Snow, when my gal was a newborn, we had 3 bath towels (large ones) and 5 sports towels (medium ones) and 12 hankies. 3 bath towels - 2 medium thick and 1 super thick. 5 sports towels - for freshening up on hot days and use as burp cloth. 12 hankies for saliva, wipe mouth/milk, bathing (i used this instead of bath sponge), sweat, wiping hands, etc. the small hankies get lost really easily so after 6 mths, it became 5 hankies instead of 12. have to replace quite often also. i did not use bibs at all. just placed the sports towel to cover the clothing as my gal likes to pull the bib to strangle herself and i thought it was a safety hazard.