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How often do you want to do laundry? A capsule wardrobe wouldn't be great for my babies because things get dirty fast. Keep in mind that once he starts solids his tops will get dirtier faster, and pants will take a beating with crawling. But if you already do laundry 2-3 times a week maybe it won't be that bad (adding baby clothes to a load takes up no room).

Personally I would have a weeks worth of onesies at least. Maybe something like 5 short sleeve and 7 long sleeve, depending on if you plan to layer the short sleeve under the hoodie tees or wear long sleeve alone.

He's in daycare, right? Do you need to leave a certain number of extras there? And it never gets super cold for you, right?

I agree with what @Foodnerd81: said about 6-12 months the clothes really start taking a beating. We would have to change her shirt and often her pants at every meal.

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: layering a onesie under pajamas depends how cold his room gets. The nursery in our condo is the coldest room so some nights we would put a short sleeve onesie underneath, but not usually. But she also wore a sleep sack until well past a year I think so we did a fleece sleep sack over cotton pjs, or thin cotton sleep sack over fleece pjs, in the winter. But we are in New England.

And yeah I think a few extra sleep and plays would be good for back up outfits at day care and the diaper bag!

I like the idea of capsules but I can't make them work with my LO because you really can't know how much they will need. Definitely at that age, you will need more clothes than you think because they start to stain stuff and also scuff up pants with crawling. You also can't know for sure how long your LO will last in that size.

My strategy is usually to buy a small amount of stuff (similar amount to what you have listed) and then supplement as needed over the next few months. Bonus being that if you buy in the middle or end of a season, there are usually good sales.

Edited to add: Also, double-check that you have enough clothes for daycare. Ours requires at least 3 outfit changes to be there at all times. There were definitely times in that age range where she went through 2 or 3 of them in a day.

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: oh yes.. at that age we did a soft bib, then a smock bib and then on of the plastic bibs to catch the food. Now at 15 months she can just have one bib.

We had a lot more clothes than that. There were at least several pairs of leggings (8-10), onesies, shirts, socks, and sleepers. I only had one jacket at that age though, a fleece one for the car. I cloth diaper and don't like washing kid clothes more than once every couple of weeks because I am doing a load of diapers every 2-3 days. Plus, clothes can shrink, they can get destroyed, or your baby could grow faster than expected. H is a peanut so she can wear stuff forever.

Are you going to use the sleepers as PJs or outfits? I think by about 4 months we stopped using sleepers as outfits and we pretty much only put him in pants and onesies during the day.

As for how much, personally I like to have 2 full weeks worth of clothes. We aim to do laundry every week and that doesn't always happen. And you always use more than outfits per day than you think, so to get to a week and a half without laundry I need at least 2 weeks of clothes.

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I would definitely get some onesies to keep his belly covered and to layer with other things. I like Carter's onesie packs since (a) they are literally always on sale and (b) you can mix and match them since the packs all tend to match each other each season. Keep in mind he might grow like crazy once he starts solids (or for any other reason) and might not wear that size until spring!! My daughter was wearing size 18 month by 10 months old and is currently in a 4t and sometimes 5t at 2 years old because she is ridiculously tall. I try not to get her too much at a time because I'm never sure when she is gonna have a growth spurt and I don't really want to buy two or more complete wardrobes per season.

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I would skip those, hoodie tees for naps, I wouldn't trust daycare to remember to tuck the hood in for naps and my son was a mover once he was no longer swaddled...like waking up in the opposite corner that I laid him down in, but that's just me.

As others have said, babies are a lot harder on clothes after they start eating solids and crawling. 6-8 months was also when my daughter's clothing needs changed a lot. Her body shape changed, she started crawling at 6 months and pulling up at 7 months, she started squirming away from getting dressed. By 6 months, we were done with one piece pajamas, by 8 months we were done with onesies.

She's 11 months now, and we have a ton of clothes. But if I were to get down to basics it would be roughly:

6 pairs leggings or lightweight pants
2 pairs nice pants
2 pairs shorts
1 skirt
2 dresses
6 tshirts
6 long sleeve shirts
2 lightweight sweatshirts
1 heavier sweatshirt/jacket
8 pairs of socks
3 sets of two piece pajamas
1 pair robeez soft sole shoes

Hmmm...I was gifted a lot of short sleeve shirts, so I bought long sleeve onesies that I layered under the short sleeve shirts.

For more typical layering, I used short sleeve onesies under long. I don't think I've ever seen the tank style ones, good to know they exist!

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I'm in the same city as you. I never layed anything under a long sleeve onesie for LO. And I still think it is hot here!

I think at that age I had at least 20 onsies/tops and 10 pairs of pants. My daughter was so messy I usually had to change her top at least twice a day, and we only do laundry once a week.