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Posted 06-22-09
Online baby lists say 4 each; my sister says 20 each. What do I really need of each: burp cloths, bibs, washcloths? What about sleepsacks, swaddles, and different kinds of bottles (each kind)?
Thanks!
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14 comments
a
Posted 06-22-09
For bibs, I'd say about five or six, for burp clothes... wayyy more than 4! I think I'm with your sister on that one. 20's a pretty big number but it wouldn't hurt to have that many! You can use burp clothes for anything! I do suggest not buying the actual clothes that stores sell as burp clothes though because in my experience, they don't work that well. I buy gerber clothe diapers from target as burp clothes and they work amazing! As far as sleepsacks... I never had one with my last one, but I'd imagine that just two would probably work fine. Use one, wash the other.
a good friend of mine swears by lap pads...for just about everything. she keeps them in the diaper bag for a changing pad, uses them in the crib and on the changer to save sheets, and also uses them as burp rags and just whatever, so i registered for a ton of those, and a lot of bibs, too...
p
Posted 06-22-09
Depends on how often you do laundry. We do laundry every other day so I have about 12 burp cloths (I use the gerber cloth diapers from Target just like the previous poster
)1 pack of baby washcloths--about 5 or 6. Same with bibs.
3 or 4 swaddles/sleep sacks is plenty.
Janene
Henry 7 Avery 5 Miles due 9/1
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Posted 06-22-09
i do my DD's laundry once a week... shes almost 9 months....this is what i have used since she was born:
8 burp cloths
2 packages of wash cloths
and i have about 25 bibs, she drooled A LOT!!! the waterproof ones!
Posted 06-22-09
We use the pre folded cloth diapers for burp cloths, and have 2 packs of them, so 24. For bibs, don't get the tiny ones, they are cute, and useless. Get the bigger ones. But really think about how often you are going to be doing laundry, plus 3 meals a day once baby is eating solids. I didn't use bibs much when baby was nursing though.
Depends on baby. Burp cloths, I used cloth diapers as well. I liked the flats best actually.
Bibs my dd went through 3 or 4 drool bibs per day and I liked to have ones that matched her clothes because she was a majpr drooler!
Wash cloths, I would use 2 or 3 for each bath because I would wet them and use them to keep her warm.
I guess I'd say at least a dozen of each, but baby wash cloths have a way of disappearing in the wash.
bundle thingies and sleep sacks, I think I had 2 of each weight... like 2 fleece and 2 cotton (like a light blanket.
j
Posted 06-22-09
I got soooo many bibs at my baby shower. I didn't think I would ever use them all. I had like, 25. But now, seriously, I cannot imagine having less. My LO is a very messy eater. Plus, when he was a newborn he spit up a lot. We would have constantly been running out of them if we had hadthe recommended number! And who wants to do laundry everyday when you have a newborn! So...you can NOT have too many!
n
Posted 06-22-09
i used a million bibs DS had reflux...and I used those to catch some of the spit up...plus a million cloth diapers...
sleep saks...I think I had 3
w
Posted 06-22-09
Ihate doing laundry so I like to have plenty. You'll go through at least 2 dribble bibs/day while they are infants. When they get older and start eating "solids" you'll want a cpl of big plastic bibs that just wipe off. Anything works as a burp cloth (dish towels, scraps of fabric, big wash cloths, receiving blankets etc.)so I am not really worried about that. I use receiving blankets to swaddle also (b/c those $$ just aren't tight enough for my LO's) so as long as I have PLENTY of receiving blankets I am set. We don't use sleep sacks(we livein FL), and bottles depends on whether or not you are BF'ing. If you are I would suggest playtex b/c you can pump store in those little milk baggies and just drop them into thebottle w/o wasting a single drop of precious milk. If you are FF'ing I still like playtex (bottles get lost and when you find 1 a month later under the bed or something you can throw the liner away and NOT the whole bottle). For BF'ing I would say 1 of those starter sets w/ like 3 9oz btls and 2 4 oz btls is enough to start with. For FF'ing you'll want to have at least 6-7/day and at least 2 days worth in case you get sick and can't do dishes or something. SoI would say about 6- 4 oz'ers and 10- 9oz'ers. Plus nipples. (they'll outgrow the 4 oz'ers pretty quick that's why I say fewer of them). But like I said- I am pretty lazy (as in I likeplaying/baby more than other stuff
)so I like to have plenty so as not to run out ifI don't get around to dishes or laundry.
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