Also have a spreadsheet if anyone wants it (yep I'm that kinda girl)!!
I think we have about 4 crib sheets, but also 3 mattress covers, as if you're changing one you're often going to need to change the other. When baby was little, we put a burp cloth/muslin sheet under his head to avoid having to change the sheet for every spit-up.
Agree Aden and Anais muslins are spendy but great, as they are big. I've used them for blankets, mat to lay on, sun shades, swaddling etc etc.
We swaddled. Worked for us. But swaddling blankets aren't cheap so you might want to buy just one (or keep the others in wrappers) to see if your baby likes the or not. When he was little we swaddled in soft fleecy cotton blankets, as that way we could swaddle him with his knees to his belly, whereas some of the specific swaddle blankets mean the legs are down.
I think you need lots of burp cloths. I think maybe that's an American thing as everyone in England seems to use muslins, but burp cloths are terry towelling and way more absorbent than thin piece of muslin.
We also got lots of cheap washcloths for mopping and wiping up, as I didn't want to get through packets and packets of baby wipes.
Personally didn't bother with bouncy chair/rocking chair for baby. Before he could crawl we just propped him up on a boppy. There was a time period it would have been useful but we wanted to save money. Also didn't get cor mobiles etc etc as went with the opinion that cot is for sleeping not for listening to music but whatever works for you....
Didn't bother with changing table, changing mat cover. Changing mat went on the floor (no worries about baby rolling off) and covered with an old towel. Did treat myself to a little organiser though for wipes, nappies etc.
Didn't bother with expensive steriliser, the microwave one was much cheaper and worked great, and we did use bottles as I went back to work and pumped.
Personally think nail scissors are much easier to use than the specific baby nail clippers which seem easier to accidentally slice end of baby's finger off.
Liked having separate baby bath rather than chair to go in big bath as used much less water that way.
Bought a baby monitor which we realised we didn't need to use (we could hear baby crying easily without) but wished I'd got a video monitor. yes they are expensive but the number of times we heard something, went in, and then realised he was nearly asleep but by going in we'd woken him up....
Baby hooded towels, cute to have but normal towels work just as well and I found the material was often not that nice or particularly absorbent. My bath towels are nicer.
Can't comment on clothes as the difficulty here is keeping baby cool enough. But we were given lots of second hand baby gros from family. To be honest even if they're a bit stained I'd accept them as you can end up getting through so many in a day, and you can save the nicer ones for when you're going out. We had so many 2nd hand I think of them as being slightly disposable. If they get stained, I just use them as cleaning cloths rather than trying hard to get the stains out.
If anyone's using cloth nappies, definitely get cloth wipes. They are great!
Phew. OK that's just off the top of my head. Hope it helps!!