hooded towels & washcloths

Hooded towels are entirely optional -- you can use regular towels on a baby with great success. That said, we love hooded towels because they are super cute. It's adorable to see a baby toddle around with a hooded towel in the fashion of a cape after bath time. My favorite hooded towels for softness and design are Pottery Barn Kids, Land of Nod and Restoration Hardware Baby, but there are lots of good options out there.

For washcloths, again, you can use your regular ones, but there are lots of cute little baby ones on the market. I like these Brooklyn Bamboo Baby Washcloths and have also liked the ones that match our hooded towels.