2nd time moms, how many and what sizes?

Natali25 · February 2012

I'm trying to figure out what to wash before LO gets here and what to leave tags on. How many NB, 0-3, 3-6 etc. outfits do you think you went through in one day and how many outfits did you wash of each size before LO was born?

mbgreenwalt · February 2012

I washed everything. I had about 10 NB outfits/sleepers and the same in 0-3. I have a lot of 3 month clothing, but she will be in them a bit longer than the other sizes.

I go through 1-2 two clothing changes a day. The only time I change her is when there is a blow out or a large amount of spit up. DD has reflux so she spits up frequently. I use bibs to keep her clothes clean/dry. I don't like laundry.

ellewoodsSC · February 2012

DD was little at birth, 6.5 lbs so we were in Carter's NB clothes for the first 6 weeks (Gerber clothes run way small) Since then she's been right around 50% percentile for height and weight so she's closely corresponded closely to the age range on the clothes. If your LO is expected to be over 8 lbs, I might just skip the NB clothes all together except for 1 coming home outfit. Otherwise the first few months we pretty much lived in the staples: onesies and footed sleepers. With 6-8 sleepers and ~10 onesies, I did laundry 2-3 times a week. DD wasn't much of a spitter upper in the first few months and we rarely had blowouts so she stayed pretty clean and dry most of the time.

I would just wash the 0-3 clothes now and have just a few NB ready to go. One thing I'm just realizing is that they just grow so quickly from 1-6 months that I would not stock up on too many of those sizes. Plus take a look at the size of the clothes and don't assume that those numbers are absolute as some brands run small.

Natali25 · February 2012

We've gotten some hand-me-downs in great shape. I just washed all of those. I'm guessing I'll need bibs for a long time so I'll probably wash all those as well. I'll have to take inventory of what I have after I hang it all up.

iristony · March 2012

I washed and hung up everything NB-3 month. Yes, we had tons of things my son never worn (like the 30 cute onesies I got as shower gifts), but it made me feel less stressed knowing I had all his clothes hung up or put away and ready to wear. It is annoying that I could have retunred many items he never wore and gotten things for later, but I still have no regrets. I would have been too stressed worrying I did not have enough. I would say we went through 8-10 pajamas a week (there were blow outs), and most days we were fine with one outfit, but on occasion we needed a second or even third, so 10-12 outfits would have been sufficient.

hmp1 · March 2012

I would just wash the gowns, 0-3, and a couple of NB. DS was big and didn't fit in NB sizes.

Mom2Mack1 · March 2012

I washed everything and should not have. It's all just so cute when you're prepping for a new LO. NB I didn't have much of since I didn't register for any. I think I had a pack of sleepers and onesies. Even 0-3 she wasn't in the sleepers very long, she was a tall baby. I only ever went though 1-2 outfits a day. She wasn't a spitter, and I used bibs when feeding to keep the formula off of her.

Also, what other people like you may not. A friend of mine gave me a ton of the gowns w/ elastic at the bottom, she loved them. I could not stand them, they ended up around her chest when she was sleeping.

Ashley&Scott · March 2012

DS was bigger than expected at birth. (9 lb 14oz) He never wore NB & wore 0-3 for about 6 weeks. The outfits I liked most in the beginning were sleep & plays, he had 10. I also liked sleep gowns, he had 5. We also had a few matching onesie/pants outfits but I rarely dressed him in those, sleepers were sooooo much easier.

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