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doggylover -- My boobs really aren't that big! 
We had too many clothes for dd. I'll just preface this with stating I'm a low-frills kind of person. 
For a newborn, I recommend onesies (for warm weather) and sleep & plays (for coolish weather) and fleece sleep & plays (for cold weather). When dd was younger, I hugely preferred snaps over zippers (easier diaper changes). Screw pants or dresses with bloomers or anything that is going to add another layer to take off for diaper changes. Maybe have a few cute outfits for showing off the baby to family or in public or pictures. Sleep sacks if it's still getting chilly at night in April where you are. How much you need depends on how often you want to HAVE to do laundry. Plan for the potential of 3-4 changes of clothes a day (spit up, poopsplosions, pee leaks). Unlike ukgirl, I had zero need for scratch mittens with Maisie. And booties/socks for little babies are a joke! If you need their feet to be covered and remain covered, put them in a sleep & play. 
I never found much use for bibs until she started eating solids (then you need lots and lots of them). She spit up a lot but a bib didn't do anything for that, IME. Maisie's was a bit projectile. You can use a cloth diaper as a burp cloth (cotton prefold or flat) so you don't necessarily need a uni-tasker for that unless you want one. Also, I don't know what's up with people claiming their babies never fit in newborn clothes. Maisie was a bit bigger than "average" and she fit in almost all of them for 6 weeks.
And they SWALLOWED her when she was first born (at 7 pounds 11.6oz). She gained weight really quickly (15 pounds at 4 months!) but was still in 0-3 or 3-6 at that point. So, yeah -- She really blew through 3-6 and 6-9 more quickly than newborn and 0-3 despite not growing as quickly then. I think even if you have a 10 pounder, 0-3 is still going to fit for a minute at least. And just fair warning, baby clothes sizes are just as maddening and inconsistent as our clothes sizes. 
There was some stuff Maisie had outgrown by the time I pulled out the next size. Like, some 9 months stuff smaller than some 0-3 month stuff. Grrr! Also, I have yet to keep a hat on Maisie for more than like 3 minutes. I bought and crocheted so many adorable hats for her. 
That's just one of those things that is going to vary from baby to baby. She won't tolerate hair clips or bows or even her hair in pigtails.
Oh, and I'm one who bought a year ahead when stuff was on sale or off-season clearance and it has kind of backfired. Maisie only weighs 6 pounds more now than she did a year ago. Wasn't anticipating that with the crazy rate she was going! So, I had to buy new winter stuff for her in 18 months. Actually thinking at this point all the 24 month stuff I had for her is going to fit NEXT winter. If not, it should fit Deucey in 2 years, at least. I am going to pull it out soon just to see if we can make some of it work this year. She has started gaining weight a little faster again now so maybe it'll fit in a month or two. She's at the top of the height range for 18 month stuff but hasn't even reached the bottom of the weight range yet. Pain in the ass one-size-fits-all BS!
I have clothes all the way up to 5T lined up.
Sometimes you just can't pass on a crazy great bargain!... Or I guess that's just me. But I got some of the stuff on mega-clearance for like 50 cents. I'm NOT going to not buy that.
Readytomum -- Congrats on official
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ukgirl -- My boobs didn't shrink after breastfeeding. Maybe because I slowly weaned (over the course of about a month)? In fact, my boobs hardly changed at all over the course of pregnancy and breastfeeding and weaning with Maisie. I was a 38D when it started and a 38D when it ended. I had to exclusively pump and my output was an average of about 14oz/day (so, chronic low supply here). LOL at your boob tricks!
And speaking of boobs, I just have to announce that at 24 weeks, I already have 32ml of colostrum in my freezer for Deucey! (I know no one here understands my excitement about this right now and I hope you never do!) I'm getting excited because I figured out that harvesting every other day actually gives me more somehow than every day. So, I've been doing that and the stash is really growing way faster than I expected. 
I'm going to have a stupid amount of it, but that's fine. I'll donate whatever we can't use to another IGT mama. 
We had too many clothes for dd. I'll just preface this with stating I'm a low-frills kind of person. For a newborn, I recommend onesies (for warm weather) and sleep & plays (for coolish weather) and fleece sleep & plays (for cold weather). When dd was younger, I hugely preferred snaps over zippers (easier diaper changes). Screw pants or dresses with bloomers or anything that is going to add another layer to take off for diaper changes. Maybe have a few cute outfits for showing off the baby to family or in public or pictures. Sleep sacks if it's still getting chilly at night in April where you are. How much you need depends on how often you want to HAVE to do laundry. Plan for the potential of 3-4 changes of clothes a day (spit up, poopsplosions, pee leaks). Unlike ukgirl, I had zero need for scratch mittens with Maisie. And booties/socks for little babies are a joke! If you need their feet to be covered and remain covered, put them in a sleep & play. I never found much use for bibs until she started eating solids (then you need lots and lots of them). She spit up a lot but a bib didn't do anything for that, IME. Maisie's was a bit projectile. You can use a cloth diaper as a burp cloth (cotton prefold or flat) so you don't necessarily need a uni-tasker for that unless you want one. Also, I don't know what's up with people claiming their babies never fit in newborn clothes. Maisie was a bit bigger than "average" and she fit in almost all of them for 6 weeks. And they SWALLOWED her when she was first born (at 7 pounds 11.6oz). She gained weight really quickly (15 pounds at 4 months!) but was still in 0-3 or 3-6 at that point. So, yeah --
She really blew through 3-6 and 6-9 more quickly than newborn and 0-3 despite not growing as quickly then. I think even if you have a 10 pounder, 0-3 is still going to fit for a minute at least. And just fair warning, baby clothes sizes are just as maddening and inconsistent as our clothes sizes. There was some stuff Maisie had outgrown by the time I pulled out the next size. Like, some 9 months stuff smaller than some 0-3 month stuff. Grrr! Also, I have yet to keep a hat on Maisie for more than like 3 minutes. I bought and crocheted so many adorable hats for her. That's just one of those things that is going to vary from baby to baby. She won't tolerate hair clips or bows or even her hair in pigtails. Oh, and I'm one who bought a year ahead when stuff was on sale or off-season clearance and it has kind of backfired. Maisie only weighs 6 pounds more now than she did a year ago. Wasn't anticipating that with the crazy rate she was going!
So, I had to buy new winter stuff for her in 18 months. Actually thinking at this point all the 24 month stuff I had for her is going to fit NEXT winter. If not, it should fit Deucey in 2 years, at least. I am going to pull it out soon just to see if we can make some of it work this year. She has started gaining weight a little faster again now so maybe it'll fit in a month or two. She's at the top of the height range for 18 month stuff but hasn't even reached the bottom of the weight range yet. Pain in the ass one-size-fits-all BS! I have clothes all the way up to 5T lined up.
Sometimes you just can't pass on a crazy great bargain!... Or I guess that's just me. But I got some of the stuff on mega-clearance for like 50 cents. I'm NOT going to not buy that. Readytomum -- Congrats on official
!ukgirl -- My boobs didn't shrink after breastfeeding.
Maybe because I slowly weaned (over the course of about a month)? In fact, my boobs hardly changed at all over the course of pregnancy and breastfeeding and weaning with Maisie. I was a 38D when it started and a 38D when it ended. I had to exclusively pump and my output was an average of about 14oz/day (so, chronic low supply here). LOL at your boob tricks!And speaking of boobs, I just have to announce that at 24 weeks, I already have 32ml of colostrum in my freezer for Deucey! (I know no one here understands my excitement about this right now and I hope you never do!
) I'm getting excited because I figured out that harvesting every other day actually gives me more somehow than every day. So, I've been doing that and the stash is really growing way faster than I expected. I'm going to have a stupid amount of it, but that's fine. I'll donate whatever we can't use to another IGT mama. 
very envious of ladies in pre preggy clothes I'm totally out!!!! Can't een get them past my thighs pmsl! 
xx
thanks for the advice! Hope you are keeping well
so I will definitely get more mitts, thanks 
I got a nice hat,booty and mitt set in there too. I love the clothes in there they are great! x
