A silly question about first baby

[newyearnotsonewme]

Hello all!
Due our first baby in a few months and I've started buying a few things here and there to kind of spread it all out :-) also because I can't stop myself 🙈

This is probably a ridiculous question but how do you know how much to buy? And in what sizes? I don't want to end up with a million babygrows that don't fit or not enough! And nappies! I have about 10 babygrows and vests atm and a few hats, socks, mitts etc! Family have also got a lot to give us in varying sizes :-)
Also is there anything other than the obvious (car seat, cot, pram etc) you'd recommend? Or that you would say don't buy?

Any advice would be great! Thank you!!

First of all congratulations!

I wouldn't worry about buying too many things just yet, as a first time mum, you will probably be given lots of stuff.

Babies grow very quickly and you don't need lots of stuff in the newborn size. The number of baby gros sound fine, I would add some cardigans for warmth and a couple of easy wash and dry blankets for tucking around car seats. I used muslin cloths a lot too.

I didn't buy a baby bath (I just used the hand basin to start off with), or a swing seat or a baby walker. I would also recommend buying an easy clean high chair without lots of plastic inserts which are a nightmare to clean.

Congratulations!

10 sleepsuits and vests sounds fine. They grow out of sleepsuits within a matter of weeks at first. Don't go crazy on nappies either, brands differ and you don't want to end up with hundreds of nappies that don't fit well and leak.

My best baby buys were the Chicco Next2Me, Tommee Tippee perfect prep, Mam self sterilising bottles and Grobags.