OK I embarrassed to ask this but what do you guys mean by vest?

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When people say you need x number of vests are they the little short sleeved bodysuits? And you put them under a babygro do you? If it's chilly I suppose?

I am clearly a complete idiot sorry! It's just I've made a careful list based on lots of threads on here and then when starting to shop I realised no shops sell anything that they call vests for newborns!

A receiving blanket is another (American?) word for a cellular blanket.

These are very handy and worth getting a few of. You can get cotton / wool / cashmere ones and they have lots of little holes - so keep baby nice and warm but allow air through easily just in case it gets the blanket over its face.

I reckon blankets are a good investment - even if you go o to use grobags for sleep times - as they are perfect for wrapping around baby in car seat / pram when they just need an extra layer, can be used for swaddling, popping over baby if they fall asleep on you or your doing skin-to-skin and in winter as extra bedding layers.

We had about 6 blankets of differing thickness and warmth plus one big fleecey one that has been massively useful for things like putting baby down on if somewhere you don't want to put them striaght onto the carpet etc.

Cellular blanket