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Baby's Layette
What Should Be in Your Baby's Layette?
By Lisa A. Flam
For the basic layette, excluding seasonal items, stores generally recommend:
Layette:
- four to six undershirts
- four to six sleeping gowns
- four to six onesies
- four to six stretchies
- four to six hooded towels
- four to six wash clothes
- four to six bibs
- three to four booties
- four to six pairs of socks
- one to two sweaters or sweatshirt
- one going home outfit
- one outfit for a Christening/bris or naming
- four to six receiving blankets
- one dozen cloth diapers
- two packages of disposable diapers (size newborn and size one)
For the crib:
- bumpers
- dust ruffle
- three to six crib sheets
- two to four quilted mattress pads
- two to four crib blankets
- waterproof pads
Jill Vella, a New York mom of two boys, was ready for her children, choosing a layette with her sister. "It was fun to pick it out and have it ahead of time,'' she says. "We were prepared.''
Other moms don't worry so much and play it by ear, relying on gifts and items passed down from other moms. Lyn Callan didn't buy a layette before her son was born in December. She got lots of gifts at a surprise shower as well as hand-me-downs from a family she used to baby-sit for. "It's expensive and frankly it's not worth it because you use those things for such a brief period,'' she says. "We panicked a bit on a few items, but I honestly can't remember what they were. I like to rough it and get by.''
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Baby's Layette by Anonymous on 09/02/2009 11:17AM
be sure not to bring your baby home in ruff materials such as denim or wool, these materials and outfits maybe cute but are sometimes painful to your new infant