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I have tried really hard to keep things to the necessities. Our house isn't big enough to add in a bunch of baby stuff that we don't use. We skipped the swing, but have a bouncer, a play mat, exersaucer, and doorway jumper. We use them all daily. We have a jogging stroller and travel system. We have about a dozen books and a handful of baby toys. (Although books and non-plastic, non-noisy toys are pretty much always welcomed.)

The only thing I would have done differently from the beginning would be getting a Graco Snugride instead of a less popular infant seat so that I could use it with the jogger and skip the travel system stroller.

I'm sure with Christmas coming up we'll be getting a whole lot more. We're going to pack away the playmat and get a foam floor mat so that DS has more room to crawl and play.

We also try to keep clothes to a minimum too. 4 pajamas per size, a 4-5 pack of onesies per size, 4-5 pants/shorts and about a dozen tops plus a few misc. pieces. We get a lot of use out of the clothes when we don't overdo it, and 2 loads of laundry (mixed - baby and mom's) each weeks keeps up with everything.

I have been very, very careful in what I've chosen for her and I think it's been wise! We have a rock n play, a pack n play, a play gym mat, a bumbo, plenty of toys and a stroller frame that works with the infant seat for now. I love that we went more simple with everything!

She is getting an exersaucer or jumparoo from Santa and I think that it will be very well used.

Yeah, we use pretty much everything. (Except the pack and play, we never really used that).
Bouncer, swing, playmat... all totally used. He never liked hanging out in the Bumbo, but it was good for when he started solids, before we got a real booster seat. We have two exersaucers (both borrowed), plus a jumperoo and a doorway jumper thing, and we use all of them pretty much daily. (and they live in different parts of the house, like the exersaucer that lives directly in front of my shower)
Oh, we never used our Moby because I never felt secure with it. And I hated our hotsling. Loved the bjorn and the Ergo though.

We never use our stroller because we always wear Wombat. It's so disappointing because we paid so much money for a travel system that I said we needed. Guess I should've learned more about baby wearing, but I never heard of it beforehand.