How much clothes do babies need?

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I was thinking 5-8 items of clothing per growth stage, but my husband thinks that’s too much. How many articles of clothing is enough? 
For example, 3 footie pajamas, 3 onesies, 2 pants.
Edit: Thanks for the clarification ladies it was a lot of help! I’m definitely going to get more. I was just confused on all the conflicting advice out there, sometimes when I wanted to get more there was always somebody urging me not to buy “too many clothes” and it always stumped me so I went very minimal. Now I see how much I need to get, thanks so much

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You will need a lot more then that. If your baby spits up a lot or has an explosive diaper you could go through all that in one day. And with that little amount you will definitely be washing them every day. I have about 6 Sleepers, 10 to 12 Onesie and 8 to 10 pants minimum

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Depends how often you want to do laundry. I prefer to do laundry only once per week or even every two weeks, so we need at least enough clothes for that. We put on clean pajamas every night and sometimes go through three outfits depending on her spitting up and blowing out. I’m thrilled if I pick her up from daycare in the same outfit I dropped her off in.

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My son would go through that in 24 hours!

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I have about 15 footies 10 onesies  and a bunch of other outfits. I didn't get a ton of NB size but some. And a bunch in other sizes up to 9 months. All except for 2 outfits are used. They spit up and have blow outs so much you don't wanna be doing laundry everyday especially when u first bring baby home there will be alot of changes

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That sounds like laundry every 2 days. I would suggest more footies and onesies. I dont know your situation but I would do at least 5 of each. I went wild on onesies and honestly never even used half. But you probably want an outfit for each day of the week and pajamas for each night. Pants you won't need as much...You want clean backups for messes ect. Target has great clearance sales going on right now for baby clothes too

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It depends on a lot, including how often you do laundry, and just your own personal preference. I consider shopping for baby clothes a personal hobby of mine (I’m bad, I know 🤦‍♀️) so my daughter has tons of tops. We have enough bottoms to get through 1 week (because I generally only do wash once a week). She wears the same pajamas all week but we switch off every other week. My daughter is 2.5 now, but I generally followed this same pattern when she was a baby too. She most definitely had more than 5-8 onesies. Like everyone has said, you can go through those pretty quickly with a blowout or some spit up.

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New borns are hard! You will find it SO hard to do housework honestly for me laundry wasn't an option unless my husband was home! I found it hard just to eat at the beginning!
I have about 30 items of clothing depending on the day she may get through 1 thing or she might get threw 7/8  but the last thing I needed was to be stressed about laundry with a crying baby in my arms 
Newborns with eat ever 2/3 hes In that spare time you with be changing them.. doing tummy time. Trying to get them to nap before you know it its time for another bottle and when dad gets home is when you have to get bottles washed formular made baby bathed and down for bad As well as making time for dinner (I luckily had a great husband who helped but it would have been HARD if he didn't and trust me it was hard anyways) 😀

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You can buy stuff second hand if you want they grow super quickly and if they have an explosive poop- common- it can stain and not wash out sometimes so you end up throwing it out thats why you want to have several options. But yes it can get expensive and seem silly when they grow so quickly. I bought some new stuff and some second hand stuff and im sure at the baby shower people will buy more clothes so I feel like it'll be fine but def need more than what you're estimating. I dont think you guys took into consideration the throw up or exploding poops..

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Depends if you have a baby who tends to spit up a lot. One of my kids went through 3-4 outfits a day, another I could keep in the same clothes for 1-2 days!

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I only bought 6 newborn onesies for my little one. There were maybe about 3 times where I wished I had bought more. As others have mentioned,  spit up and a leaky diaper can make you go through clothes fast. Most of the time, I needed to wash twice a week. But I'm not complaining because he outgrew the newborn size after a month. Now he's wearing size 0-3 months and again I only have 6 onesies. I do have a few other clothing, but haven't really used them. I'm a SAHM and I don't take him anywhere other than to see his pediatrician so I personally haven't needed more than what I have.

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