How many new clothes did you buy for your second if they were close in age to your first?

[weeblueberry]

Am due DD2 in five weeks. We've not bought her any clothes yet because we're probably going to rely heavily on DD1s stuff. There will be 23 months between them and I'm not sure what the norm is for getting new stuff. DD1 had soooo many clothes there's loads that were never used or only worn once so obviously we're going to use those more of we can.

So how much new stuff did you buy?

I'm due next week with dd2, there will be 23 months and 3 weeks apart so may even share a birthday, I haven't bought a single thing for her, like you say there are so many things that either weren't worn or were worn once, it'd be a waste to buy new 'just because'.

The only thing I may need in the future is tights as they were worn and washed more and some lost their elasticity, same with socks, I also seem to have a heck of a lot of odd socks.

I do feel a bit guilty that she'll live in hand me downs but she wont care, as dd1 gets older her clothes do take more of a battering so there will come a time when they are only fit for the bin and dd2 will have new ones.
It's been really exciting to fetch bags full of clothes down from the loft to sort through, I'd forgotten about half of them.

I'll have 20mo this between current toddler and new baby and have only bough what well need considering the different seasons. All DD's 0-3 stuff is unisex so will do this new baby fine.

They don't need new, and I'm sure you'll be bought new stuff as gifts anyway, so you'll have novelty that way.

We didn't buy much - exactly 4 years between my two - except sleepsuits and vests which get the most wear. However my two girls have completely different colouring - hair colour/ eyes so some stuff didn't really seem to suit DD2 - I felt no guilt buying her stuff then

2 and a half years between DS and DD (due in 2 weeks. Im using all the same things again (lots of white babygros and little cardigans) but I have bought one or two little dresses, some socks and cute little shoes.
New moses basket matress obviously but thats it.

To be honest clothes were the last thing on my list to buy, similarly there was no need to buy pram, carseat, bath equipment, blah blah blah as I already had it thank god! Count yourself lucky you've already got the majority of it and instead invest some money into busy-activities for DD1 like DVDs, sticker/colouring books or whatever will keep her amused so you can have some time with newborn.

I had two boys 16 months apart & the only things I bought were some summery things for DS2 because he was a spring baby whereas DS1 was born in autumn. When DS3 came along I reused everything again. Poor DS3 lived in hand me downs for years

Not a single thing!

2 years between mine. As soon as DD2 started wearing proper clothes I dressed her in a mix of hand me downs and new. I bought new because I hadn't realised how badly worn and stained some of DD1s clothes were and also because I felt DD2 was her own person who deserved her own clothes. Or it might be because I'm a sucker for a sale bargain

I bought too much

I always do

Lots of nice new bits for ds2 and then matching for ds1 oops

Not matching matching, but similar colours etc

23 months between DD1 and DD2. I bought nothing and returned the vast majority of the clothes gifts.

Most things as DC2 was a different sex, a different season, different colouring & different shape.

16 months between DS and DD. Planned to recycle everything and only buy seasonal additions as necessary when little. However very different in shape so have ended up buying some stuff now at 6 months as DD is very tall and slim for age. Don't buy anything yet - I would wait and see and only buy as needed.

Only jumpers/coats/thicker sleeping bags etc as ds2 was born at the opposite time of year to ds1 (ds1 born in winter so it was all 0-3 months whereas ds2 born in summer so he needed winter clothes in 6-9 months) but all the vests/shirts/trousers/baby grows all got passed down and used

Would add - with some exception as you will have two daughters - might be nice to buy DD2 a nice new dress or something as her "first"

Dd2 has a few bits. I agree with buying something special. Both mine had new "first sleepsuits" for the hospital.

Mine were different seasons and DD2 born in the heatwave of summer 2013 and I was actually a bit disappointed that she spent most of her early weeks in just a nappy and/or vest and I didn't get to re-use lots of DD1s lovely newborn bits!

It's great now though as I feel like I can justify spending a bit more on DD1s clothes as I know they will get two lifespans as it were!

Ours were both boys and borne exactly 2 years apart ( a few days difference in b'day) so luckily same season. So...DS2 did not have any new clothes as a bay - babies don't care about clothes , and only when he got to about 3 when he was old enough to choose we bought him a few new things...

Very few. Even though they were opposite sexes, by the time I had my second, I had a network of local mum friends, and we did lots of clothes swapping - and I had some generous donations from friends who were only going to have one child. Friends and grandparents bought new stuff. Honestly, I hardly bought a thing! Just a couple of cute outfits that really caught my eye.

Mine are 3 years apart, and I buy very little for the younger one, even now at 4.

I do buy her the odd thing though, especially if we have gone shopping because her sister needs something. I'm sure we could actually get by without ever buying her any clothes at all, but sometimes I see the odd little nice thing and can't resist.

will be 24 months between mine and not planning to buy anything. Well if the next one is DD then maybe a couple of dresses for summer. But otherwise I have everything and DS barely got to wear most of the stuff before he grew out of them, so everything still looks fine.

Unfortunately there was 30 months between mine so they were completely opposite seasons. But anything that could be reused was.

As they grew up it was much harder as one was big for her age and the other whilst tall was a skinny minny.

Still are now as older teenagers, certainly no clothes swapping between my size 6-8 daughter and my size 12 daughter.

Thank you all. Really appreciate all the responses. :)

Luckily DDs will be in similar seasons-only difference is DD1 was teensy so if this one is normal sized things might not fit her at the same time. We will definitely get some newborn stuff for her because so many photos will be taken then that it seems mean to have her in her sisters stuff for photos that will end up on the wall :)

We're not buying much equipment. Got a double buggy and that's pretty much it. Will get a new mattress for her crib but again that's not exactly a massive purchase!!

12m apart here. We didn't buy anything new.

Mine are almost 3 years apart and DD2 is wearing absolutely everything that DD1 didn't trash. Fortunately they were born in the same season. We bought DD2 a new baby gro for her to wear as her first outfit, and have had to top up the odd thing, like leggings, but I love being able to go in the loft every few months and come out with a whole new wardrobe each time she grows!

Hmm, im opposite. We bought so little clothes for ds1 and I skipped every other size to keep him in stuff longer. I really regretted it, so ds2 actually has had lots more new clothes since I'm doing every size this time (poor ds1 and his massive, massive clothes) and they're different seasons.. Still reusing all of ds1s stuff, just adding more.

Haven't bought any equipment other than the sleepyhead though, so still a lot cheaper.

Just one thing that was completely non-essential but because I fell in love with it and wanted the new baby to have something beautiful. Then a few nearly-new other things later as they were needed.