Skin-to-skin vs. onesies

starshineamator · April 2013

So I'm planning on having a lot of skin-to-skin with the baby for both me and Spouse once she's born. Do I still need that many onesies? Right now, I have 4 newborn onesies and 5 0-3 month onesies, as well as 1 0-6 month. I've read to plan for 2-3 changes per day and to have enough for a week, so 14-21 total. Obviously, I have less than that. But because I don't really plan on having her wearing clothes all the time, do you think that this is enough? Just curious to get an AP perspective on clothing needs.

ETA: We live in Southern California, so it will definitely be warm enough, and I'm not worried about her being too cold.

tokenhoser · April 2013

You can buy more clothes if you need them. I didn't have that many, but my baby didn't spit up so he never needed more than one outfit per day.

I don't know anyone that really regretted NOT buying tons of clothes.

PunkyBooster · April 2013

I would skip the onesies and buy a pack of side snap shirts instead. You can open the shirt up easily for quick skin to skin and close it easily for when you put the baby down.

DS lived in those and the A&A swaddle blankets for at least

ncbelle · April 2013

We did lots of onesies as outfits in warm weather in the early months. I'll be honest with you - direct skin to skin in any sort of warm weather is a no go for me - nothing less cuddly than sticking to your baby I much preferred to have

Runaway22 · April 2013

tokenhoser:
You can buy more clothes if you need them. I didn't have that many, but my baby didn't spit up so he never needed

ForeverEverAfter · April 2013

I didn't buy any newborn stuff and had way too much just from gifts and hand me downs. I'd say I only needed 6 outfits each newborn and 0-3 max. She rarely spit up at that age, and using cloth diapers I didn't have leaks until she outgrew the absorbency o

Angela814 · April 2013

It's still cold here so DD3 is generally in a sleeper or onesie and sleeper. We rarely need an outfit change though. I think you have plenty of onesies.

APendola · April 2013

tokenhoser:
You can buy more clothes if you need them. I didn't have that many, but my baby didn't spit up so he never needed

pitterpatter129 · April 2013

Agree. You don't need a ton. DS2 spits up every five seconds (literally) and so I've about given up on clothes too. Onesies are great - add a pair of pants and you've got a going-out outfit too. Also, my DS2 wore newborn size

Everyusernameistaken · April 2013

That sounds like enough. My summer baby hardly wore clothes at all until the weather cooled. Also it was so hot that I was usually shirtless at home too. 24/7 skin to skin!

Ahhh I miss those nudey newborn baby snuggles!! Co

ObLaDi · April 2013

I agree that too few is better than too many; you can always get more, and we didn't need a ton of clothes for the newborn period.

We get too sweaty for much skin to skin, though. It's the reason we're not bedsharing too; after 45 minutes we'

boogerbearoriginal · April 2013

My LO lived in those kimono style side snap shirts, diaper, and blanket as a newborn. He was born at end of July.

PP brought up a good point - skin to skin in warm weather can = sweaty mess.

We had waaaaay too many newborn sized clot

starshineamator · April 2013

Thank you thank you thank you! To everyone.

None of what I have I bought; they were all from the shower. I didn't think about it being TOO hot for skin to skin but that is a great point. And I don't have any of those side-snap shirts, ar

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