We had the opposite problem. We never had any showers (with the exception of some nice people that sent us stuff off of Amazon.com. Another big THANK you to them. That backpack ROCKS!), so it was a mad dash to Babies R Us for stuff that we weren't sure if we would need or not. We had a car seat and a stroller, but that was about it. Given the fact that Gavin was several weeks early, the clothing we bought was too big, too. He's already outgrown a couple of his premie outfits already, so he's on his way now.