Newborn clothes

mi_jardin

I only have one newborn sleepsuit for my bubba due in 2 weeks time, and have gone straight for 0-3m. I have even packed a couple of 3-6m as my sister had very long babies and her ds went straight into those, but he was 10lb 7oz! As hubby and I are tall we are expecting the same, though you never know!

jjj1980

I always found Pumpkin Patch sizing and Boots to be the best fitting with my daughter, although Pumpkin Patch can be pricey unless bought in sales!

However, my daughter was born weighing just 3lb 10oz, measuring 17cm and dropped to 3lb so I really struggled with even the Tiny Baby sizes. Everything hung off her and I remember having to roll sleeves up etc and layer cardigans, going up a size each layer as she was only a few weeks old in winter and none of the coats or snowsuits were small enough.

I managed to get a tiny baby one at Boots when she was around 6 weeks and till she was ten weeks, has to stuff the feet of it with socks to make it at least look like it fit!

I was really impressed with the sizing and quality of baby wear from Primarily as well. Cheap enough to keep replacing if you find little one is growing quick but decent quality so lasts if they have slower growth spurts.

sneezyboots

Thank you all so much for your help.

Most of what we already have has been bought by enthusiastic grandparents.

Think I will go and get a couple more vests and baby grows in newborn just so I can choose some myself. Sounds like she will probably end up using them anyway for a few weeks and if she turns out to be a whopper my cousin is due 2 weeks after me so they will get used

teddysmum

You can get absolute bargains from Ebay, especially if local so no is postage involved. People sell bundles of unworn or barely worn items with starting prices of 99p.

Molly41

I had 6 lb babes and always got good use out of tiny baby clothes.

fran-o

I'm due January too. I've been given quite a few baby clothes but may need to buy some extras for all sizes. I'm currently thinking I might wait a while to buy any newborn size and leave them in packaging unwashed with receipt til baby comes. That way I can swap up a size if baby arrives and he's on the large size.

Sequeena

My son was 6lbs 8.5oz born, wore tiny baby for 8 weeks and spent about 4 weeks in newborn. He was small length wise until 6 months and then shot up.

shiny76

peachyprice wrote: »

Hmm, most people don't bother with the newborn size because they grow out of them within a few weeks, 0-3 aren't that much bigger that they'll be too big for very long and although they do lose a little weight they still grow longer.

We only bought 0-3 month stuff on this basis, however LO popped out at 5lb 5oz and the clothes swamped him. I had to stop at Tesco on the way back from the hospital around midnight to buy some newborn clothes.

The 1st sleepsuit he wore, finally fitted him when he was 11 weeks old

Make-it-3

Unless you know you will be induced early/have twins then avoid "tiny baby" size. Newborn will fit most average weight babies for a month or so and then into 0-3 months.

But as many people have said just like adult clothes every store seems to come up different - so it is just about finding what suits your baby's shape.

Leave the tags on stuff and return/exchange it for different sizes as suits.

Also some stores do an "Up to 1 month" size - this is really versatile as it fitted my newborn fine and lasted longer than the newborn size.

big5

My son was in newborn/up to 1 month clothes for about 2 months. He's 7 months now and wears a mix of 3-6 and 6-9 month clothes (and a few 0-3 month tops still fit him too).