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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You really think your kid will never wear a onesie just because you don’t love the pattern? Newsflash: you’re going to need a zillion Carter’s onesies with a baby and many will end up with barf and poop stains on them. You will need extras for child care, your diaper bag, the car, etc. None of what she’s giving you sound like things you wouldn’t use and you sound, frankly, whiny and ungrateful. If you don’t want your friends giving you hand me downs, just tell them. Don’t complain to DCUM. You’re not a victim with your friend offloading garbage on you like you’re trying to convey. You’re not communicating yourself to your friend and that’s on you. And also, when you find your newborn going through a zillion onesies in a day in a few months and changing sheets frequently due to puke and blowouts you’ll realize what a diva you sounded like complaining about these hand me downs and maybe you will realize you should have held onto them. Sheesh. [/quote]

I completely disagree with this. My babies were born at 8 pounds but quickly jumped to the 99th percentile for height. I got so many 3 month and 6 month and 9 month onesies as gifts or hand me downs - we probably used only 10% of them because each size only fit for a few weeks. We went through sizes so fast it was overwhelming to deal with all the extra clothes. I wish I hadn’t listened to the people like PP who claimed that “of course” I would need SO MANY clothes. Wrong!

It is not helpful to have tons of clothes to store. Same for a bunch of baby toys and gear. I ended up donating most of it completely unused by me.

It’s so much better to get a only a few things ahead of time and then just buy what you need as you go.

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