When you have a kid, it just seems like the stuff piles up. I realize that I do overspend, and I buy a lot of things. However, I feel like I use ALL Those things.

I dont think one realizes how much stuff you will use until you have a baby.

Let's take a blanket for example. Technically, a baby wouldn't use a blanket to sleep until after they are one. So a lot of people dont even think about getting a blanket. However, I recommend to buy lots of blankets! I looove blankets. Heres how we use them:

When maddie was first born, we covered her all the time. when she was in the bouncer, when we carried her, etc. Especially in the car, as she was born in the summer and the AC was on. so we basically use a blanket year round, summer and winter. a lot of people also cover the car seat with a blanket whenever they are out, to act as a tent of sorts.

When Maddies in the stroller and we dont have a bundle me on the stroller, I always put a blanket over her. ITs cold and windy out there!

our house can get drafty, so sometimes in the mornings, when i put maddie on a playmat, i will cover her legs with a blanket. when we are downstairs, on a cold day, there is a draft from the deck door, and i cover her there as well when shes lying on the floor.

We have a ton of blankets on the floor for her playtime. We do have a playmat, but its just nice to spread out on a blanket. Plus mommy and daddy can join her down there as well. if you look at my pictures, whenever maddie is on the floor, she is on a blanket (or two). and since shes been able to roll over, i need the floor to be somewhat soft bc sometimes she does come down hard on her head.

As she gets older, maddie just likes to play with blankets. She will play with the tag, or wave the blanket around etc. Dave's sister gave us this johnson and johnson bathset, and it came with this soft 100% cotton thin blanket. i love this blanket....and maddie does too!

i think i probably have about 15 blankets of all shapes, sizes and thicknesses and somehow they all get used. if some are in the wash, i have enough to cover until the laundry is done. i got a lot of blankets as gifts and i keep all of them. like bibs, you can never have enough, in my opinion.

I realized this is going to sound crazy but I have 3 boppys. I love this pillow. since birth, i have always propped maddie up in a boppy. i have one in her room which i use to nurse her at bedtime and in the mornings. i have one in my room where i use it to nurse her during the daytime and also to prop her up. and now i have one downstairs where i can also help prop her up. i do think this is excessive, but i didnt want to be toting this pillow everywhere i go. i could nurse without it, but bc of it, i can be hands free when she nurses! this is big for me! i love the boppy pillow...i would have them all over the house if i could.

so definitely i do buy a lot of things for sheer convenience. could i use 2 or 3 blankets all around the house and just transfer them from room to room? sure. i could do the same with the boppy too. but im lazy and i dont. so in this regard i do overspend.

without a doubt, my most useless baby purchases are the clothes. girlfriend really does not need so much. its an addiction though. i cant help it. and sometimes she does really grow out of it so fast. but i must curb this. seriously.

all the other do-dads, i dont mind buying. i figure i can always use it if we have another kid.

toys, on the other hand, i am planning to really limit. no toys unless i feel they are educationally needed.