Canada mommies - what clothes are you buying for baby?

Re: Canada mommies - what clothes are you buying for baby?

• babybean9 member

  April 2015 edited April 2015

  Team green here too. I have onsies ranging from newborn to 3 months, long sleeve onsies, a few rompers, a few gowns, cotton pants and sleepers. I have no idea how big baby will be so I have a mix of sizes. I definitely have cotton hats, some parents don't use them but I think they're important.
  
  I plan to swaddle and use blankets since it's a June baby. You can always get more clothes if you need once baby arrives, just go with a bunch of basics.
  
  In terms of how many, I'm still not totally sure. I think I have 25 or so long/short sleeves onsies in various sizes, I think that's fine for the first while until I can figure everything out.
  
  First time mom, so I'm not entirely sure how helpful this is!
  
  ETA: Canadian too!

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• valeriemarie24 member

  April 2015

  I don't think they'll need toques or anything excessive for in the summer, but depends on where in Canada you are. I have some long sleeve sleepers and swaddle blankets, and a couple pairs of long pants and sweaters for the evenings. They say to put your baby in one layer more than what you're wearing, so for the summer time maybe a onesie/shirt, pair of light pants or shorts and maybe a sun hat to protect their heads. You could always take a sweater with you for if it gets cold. Nothing too hot for when they're sleeping, a swaddle blanket should be fine on top of their sleeper. I have all sizes up to 6 months, but a lot of them have been gifted to me from other people. I'd say buy some stuff 0-3 and some 3-6 months in case they grow out of things quickly.
  But I also am a FTM so I could find that what I think is dressing them appropriately could change.

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• mccall35 member

  April 2015

  STM but my first was a March baby, so not much experience with summer newborns. I agree with the other ladies.
  
  I'll also emphasize Sun hats (as a pp mentioned). You won't be able to use sunscreen on the LO so you will need to provide protection by means of light clothing and sun hats!

  

  
  

  
  

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• MJMum524 member

  April 2015

  Second time Mom and my last babe was born end of May. He wore a lot of onesies and we swaddled him. He had some cute outfits/shorts for special outings. We had a huge range from thin cotton onesies to footed fleece sleepers for cold nights/rainy days. We had the cotton hats for the first few months but we didn't use every day. I definitely think they are important. We have air conditioning in our house so it was kept cooler at times. I didn't buy hardly any newborn stuff and he was born 7lbs 6 oz. We had to buy newborn stuff right away and he was in newborn things for a couple months. One thing that absolutely was not important was shoes until I had him in padraigs in the fall/winter and then when he was older we got robeez type shoes.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• HMack4742 member

  April 2015

  I'm in a part of Canada (Calgary) where we could very well have snow in June so I have mostly sleepers. I went with the lighter cotton ones in hopes it is a more typical year. I ranged them from newborn all the way to 12 months. I think I have about 5-7 newborn for now and will get more if need be. I bought some lighter hats (not toques) just in case we have some chilly mornings. I also bought some summer clothes and onesies in preparation for hot days. I have two summer babies as it is and I know that living here, the weather could be anything. (We snowed in September last year). I also plan on using blankets and swaddling.
  

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