how much have you spent on baby clothes?

glenrapids · November 2011

this is an area that i probably could have gotten away with spending 0, but how can i risk shopping for a little girl. gah! i was calculating this now and think i've spent about $250 for her first year's clothes, most of which was spent in paris. i think i went way overboard, especially considering that i have so many hand-me-downs. i guess my justification is that i'm trying to decrease the PINK!

sarakiefer · November 2011

$20 on his coming home outfit. We could have got away with spending nothing on clothes but we wanted to pick out our own coming home outfit.

EvenAngelsFall · November 2011

I bought him one onesie, one Christmas PJ, and one Halloween shirt (for next year, it was $2 on clearance at Pennys!) for a grand total of about $25 dollars.

I am lucky to have gotten a lot of hand-me-downs from my nephew who was born 2 winters ago, and we got lots at the shower too.

buttercup1221 · November 2011

Holy cow... I wish we would have gotten some hand-me-downs, or even gifts would be nice. We've spent probably $500-700 already on clothing ranging from 0-9 months. One outfit that is 12-18 months. We've literally bought everything though...

ETA: I should note though that I have a serious obsession with babyGAP.. so half of what we spent was probably GAP clothes.

mrsfowler1016 · November 2011

I wish I didn't even buy any. Probably only about $50-$100, but we have SO MANY CLOTHES I shouldn't have even spent that. Not to mention the Carter's gift cards I have. We have an entire closet full and about 3 boxes full of clothes.

brandnewmommy103 · November 2011

buttercup1221:

Holy cow... I wish we would have gotten some hand-me-downs, or even gifts would be nice. We've spent probably $500-700 already on clothing ranging from 0-9 months. One outfit that is 12-18 months. We've literally bought everything though...

ETA: I should note though that I have a serious obsession with babyGAP.. so half of what we spent was probably GAP clothes.

I am probably close to this range. I tried to be practical, but it is very hard when there is such cute stuff out there for little girls. PLUS I needed to go back and buy more after she was born because she was less than six pounds so none of what I originally bought fit!

wintersnight20 · November 2011

We spent $60 in total for a couple of cute outfits in our personal tastes and a few sleepers...everything else came from the baby showers and we got a bunch of hand me downs through 3t size from my boss she likes the same clothing I do so it worked out great.

With SD we probably spent $150 every time she had a growth spurt!

GoombaGirl_79 · November 2011

We've spent probably $50-$60. The little guy is going to get a lot of DS's hand me downs but I wanted to pick up a few new things just for him. We also didn't have any newborn winter clothes, as DS was born in August! I have a feeling though that this guy is gonna be a big baby, so he might fit some of DS's "3-6" month stuff pretty quick....

melismarie · November 2011

I'm embarrassed to say I've probably spent well over $500 on his clothes ranging from 0-3 up to 24 months. I literally bought whatever I thought was cute. And I spent $60 on his take home outfit. But luckily we have some pretty awesome parents who bought everything else including the crib, stroller, mattress and etc. So I think that's a valid reason for me to spend so much on his clothes.

hayleydeee · November 2011

I spent $200 at a consignment sale, and am set for the first year.

It feels like a ton of money, much more than I spent with DD. But we're not doing a shower and I doubt that we'll get as many gifts as we did with a 1st baby.

Maggie-Moo · November 2011

I know we are under $100, maybe in the $60-$70 range? We bught one sleeper the day we found out we were having a girl and then we spent probably about $50 at Old Navy when they had a giant sale. I thought about taking some of it back after, but the prices were so good I couldn't pass them up. We are set for sure until she outgrows 3-6 months and have some stuff in bigger sizes. We have 2 outfits we will be exchanging for some stuff in 6-9 months and a couple gift cards from family, so I am thinking we may not have to really buy her much in the way of clothes for her first year.

cutcopypaste · November 2011

Way too much. In a way it was made so much worse by having a preemie. For one thing I know she is going to fit in newborn and 0-3 months for a long time so I went crazy in those sizes after she was born. Plus you have this baby girl in the NICU and she gets cuter every day and you get more and more excited to dress her up. But it's not like I have to deal with the hassle of taking a baby out shopping with me so I can just get up and go to the store whenever I have the urge to go buy more baby clothes for her.

beezja · November 2011

Probably less than $20. We've gotten a ton of hand me downs, and my MIL went crazy during the summer at yard sales. I have no idea how much she spent, but I don't know if our little girl will even get around to wearing all the outfits she has!

Ruby_Soho · November 2011

$9. I bought an all-in-one. We have plenty of clothes from DS. Thought they are opposite seasons we won't have to worry about that for a few months yet. If the long sleeve / long leg all-in-ones are too warm I can chop a few and re-finish them with the sewing machine.

DiademChi · November 2011

Lots... more than $250, I think (but that's for stuff up to 12 months). We were Team Green for the longest time, so no one gave us clothing at the shower. Also, all our family lives far away (2000 + miles) and as I'm the first born of a first born of a first born... there were no hand-me-down baby clothing left in the family.

With family very far away, it's unlikely anyone will just drop off clothing as gifts after the baby is born, either.

I don't mind spending -- we are purposely trying to only get organic and have shopped the sales on Zulily. We budgeted for it way in advance and are still under-budget for baby items.

kwinkle1980 · November 2011

I am probably up to at least $300, because I could not resist the stuff at Baby Gap, and I did not think I would be having a shower so I needed to buy them all myself. Shopping for baby clothes was really a nesting thing for me, and VERY theraputic. It was worth the money. everything I got could be for a boy or a girl, so I can reuse it for our next baby.

sportsmomma · November 2011

Probably $300 or so, but some was on gift cards from showers. Being Team Green we haven't gotten much clothes as gifts (which is good!) so had to get stocked up!

lilwildthing · November 2011

I've probably spent about $150 or so. Only one brand new outfit though. She is completely set for winter, but summer will depend on how big she is. We have a few outfits is varying sizes. (Super clearanced down stuff.) I learned with my first not to buy too much too far ahead! (He was 9lbs 14oz at birth, he wasn't even on the growth chart for weight until 9months.) We did not have a shower for this one, and she could use very little of her brothers things due to the seasons being off so I think I did ok.

GoldenPeaches · November 2011

About 20 dollars. A few used outfits and something I picked up today because I couldn't resist.

SHUVUU · November 2011

A grand total of $0. His closet is bursting at the seams with all the stuff other people have bought. We just bought the crib, changing table, glider and car seat.

Maple Leaf Forever · November 2011

Around $18 for a coming home outfit... I was very fortunate to get a TON of hand me downs and really cute outfits at my shower so baby girl should be set until she is at least 12 months!

J&JSuiter070205 · November 2011

Experienced mom (and shopper) here I NEVER buy clothing more than 1 season ahead. For example, I bought a bunch of summer items on clearance for the following spring/summer for my daughter, and she grew 2 SIZES so she never got to wear them. I love end-of-season sales and the savings, but we ended up losing a lot of money by me buying them so far in-advance.

I buy most of my kids clothing on ebay. I pay the same price for Nike, Gymboree, Ralph Lauren, etc that most people pay at Target.

I have 6 newborn outfits (mostly sleepers) and 6 0-3M outfits (mostly sleepers) that I got on ebay for a total of $35 and all are in great condition!

SoftSpot · November 2011

None. My nephew is 3 months old right now so as he outgrows stuff my sister mails it to me. She lives in MO (where we're from) & we live in CA so the season differences are working in our favor.

iluvmylab · November 2011

I haven't really kept track, but I don't feel bad about the money I've spent on clothes. We were fortunate to be gifted the crib, glider, monitor, and many of the other larger things we needed, so we haven't spent that much on other things. I can say that I bought everything on sale and usually with extra coupons, in various sizes, and also at stores like TJ Maxx and Marshalls, where I was able to get some awesome prices. We weren't gifted that many clothes either.

COmommy · November 2011

cutcopypaste:
Way too much. In a way it was made so much worse by having a preemie. For one thing I know she is going to fit in newborn and 0-3 months for a long time so I went crazy in those sizes after she was born. Plus you have this baby girl in the NICU and she gets cuter every day and you get more and more excited to dress her up. But it's not like I have to deal with the hassle of taking a baby out shopping with me so I can just get up and go to the store whenever I have the urge to go buy more baby clothes for her.

I did the same thing. We skipped over the preemie size, though, and went straight to Newborn. I still have to roll her sleeves up in the newborn stuff to make it fit, so I think she'll be in it for a while. I am worried that the clothes I purchased before she was born won't fit her during the appropriate seasons now since she's pretty tiny.

Mike&Care · November 2011

We have some hand-me-downs from my older daughters, but both of them were summer babies born in warm states (CA & TX), so we really needed all new stuff.

With that said, I bought everything we have at thrift stores and have about 25 outfits for the first 3ish months I think. Each outfit was less than $3 at the thrift stores, a lot of them $0.99 so I'd guess we are under $50 total on clothes.. I'll buy more later once we see what we need. That's actually all I've bought for her this whole pregnancy. It's nice not needing anything!

ArinB · November 2011

4 dollars. I got so many clothes from my shower, i just need to wait until he is 9 months to buy clothes again..

Happily Overwhelmed · November 2011

Super jealous of some of you!

DH and I are the only ones that know what we're having. This being said we're the only ones buying clothes for him.

If I had to estimate I'd probably say we've spent about $200-$300. I haven't gone real crazy like I could have. This includes some clothes I've gambled on for summer and next fall (clearance). I sell things on ebay so I figured if it doesn't work out size wise I can sell them. I've left tags on quite a few things too so if we get an abundance of baby clothes as gifts when he's here we can return.

JoAnna914 · November 2011

Not a dime. I got enough gender-neutral stuff at my shower to get me started for the next few months, and my sister gave me a ton of hand-me-downs from her kids. Even our take-home outfit is a gift we got from our shower. I love hand-me-downs for every day baby clothes - I'd so much rather spend our money on other stuff for LO!

MrsT2008 · November 2011

I've never even attempted to add up what I've spent on clothes. I can guarantee is is a LOT more than most of you have apparently spent! I try to shop sales when I can and have done well in that aspect, but I have easily spent a few hundred dollars. I have quite a bit for NB-12mo so there's a range, but I don't have a lot of self-control when it comes to baby clothes.

But, I allowed myself to splurge on clothes because we didn't have to buy any of the furniture or any of our gear except for the stroller. Our families and friends were very generous for our shower.

SaraTF · November 2011

Nothing so far. I'm having two showers next week and figure I'll go shopping after then to fill in the gaps. We've already got some clothes and I'm not sure just what we'll need yet or how big our baby will be! DH was 9.5 lb and 2 weeks early, I was closer to 6 lb, so it's hard to tell how long this LO will be wearing NB sizes. I'd rather wait and go shopping once he's here than buy lots that won't fit.

Every time I have the urge to buy something I remind myself that there will always be sales on baby clothes, but I am ready to start shopping!

Muffin0 · November 2011

Umm like $100 (onesies and socks - I still need to get sleepers) I have a ridiculous amount of girls clothes between DD1 and my niece, but both were summer babies so for the most part we'll be layering as much as possible.

Oh and another $60 on a dress, sweater, tights and shoes that match DD1's Christmas dress. (lol I forgot about that)

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