To ask, how many vests and sleepsuits in each size?

@Roundroundthegarden I’m impressed by the organisation! I’m expecting in December and I was wondering whether you got long sleeve or short sleeve bodysuits. Did you only need one of each per day at the hospital? Do mitts and socks get dirty or can you reuse them a second day?

I’m very clueless!

Really useful to see what people get

Just a heads up Tesco sizes come up really small and next is massive!!

That’s a lot!!!!!

I had 4 newborns vests and 4 sleepsuit.

6-8 of size 0-3 months. And then 6 of size 3-6 months!!!

@Decaffe I should have added all in ones to the list. Sleepsuits / all in one / baby grow / onesie are all the same thing.

From spending a lot of time with a friend's new baby, he slept for most of the day so in the early months there's no real difference between day and night clothes. He was in 'sleepsuits' for pretty much the first 2 months. Also, newborns are so scrunched up outfits don't really make sense to me at that age.

Both. If you like sleepsuits/babygrows/onesies (which are all the same thing) then they are fine for day or night.

https://www.boots.com/my-first-kangaroo-all-in-ones-3-pack-10335831

They’re called ‘all in ones’ so now I am even more confused 😁

How would we use these? For sleeping or daytime? September baby 🤞🏻

And I loved sleepsuits. Comfortable for baby to sleep in all day, and the poppers really aren't that fiddly.

That sounds plenty, but I would get that many in 0-3 months and only one or two in newborn size.

Can i recommend Asda first size to start with. It's 6-9 lb which is good for most newborns. My daughter was 6lb13 dropping to 6lb8 and this meant we didn't need tiny baby which were often only up to 7lb which we would've have got a lot of use out of
We used a mix of Asda and Sainsbury's. The Asda were often smaller than the Sainsbury's and meant we didn't outgrow all of our clothes at one time. Especially when she was little in 2 days something could go from being ok to two small. She could go into the size up in Asda when still fitting into Sainsbury's so the transition between sizes was smoothed out.
We generally had 5-10 short sleeved vests 5 long sleeved vests and 6 sleepsuits. I moved to leggings or dungarees and t shirts or vests during the day within a few weeks as I hate sleepsuits with a passion! It's impossible to get all 4 limbs in at once. We also did cloth nappies and her big bum meant that we needed to size up bottoms before tops and the sized up sleepsuits legs were far too long!

I had an end Nov baby, I preferred to have everything washed and ready rather than doing it all midst baby.

We had 2 sleeping bags, much better and less fidgety than swaddling with a muslin.

I also kept a week and bits worth of clothing so if I only got around to it once a week, then I didn't stress about running out of anything.

2x 5 pack long bodysuit
8 zip rompers (SO much better than fiddling with poppers)
Mitts - a few pairs
Socks
4-5 warm hats (1 in the car, 1 in the stroller, 1 near front door)
3 baby blankets
1 pack muslins
1/2 snowsuit

Also had an ELCS and this is what I did:

For each day in labelled clear bag (eg. day1, first outfit after birth, etc):

1 bodysuit
1 romper
1 swaddle
1 hat
1 pair mitts, socks
1 nappy
1 bib/ muslin

Then I had a bag labelled spares ( and clearly labelled with what's inside).

Everyone at the hospital was very impressed at how organised I was. 😅
The last thing I wanted to do was being in pain and being asked stupid questions like where is what. And as I packed everything, I didn't want to explain to dh at that time where's things. So each day all I said to dh, days 2 outfit/ day 3😅

Baby clothing is just dirt cheap op, and you can buy multipacks to get through the first few weeks with basics. But save yourself all the mental hassle by just being prepared as much as you can.

I didn't buy any newborn size and DC1 turned out to be tiny so we had to make a stop at Sainsbury's on the way home. The 0-3 month stuff was huge on him.

15 sounds like loads though. We probably had that many because we were given a lot secondhand and never needed any where near as many.

Personally I wasn't a huge fan of sleepsuits at all, found them really fiddly, especially when having to do multiple nappy changes a day. If I had another I'd probably only buy one pack of 3 and otherwise vests and dungarees every day.

Ditto on wait and see.

Same goes for muslins. People with refluxy babies insist you need hundreds, but we barely used ours - he had one spitty day a week and that was it.

In fact, it's easier to work through stuff if you don't have too much crowding your way.

Next day delivery sorts the rest.

I had an autumn baby and found long-sleeved vests very useful. I wished I'd had more of them throught the winter. Great for layering, and can combine with soft stretchy pull-on jogging bottoms.

@Decaffe Sleep suits and baby grows are the same thing. Bodysuits / vests go under the sleepsuits. They look like little tight fitting t-shirts with poppers at the bottom, no legs.

What’s the different between a sleep suit, a vest and a baby grow?

DH and I bought some long sleeve baby grows yesterday as we thought the integrated scratchmitt bit was a good idea, but are they no good as either a vest or a sleep suit?

@blackcherryconserve
Basically an open area at the bottom that's elasticated, I guess to not allow a draught in, some also come in a style wear you knot the end of its too long.
I've never used them but seems a great option for when you are at home even if baby doesn't wear it out. Far easier than messing with poppers when you are half asleep. Although perhaps not the cheapest option

Just buy a few at first in the smallest sizes and see what you get as gifts. You can always buy more later. Also, if you're on a budget, you can pick up great deals in charity shops.

My baby was 7lbs1 and wore tiny baby for 2 weeks, then newborn until 6 weeks..
Don't get caught out. I only bought 0-3 months and they were miles too big!

In newborn I bought

5 body suits ( I got the wrap around ones and the are very practical)
7 sleep suits (poppers not zips, my preference)
2 hats
1 pack of socks

If winter then maybe a snowsuit. My baby was born in march and I just used vest under sleep suit, hat and blankets.

I started buying pretty outfits off vinted in size 3-6 months + when she was a newborn she lived on sleep suits.

I have a list of everything I bought and my thoughts about whether it was useful/regret etc. DM me, happy to share it. It's an essay and I don't want to spam the thread!

I've never seen baby sleep gowns 🤔

Ds mainly wore sleep suits in the first 3 mths. So I got 14 sleepsuits and 14 vests. He had reflux and was spewy so we did go through them. Muslin cloths and bibs I was also glad of plenty of. Then he just had maybe 3 actual outfits that he wore if I wanted to dress him up a little more.

I got everything second hand because they go through it in no time so there's no point spending lots especially in the first 3 months!

We've generally stuck to the two week amount for sleepsuits/ vests because of leaky nappies etc for the first year. Now ds is 1.5 he has a week's supply of vests and about a week and a weeks supply of pj's. It also depends on the weather, and how hot/ cold the months will be.

That sounds like a lot. If your baby turns out to be sicky or has a lot of poo explosions you may need that many but if not you’ll probably use less. Maybe get around 6-8 sleep suits and buy more if needed? Newborn size last hardly any time so really don’t go over board on those. My 6 pound baby was in newborn size for only about 2 weeks. My 8.5 pound baby went straight into 1-3 month clothes. M&S clothes tend to be huge in case you buy from there.

What you are actually probably better off doing is buying sleep gowns instead of sleep suits as then it doesn't matter how big baby is. I didn't know the existed when I had DD but if I had another it's what I would do. Sleeves can be rolled up or down to cover scratchy nails and baby is free to scrunch their legs up without getting tangled up.

I wouldn't buy more than a couple of small ones, they are always in stick and someone can shop for you. Remember you may well get loads of babygrows as presents.
DS and DDiL found the padded pramsuit they bought ( Feb baby) to be a real faff and much preferred the Starsnug fleece they were given as it was so easy to get on and off and very cosy. If they took baby in the pram into a warm environment it was easy to open up the wrap without waking him.