The best nursing clothes and nightwear

A child goes through seven sizes of baby clothes in their first two years. That’s a lot of clothes needing to find a new home or ending up in landfill. Which explains the rise in popularity of renting baby clothes. But how does it work, why is it better for the environment, what are the downsides, and how do all the rental services compare?

It can take a while for your body to resume normal business post-birth. Unless you have a baby that painlessly slides out like an eel. All the stuff that may follow - the stitches, the bleeding, the piles, the fear of the first poo - none of it really matters as you’ve just expelled a real live baby from your body. You just won’t care. But there are some things you can get to make it all a lot easier.

Newborn baby clothes often have to be changed more times times than Beyonce concert costumes by people existing on two hours’ sleep. They should be easy. But they’re not. So to simplify matters, here are ten things you need to know. Including what sizes to buy for a newborn, whether they need to be pre-washed and the surprising reason why the neck is so wide on bodysuits.