My friend just gifted me over 25 bibs (all cloth, but different sizes), and I'm wondering if I should keep them all or pass some on to another pregnant friend. I know the answers will vary based on whether your baby spits up or drools a lot or is a messy-than-average eater.... but let's see how the numbers fall in the poll for an average!
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I would hold on to all of them until you know if your kid is a spitter. Mine wasn't, so ten was probably enough, 15 would be plenty. My friend easily would have used all 25 bibs for her reflux kid.
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I only used a bib for meals. And it was a plastic one I could wash clean in the sink.
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I found burp cloths (prefolds!) to be most helpful for my very spitty-uppy kids. We use cloth bibs for drool and plastic bibs that can be wiped down for meals. So.. for us: 10 cloth bibs, 10+ good burp cloths and 2 plastic bibs.
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We basically only have used plastic ones that we wash in the sink. LO's not a big drooler or spitter-upper
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We never needed many. DS wasn't a spitter, we only used bibs for times when he was teething and drooling like crazy and for meal times. I'd say 4-5 absorbent drool bibs and 2-3 wipeable food bibs has been plenty for us.
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@MrsF: i did this too, only used plastic bibs for meals. I have two, so in case one is still dirty or wet, we have always a clean dry one ready.
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We had days when she went through 6 a day easily. Day care would change them often. That doesn't include bibs for eating. We did bibs over her bibs for meals(plastic). She wore one every day for about 10 months.
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LO spit a lot, but it was always a little bit projectile so it went right over bibs! She's not a drooler either, so I've never used any of the millions of cloth bibs I was given. We do use the plastic ones since we started solids.
Fwiw, both of my friends with LO's the same age as mine used a million bibs daily...
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I voted 15. I have 10 pack and go through them pretty quickly. DD spits up a lot so I'm always doing laundry!
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I have probably 15 bibs, but they're the plastic ones that I can throw in the washer and hang dry. I never used cloth bibs with my first kiddo. I sometimes use them with my second kiddo, but he's teething and has had some reflux issues.
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We were gifted bibs upon bibs upon bibs, and the only ones we used initially were for spit up-the A&A Burpee Bibs (which I bought-these weren't in the 30+ we were gifted). I maybe used 3 or 4 of the gifted ones when he did oatmeal, but once we moved on to real food I bought waterproof bibs and the cloth ones are still sitting unused. I definitely won't be giving bibs as gifts in the future now that I see how little they get used!
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@ChiCalGoBee: I have tot ally regifted some of the ones we were given! They were still in the package so..
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Omg I would love that many bibs! My 5 month old still spits up, despite being on Enfamil AR, and we go through at least 5 bibs a day. Your mileage may vary
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My 8 week old spits up a lot, so we easily go through 20 bibs a week. I don't remember my older LO using as many (maybe 1-2 a day), so I guess it depends on the baby.
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DS1 only used them for eating.
DS2 easily goes through 5-10 bibs a day, so it depends on how often you do laundry. It's kind of remarkable. I wish I had more bibs, haha.
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Not to threadjack but......@Jess1483: @macintosh: if you happen to want some bibs that are unused and collecting dust, feel free to wall me. Pay shipping and I'll send 'em to ya for free!:grin: .
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I had about 12 bandana bibs and 4 or 5 AA cloth bibs for catching spit up and drool. Some days I would go through 4 or 5! We also had plastic food catcher bibs for meals.
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I would hold on to them! My first was not a spitter or drooled. My second spits up some and is a MAJOR drooler!
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DS is a pretty big drooler. In order to avoid drool rash, I find I have to change his bibs around 8 times daily, ideally. I voted for all the bibs all the time!
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I voted 25 because mine was a major spitter and drooler. We probably had around 20 and still ran out occasionally. But we're probably an extreme.
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That's a lot of bibs! I had 4 that i kept in regular rotation once we started solids and I tended to use burp cloths for other feeds.
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I needed so many bibs for my kiddos. For spit up, I used burp cloths. Cloth bibs were for drooling and plastic bibs for eating. Both of my LOs drooled a lot, and sometimes they would go through 6 bibs a day. I don't do laundry everyday and loved the luxury of having lots of bibs on hand.
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My 6 wk old has severe reflux and out of control spit up. For him bibs ain't gonna cut it! The spit up would just overflow over the bib. So I've never used bibs. But I probably have 20 burp cloths, cheap Gerber cloth diapers (work great for spit up), and tons of washcloths.
I am sure we won't use bibs until he starts drooling or eating solids!
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Yeeaaaahhhhhh, she also gave me about 10 burp cloths and another friend gave me 20 thick prefolds (cloth diapers).
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DS drooled a lot and it seemed like milk was constantly getting everywhere. I think there was a point when I couldn't have had too many cloth bibs. I agree with others - hold on to them and see how many you end up using. If you don't need too many you can always give some away later.
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major spitter over here! One day, I came home from daycare with 5 used bibs -- they are a bit overzealous with changing, but still! I bought a pack of 10 and kept them in his cubby, but was still washing and restocking every 2-3 days.
ETA: those thick gerber prefolds were a lifesaver too. We have a drawer full, and at 1 year old, we still have them around the house for unexpected spitup (the transition to cows milk has been messy) or excessive drool from teething.
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We were given tons of bibs, but only used a handful of them (mostly plastic) around 6 months when DS started eating solids. He was never a messier eater, so around 15 months we stopped using them.
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neither of my kids were big droolers and teething didn't seem to affect them too much either. charlie did have phases of drooling when multiple teeth were coming in, but in general we probably had 5-6 bibs total and it was more than enough. i think i had less drool-y than average babies though.
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I have like 20 (friend gave me her hand me down set and I already bought the green sprouts pack), plus I have a bunch of cute bandana ones that I put on DD when we're out.
I think 10-20 is totally normal; DD is 9 mo and drools a ton on and off due to teething. Plus as she eats 3 meals a day, even with the plastic bibs over,s sometimes her cloth bibs still get dirty. I like being able to just toss as many as I need into laundry without worrying she won't have anymore!
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i think we had 6-8 and we barely used them. LO didn't spit up or drool and even when she did, i just wiped it off! i got a bandana bib for this LO because i think they're so much cuter! if DD2 is a drooler, i will get more of those!
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