Dressing a newborn - Due April 2015

I used to spend a lot of time on looking for clothes for my children. Children's clothes are much more difficult to choose than adults' clothes. Fortunately, I was introduced to the Baby Outlet store by a close friend, after the first purchase I was really impressed with the material as well as the customer service. My two daughters are very satisfied and they absolutely love these clothes. babyoutlet.com/tags/toddler-girl-summer-clothes, has a lot of clothes like cute tooddler short, toddler girl summer shirt, tooddler summer shorts..., where you can put all your trust to buy.

Faffymum - yip - your house will never be the same again, there is just kids stuff everywhere, forget about a slick designer looking house!

I hope I didn't miss this info...but when you ladies mention vests...are you talking about sleeveless vests with press studs at the bottom or just those loose t-shirt style vests? When you ladies refer to onesies, are they long sleeved? or just press studs at the bottom with no pants?

Sorry, but you get quite a lot of styles of vests and onesies - not sure how warm they should be?

DieSwartKat: What a great idea! Thank you..
I will have one bin for disposables, one open bucket for cloth nappies and one closed bucket with water and omo for onsies hahahahahahahahahaha

You do get sunlight baby washing powder (washing powder). Best for a newborn I found washing with green bar of sunlight soap. Their skins are so sensitive. I used the green bar for at least 1-2 months, then changed to the Sunlight washing powder.

Just as an alternative to skip or omo.

On another note, babies do sometimes have reflux and that means changing outfits. Keep a bucket with a lid in your laundry area, fill with clean water and add your Omo/Skip to the water. Throw the clothes into the bucket of soapy water when you change the baby, it can easily stand for 3 days or so until you get to the washing. That way the clothes don't stain or smell, and you don't have to feel pressurised to do the washing.

Hi!

Not a silly question at all! All the ladies have given some excellent advice so far.

My experience was much like StellaK's, baby was born full-term at 2.8kg. She wore prem outfits for about 2 weeks, newborn for about 4 weeks, 0-3 months for about 4 weeks also. Point is, they grow out of everything really quickly at first!

For me the onesies from Pep actually worked best, particularly because it's made of that thin toweling material that is both warm and comfy. Cotton ones from Woolies (for example) are really lovely, but I found that they easily stretched and lost their shape in the wash. It was also far cheaper at R40 each, as opposed to R80-R100 each at Woolies.

My DD was born in the heart of Winter, so underneath the onesie I always dressed her in a vest. She screamed her head off every time we pulled something over her head (like a vest or little jacket), so the onesies were really the easiest from my point of view. Also the easiest in terms of changing nappies, which you do very regularly with a newborn.

the big thing i would say is be careful to dress baby to warmly - general rule of thumb - 1 layer more than what you are wearing

i found onesies to be the easiest with a newborn (up to about 8 moths actually) 2 piece clothing is just so much more of a hassle - the bottom always falls off and the top kreeps up or babys hand get under the top and feel stuck.

my baby was born in april, so practically a winter baby. i always just did a vest underneath a onesie - and preferred onesies with closed feet rather that putting on socks (the more items you have the more time consuming it is with a diaper change) you could always add blankets.

get things that are super soft, denim and cordroy looks fabulous, but it irritates their very sensitive skin and they are very uncomfortable, and it is hard and heavy.

as for quantity, that will vary from baby to baby. my boy was a big baby (3,7kg born on 38 weeks and gained 500g a week) he only wore newborn for 2 weeks. 0-3 months he only wore for 4 weeks and 3-6 months only for 8 weeks. but he also spat up alot of milk with every feed - so a had alot of clothing changes. i got a crap load of clothing at my baby shower and still did washing every day.

hope my expierience helps a bit.
enjoy your little newborn and do not stress about little things - you will know what to do the moment you have that precious little bundle in your arms