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When is it too early to buy baby clothes?
tigerlove85
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Hi Ladies, I'm 22 weeks with my first and people keep telling me not to buy any baby clothes because friends/fam will buy for shower and after after baby is born. I'm excited to shop myself! Has anyone else shopped for baby clothes? Also I'm not sure on sizes because a coworker just had a 10 lb baby, went directly into 3 months and a cousin had a 5 lb baby and shes struggling to find newborn stuff.
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Re: When is it too early to buy baby clothes?
I wouldn't buy too many clothes. If you have friends and family near you coming to your shower you should be okay. Maybe just get only a few outfits you absolutely love in size 6-9 months or larger. I see clothes 0-3 mo at Goodwill all the time with tags still on because I'm assuming the baby outgrew them before they ha the chance to wear them.
I'm such a planner! I bought some baby clothes super early but its because we went into Once Upon a Child just to check it out. I left the store with 24 onies in newborn and 0-3 sizes. They were all $1.50 and some were 2 for $1.50 so I great deal. I'm all set for the baby's arrival!! But then again, I don't expect to have a big baby shower because I had a bridal shower less then a year ago!
But like like the pp said, you can get a few clothes but I would concentrate on the other stuff, that's really the fun stuff right now!
I maybe have 10 outfits that I picked up, all on sale. I think it's good to get bigger sizes or just keep some receipts.
Also, I have two SILs who had babies this year, one a boy and one a girl. SIL1 who had the girl got nothing but baby clothes for her shower. SIL2 with the boy pretty much got all the cool necessities from her shower. Just something to keep in mind.
I am not buying clothes until after my shower, for the reasons you stated. At that point I can assess what I have and then buy more.
I don't want to end up spending my money on clothes if I end up getting a lot at my shower when I could have spent that money on other baby gear.
Most stores will return items wihin 90 days if you have a receipt. Kohls will return clothes anytime even outside of 90 days without a receipt. So, you can buy things, just aware of return poicilies and keep receipts and tags on them until you need them.
I bought a bunch of clothes in sizes when I was about 30 weeks. I had already had my shower so i filled in where I needed to. I bought mostly 0-3, and 3-6 months and a few 3-6 month items because I didn't want to buy too many summer things if it was going to be fall.
My little one was born at 8 pounds 4 oz and he was in NB clothes ( and some 0-3) or the first 3 weeks. Then he went to offically to 0-3 month size and was there until he hit 3 months. At 3 months he went into 3-6 month sizes and was there until he hit 6 months.
I honestly only had 2 NB outfits when LO was born, so I sent DH out to get a few more. He mainly bought some Carters sleep and plays which is what LO lived in for the first month. i had this idea in my head that once baby comes we would never go to another store again. Wrong, we were in and out of BRU and Target 2-3 times even in the first couple weeks. So, if you need to buy more clothes you will have clothing available to buy.
Finally, if you are worried about seasons change of seasons remember this. A short sleeve onsies can always have a long sleeve onesie underneath. So if you get somethng and it is not quite warm enough yet (spring to summer) or it is to cold (summer to fall) the Carters long sleeve white onesies are awesome!
A kiss he will never forget- Disney World 2014
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After finding out the gender I just had to buy SOMETHING because I was so excited to start looking. Limiting myself to a couple of outfits though, as I know we will bombarded with clothes (this is the first grandkid for both sides of the family) and I'll regret buying any more. I got things that were 3 mo and 6 months and on mega sale - that was my validation!!
I say go for it! Just don't go overboard (which is extremely easy to do!).
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We bought one pack of onesies and that is it. I'm waiting until after my shower and until after I receive some promised hand-me-downs to buy the rest.
With DS, we bought essentially a years worth of wardrobe....NB-12months. The issue we ran into was what size we bought didn't always match up with the season. The other thing is he was 7lb 12oz but only 191/4 inches. NB clothes were huge on him. We thought like many of PP in that 0-3 made more sense so most of his first clothes were that size so that's mostly what still had tag attached.
For our new LO we found out we're having a girl. I found a ton of stuff at Goodwill the 1st 6 months is basically summer so I just concentrated on little summer outfits/dresses. Onesies are something that I'd only buy new, mainly due to shrinkage so they are rarely true to size when bought used. While regular clothes can be that way,too I find it hard to find used onesies that are still in good condition without stains and aren't nappy.
I 100% disagree that you can't shop too early. If the clothes are not suitable for the weather your newborn will be experiencing then what's the point? Plus babies all grow differently and may not fit the clothes you buy now for next season (ie if I were to go on sizing alone, this year I might buy a snow suit on sale for a 9-12 month old for next year, but my baby might be huge and into 18-24 month clothes by the time winter rolls around).
Buying cute outfits is exciting and fun, but you literally have a lifetime to do it. Don't waste your money today when you could spend it as you need it in the future.. Start shopping at least after 30 weeks, you can hold out for two more months can't you?
no, but if you wait until you are further along, you have a better chance at returning things in the 90 day window that might me to small. If you wait until later to shop, and then all of the sudden have a ten pound baby, you have time to return the new born baby clothes. If you buy the stuff at week 14, you are stuck with what you got and most likely won't be able to return things.
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