Post partum Layette for Winter Babies

From experience, here is whatwe are dressing baby GG in to get us through this period of her lounging at home, being changed often, enertaining visitors and not really fitting in most of her 0 to 3month clothes and those other cutesy clothes for going out.

Because she's a winter baby, we don' anticipate taking her out of the house too much to expose her to all those germs and the harsh winter weather. She's still building her immunity.

POST PARTUM BABY LAYETTE (for the winter baby):

6-8 sleep and play sleepers (the ones with covered feet so you don't need socks which can restrict the baby's circulation at the ankles)

3-4 receiving blanket for swaddling baby or 1 or 2 recently invented swaddling fleeces made to take the guess work out of the art of properly swaddling a baby (lucky for us, after merely a week, GG no longer needs to be swaddled to be comfortable. i recall when her eldest brother was an infant, he would go ballistic unless he was wrapped in a swaddled blankie, nice and tight for 2 months!!)

4-5 baby kimonos to be worn under the sleepers (we got 2-3 from the hospital. these tiny undergarments are the absolute best for keeping tiny newbies warm. you only need a kimono and a diaper under the swaddle bc anything more would maybe too much and overheat the baby.)

1-2 pairs of anti scratch mittens (to stop the baby from accidentally scratching her face, as GG has already done once. the kimonos come with a fold out that allows you to cover up babie's hands and thus no need to put on a separate mitt)