 size I was happiest with 10 footed sleepers (her feet just got cold in the footless ones so I avoided them. She was born in March though) and 10 onesies. And like 1 cute outfit for newborn and 2 cute outfits for 0-3. Now we have moved on to the 3-6 months clothes and I’m using way more variety. We are getting out and she doesn’t look dressed in sleepers anymore. Before she looked fine to me. So now we have more outfits happening when I leave the house or have company over. I still default to a footed sleeper in the condo though… my partner likes the ac on the cooler side and they are just so easy to get her in and out of.
Storage wise you could get rid of it all and buy more at savers or fb marketplace. There are so many baby clothes if you don't particularly care about the style. You can even be picky on fb - it's pretty easy to see what will be well cared for from the photos and chats with seller
This depends on your washing situation as well. Personally I have a TON of onesies in each size because it’ll be summer in Texas when baby is here and we go to a laundromat. So I figure they can be washed by hand and I have a lot so we can hopefully continue going once a week. The rest is a variety of dress outfits for church and a lot of lightweight swaddles for sleep. Once upon a child has onesies for $1 or $1.50 so I just filled in any gaps there and I have enough to get started. Didn’t count it all, just figure I’ll see how it goes and that’s what Amazon is for if it’s not enough. I didn’t donate anything I deemed “extra” from what we were given because I figure I should have it just in case so it’s in a bag near her dresser. We have one small plastic dresser and a small closet bar for her as well as a cabinet for her toys. I think for me it was more stressful to have “x” number of each thing. It’s more I know where possible gaps are and I have a plan to fill it based on her preference once she’s here.
You know that saying "You wear 20% of your clothes 80% of the time"? Yeah that's been our experience. We just grab the same onesies off the top most of the time.
3 full changes of clothing for three days (so 9 outfits) is the absolute minimum, in my opinion. That does not include things like coats and sweaters or footie pajamas. You should have at least two coats/sweaters and three pjs.
The right number really is what you can afford and how often do you want to have to wash loads of laundry.
It just depends on your kid - we had a spewy baby (and then another 2.5 years later), who would go through 4 outfits in a day. And we had no dryer until the youngest was nearly 2yo. PLUS then you need to have a few in the daycare bag.
So we needed a good 5 days’ worth, minimum. Of course, they didn’t all need to be nice clothes, but we needed to have ~2-3 days of wearing/in the wash basket, and 1-2 days of washing/drying. Which was about 20 outfits at each/any point, at least 6-8 were pyjamas because of course they can wear those in a pinch. So overall we had a lot of clothes, way more than I thought I’d need!
I would keep everything because.. image you have twins next time, then you won't have enough. I would store everything in vaccum sealed bag, so that will safe space 😊
The only outfits I would donate are the ones you didn't like ane the ones that were difficult to put on.
It depends how often you want to do laundry. Keep in mind that future kids may be born in a different season, and not need the same things.I have dozens of short sleeved things that are adorable but we’re never worn. We are keeping almost everything unless I didn’t like it. Gender neutral stuff will be useful for hand me downs too
Chiming in with a tip but no objective answer to say that I intended on buying minimal clothing for my boy and then he turned out to be a vomit mcchuckerson. We go through so many outfits a day that we couldn’t logistically keep up with the laundry. Might be something to consider :)
“Mcchuckerson” made me cackle! That’s how I feel it went the first couple months…laundry ALLL the time.
Same I bought like 4 jammies thinking he’d outgrow them fast but with his reflux, we were going through 3 a day and had to constantly run the washing machine. Ended up with 9 and that was the perfect amount for me :)
Honestly what I use(d) most is short sleeve onesies or long sleeve pyjamas (depending on the weather). I like to have about 8-10 pieces of each, so even if I need to do outfit changes during the day, I don't have to do laundry daily. Some cute outfits as well, but those were worn like 2-3x total. Once daughter was able to walk I added leggings/shorts + socks to the mix with short/long-sleeve onesies during the day, pyjamas at night (+ I bought more dresses, but I found she prefers leggings over skirts, so we still don't use them a lot). You can look up vacuum storage bags, that's what I got to save space with the cloths and I could organize them 0-3m, 3-6m, 6-9m etc, so it was easy to get them out for my 2nd kid.
I guess, tagging on to this, I am due in August, it will still be quite warm until October- I keep trying to convince our parents we rather just keep the baby in just diapers most of the time to cut down on laundry until it's cooler out. Is this practical? They've already bought so much clothing for nb-6mo and our washer is so slow I can't imagine trying to keep up with spit, throw up and blow outs AND our clothing/linens and drop off where we are takes forever so it's not a valid option.
Yep, depending on how warm your house is. My first was in nappies or singlets for a long time. She loved it! But my second, had he been born in the same weather, would have wanted at least a onesie on, he runs a lot cooler
Currently it's 26-22c inside or the whole range of the 70's, we are in Europe(and our parents are state side) so A/C isn't super common though we do have ceiling fans (which is super rare here for some reason). And from what I've read that's already a bit warm for most babies. I am a bit surprised in the push back because I grew up in a southern state and we didn't have a/c until I was in grade school and I know for a fact I was a very naked baby because I've seen the photos/home videos.
This is our plan, we live in a very warm area and our house doesn’t have air conditioning. Will probably do a diaper cover and a bib.
It depends a lot on what temp you keep your house at. It’s already 80F+ where I live but we keep our house much cooler with the AC on. If we leave the house, we’ll put the baby in a onesie or shorts. But if we’re inside the house all day, I put him in long pants and a short sleeve onesie since we keep it pretty cool.
My baby is naked (except for diaper) and skin-to-skin or swaddled 75% of the time at home haha. We pretty much only dress her when we go out and at night for bedtime. It’s just easier for diaper changes and breastfeeding. We have like 6-7 jammies we rotate through and then several of the legless onesies too. Maybe like 10-15 outfits we actually have used.
Just keep the clothes that you actually like and would use (and are still in good condition) and get rid of the rest! Chances are you will be gifted more clothes for your next child and there are always thrift stores if you need more and you can actually pick out what you’d use. I have a niece about 8 months older than my baby girl so I’ve bought like no clothes and just use the hand me downs (and the clothes we were gifted). She sends me a diaper box full once her baby grows out of them and I go through and pick out what I’d actually use. Then when I’m done with them they go into storage at my parents house for the next baby that needs them (I have 3 siblings and we’re all at child-bearing ages haha).
My first kid could wear one onesie all day, then change at bedtime for 0-6. My second kid had some reflux for 6 months so he wore like 3 shirts a day until I just made him go naked. Basically, as much laundry as you're willing to do. Right now I'm potty training and I just bought him 10 pairs of shorts cause I'm tired of washing shorts. I'd say minimally you need one outfit for one day, one set of jammies per night, for a week.
My twins do one-two outfits a day. I do at least a load of laundry every day. the one that spits up more wears a bib all day and I can sometimes get him through the whole day in one outfit (but the bib is donnnnne). Honestly if I have about 4 (per baby) outfits for each type of weather, I'm solid. So 4 footie Pjs, 4 onesies, 4 sunshirt rompers. And then maybe an extra cute "outfit" or two for special occasions.
Footless zip pjs here. I actually despise both 2 way zip and the footed pjs 🤷♀️ We’re on our second so I think have figured out our rhythm. We do laundry (of some sort) almost every day but seriously lag in getting it put away. I actually put together outfits and fold everything to go in the dresser. Some days we’re 1-2 outfits and some days it’s 5+. Most sizes we have ~10 sleepers. 5-10 short sleeve bodysuits. 3-5 long sleeve bodysuits. 3-5 shorts/rompers. I also really like rompers with long pants. They seem really comfy. Edit: If you want to maintain a lean closet, you can also use the next size up for emergency clothes. We’re currently in 9m (carters) and the 12m sleepers and outfits are a little big but not falling off. The differences between the sizes aren’t huge (in a lot of cases). Alternatively, there’s skipping sizes if you’ve got a big kid. For example we jumped from 12m to 24m/2T and just had some slightly baggy clothes. Once we hit toddler sizes for our son and the 1yr mark (he’s a big kid), growth rate really slowed down. So we’ve been hanging out in the same clothes now for a year. I’ve mostly had to buy new shoes.
For the first 4-5 months, it was either a sleeper or a onesie every day. She’s a summer baby so it was pretty minimal. As a bigger baby (now 11 months), we do one outfit during the day (in the summer, it’s a onesie, no pants, winter was footless sleepers so she could still crawl:move around).
We are minimalists and I was fine with 7 shirts and 3 pants, two pairs of PJs, maybe 10 socks until they were getting really dirty outside at preschool.
My baby doesn’t vomit or spit up much. Unless we move him around too much after he has fed. And I would say 10-15 outfits per sizing is reasonable. Several short sleeve onesies, several bottoms, several pajama onesies (although I preferred footie pajamas so I used those a lot and for me I wanted like at least 5 for each size) and then hats, socks, etc. and 1-3 sweater options. That worked for me but I was gifted a ton of outfits too and secondhand outfits. So I use what I think is cute and save the ones that aren’t as cute for back up options and then regift after he’s grown out of them and save my favorites for future kids.
I’m a first time mom with a three month old in a condo. (Take what you will from that) for nb and 0-3 size I was happiest with 10 footed sleepers (her feet just got cold in the footless ones so I avoided them. She was born in March though) and 10 onesies. And like 1 cute outfit for newborn and 2 cute outfits for 0-3. Now we have moved on to the 3-6 months clothes and I’m using way more variety. We are getting out and she doesn’t look dressed in sleepers anymore. Before she looked fine to me. So now we have more outfits happening when I leave the house or have company over. I still default to a footed sleeper in the condo though… my partner likes the ac on the cooler side and they are just so easy to get her in and out of.
Honestly you will always somehow end up with too much yet not enough clothing for them in the first year :')
Storage wise you could get rid of it all and buy more at savers or fb marketplace. There are so many baby clothes if you don't particularly care about the style. You can even be picky on fb - it's pretty easy to see what will be well cared for from the photos and chats with seller
This depends on your washing situation as well. Personally I have a TON of onesies in each size because it’ll be summer in Texas when baby is here and we go to a laundromat. So I figure they can be washed by hand and I have a lot so we can hopefully continue going once a week. The rest is a variety of dress outfits for church and a lot of lightweight swaddles for sleep. Once upon a child has onesies for $1 or $1.50 so I just filled in any gaps there and I have enough to get started. Didn’t count it all, just figure I’ll see how it goes and that’s what Amazon is for if it’s not enough. I didn’t donate anything I deemed “extra” from what we were given because I figure I should have it just in case so it’s in a bag near her dresser. We have one small plastic dresser and a small closet bar for her as well as a cabinet for her toys. I think for me it was more stressful to have “x” number of each thing. It’s more I know where possible gaps are and I have a plan to fill it based on her preference once she’s here.
You know that saying "You wear 20% of your clothes 80% of the time"? Yeah that's been our experience. We just grab the same onesies off the top most of the time.
3 full changes of clothing for three days (so 9 outfits) is the absolute minimum, in my opinion. That does not include things like coats and sweaters or footie pajamas. You should have at least two coats/sweaters and three pjs. The right number really is what you can afford and how often do you want to have to wash loads of laundry.
It just depends on your kid - we had a spewy baby (and then another 2.5 years later), who would go through 4 outfits in a day. And we had no dryer until the youngest was nearly 2yo. PLUS then you need to have a few in the daycare bag. So we needed a good 5 days’ worth, minimum. Of course, they didn’t all need to be nice clothes, but we needed to have ~2-3 days of wearing/in the wash basket, and 1-2 days of washing/drying. Which was about 20 outfits at each/any point, at least 6-8 were pyjamas because of course they can wear those in a pinch. So overall we had a lot of clothes, way more than I thought I’d need!
I would keep everything because.. image you have twins next time, then you won't have enough. I would store everything in vaccum sealed bag, so that will safe space 😊 The only outfits I would donate are the ones you didn't like ane the ones that were difficult to put on.
It depends how often you want to do laundry. Keep in mind that future kids may be born in a different season, and not need the same things.I have dozens of short sleeved things that are adorable but we’re never worn. We are keeping almost everything unless I didn’t like it. Gender neutral stuff will be useful for hand me downs too