How many clothes do I really need?

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I didn't want to go over board on clothes. I probly have 10 onesies, 8 sleepers, 6-8 pants, lots of socks and mittens-- for newborn and then again for 0-3months. Is that enough or should I have more clothes?
Also I should mention, my growth scans say he's small-average. I'm 37 weeks and he is 6 pounds right now.

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My little man already has 3 totes of clothes (like the ones you put Christmas decorations in!) from NB-18months haha

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How often are you planning on doing laundry? If twice a week or so than I'd say you'll be fine. But if once a week maybe a few more sleepers. Babies have accidents and sometimes they may need to be changed a few times a day. Especially if your in the trying out what diapers work stage.

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It depends on how often you are doing laundry.  I would say you want outfits to last a week, that way you can do laundry once a week. 7 pjs, 14 or more onesies (remember, they spit up a lot and you end up changing outfits several days a day), 7 towels, 15 bibs, 15 burp clothes...

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I'm the same, don't wanna over do it with clothes but wanna make sure it's enough

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I think you could stand to have a few more onesies, but other than that, that's probably enough.

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It depends. Would you be having someone around who would help with laundry ASAP or would you need to do it say once a week when you run out of things? Are there any stores nearby you where say in case baby spit on everything, you can pop up quick and get new ones or would it be an errand that needs to be planned?

With #1, as many FTMs, I went overboard but I when I had him we moved in with my parents for a few weeks so things were washed and put away almost daily plus we had aunts and uncles who were willing to go buy anything we needed on a moment's notice. He outgrew somethings without wearing them 😞.

This time we live abroad. So laundry might be an issue but we live a 5 minute walk away from a mall so I'm planning to buy a 3 pack of newborn size and then a week's worth of 0-3 stuff. If she ends up being tiny (unlikely) hubby can easily get her more newborn clothes before we even leave the hospital

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These clothes only go up to 3-5 ish months.... I went s little overboard and she will prob grow out of most everything before wearing them lol

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That's a really good start, especially with winter coming, depending on how cold it gets where you are you'd probably be inside most the time so baby doesn't need much

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That's a good start. You will find out what you like and don't like and then buy from there.

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We didn't go through a lot of clothes at the beginning but I also didn't have a baby that spit up much.  My good friend on the other hand goes through a lot more clothes on a daily basis because hers is constantly spitting up and then they are damp and smelly ... that's even with a bib

How many clothes do I really need?

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