Lost Baby Items! And Laundry!

So, you have a new baby and you can't find anything? That happened to me. The wet bag, his "drool rags" (cloth wet wipes) seemed to be low in quantity, his knit hat, one of his toys... did we leave them somewhere? The babysitter's? Are they in his room? Our room? If this happens to you, try looking in laundry baskets. Since we have 3, at least one is usually full of clean clothes, and it wasn't until we had a free Saturday to tackle several loads of laundry, requiring all three baskets, that we found so many missing items!
The mittens, however, were not there. We found a pair of infant sized mittens from Columbia that fit him and stayed on, despite the fact that they were a bit big (meaning he'll grow into them!) Of course, they disappeared, and Amazon no longer carries them. So, I bought a new pair of mittens, and we'll see how long they last. They are very thick and warm, but they do not stay on well. He can, and does, pull them off. Try explaining to a six month old the importance of warm hands.
As a side note- why are infant mittens so much more expensive than adult mittens?! And don't get them confused with newborn mittens, which are used only for keeping babies from scratching themselves. I mean, you know, from their sharp nails and no hand control- they are much too young to "scratch" themselves! Get your head out of the gutter and read on.
People always told me that when I had a baby I would be doing SO MUCH LAUNDRY. I was like, baby clothes are so small, unless you don't own many of them, you can do a LOT of baby clothes in one load! But what I didn't realize is that the baby doesn't just puke or wet or poop himself, he also is quite excellent at getting it on all of my clothes, and his changing pad, and his blankets, and everything else! We do extra laundry because I find that I am the one going through 3 t-shirts a day!
We acquired a LOT of bibs when we had baby showers. And we got used bibs from friends with kids. I couldn't believe the amount of bibs we got. Now, I'm doing loads of laundry because we RAN OUT OF BIBS. They are excellent at catching drool and puke, but man. They get used a lot.