What clothes/sizes did your newborn fit into?

[lyns31]

I mentioned this elsewhere but couldn't see the replies so will ask here. I got advised by my mother not to buy 0-1 months as they can be too tiny for many newborns (mum's were all 8 1/2 lb +). I guess my questions are: What did you have prepared for new baby size wise? Did it fit? And when did you make most of your clothing purchases, near term, or over the pregnancy?

[sdaisy26]

Dd was 7lb 15 (so just shy of 8lb) & wore newborn and 0-1 initially - babies tend to be quite scrunched up to start with so smaller clothes do fit. I didn't get loads of newborn size though and after a couple of weeks she was into 0-3 (she also put on weight at an incredible rate in the early weeks!).

I didn't really buy anything til over 30 weeks and also didn't get that much - we got given so much I was really glad I hadn't gone crazy.

[Waggamamma]

My ds was 9lb 1oz and wore newborn for a few weeks but to be honest bought mostly 0-3months and thet were fine.

This time i'll to the same, a couple of newborn sizes but mostly 0-3.

[jumblebee]

Mine was 6lb7 and tiny baby was too big! We were NOT prepared at the hospital and my mum did an emergency dash to Asda for baby clothes

[Misty9]

Ds was 9lb born and 0-3 swamped him so we ended up having to buy more newborn sizes on day 3!
This one is a girl, so hopefully smaller, and most stuff is second hand. Got lots of next up to one month and a bit concerned they'll only fit her for a few days... Got clothes sorted early on both times and before lumbering around the shops like an overdue elephant became too much like hard work

[Pregnantagain7]

Dd1 and dd2 were 7lb6 and 7lb13 and were fine in newborn. Ds1 was 10lb8 and not a chance he would fit in newborn! He went straight into 0-3 months and was only in them a couple of weeks, however that is quite an unusual weight especially if this is your first baby.

I usually buy white newborn stuff while I'm pregnant (I've never found out the sex) and maybe one or two white 0-3 baby grows, but I would honestly but the bare minimum as you get bought so much once the baby's born. I think my first has a full wardrobe up until she was about one with things people gave me and presents!

[gandalfcat]

The midwives laughed until they cried at my ex trying to stuff my 10lb 10 oz DS into newborn sleep suite I had so carefully washed and packed - his first act as a dad was to go home and get the 3 -6 month outfit! (all the newborn stuff had been unpacked and washed, so was handed on to friends, unworn!)

[ananikifo]

Ds was 8 lb and wore 0-1 month/newborn babygros for about a month. We had tesco 0-1 month vests that lasted more than 3 months though! They were like magic. I think it's because envelope necks stretch down for longer babies and ds was never day enough for them to get tight.

For future babies I would have a supply of 0-1 clothes but not too many as I think we had too many clothes anyway.

[ananikifo]

It should say that ds was never fat enough.

[addictedtosugar]

DS1, 7lb3, needed 0-3 right away, as he had stupid long legs.
DS1, 8lb1, was quite happy in the newborn for a few weeks.

I think it also partially depends on where you buy the clothes from. Different shops have a different cut, and fit different babies better. Thats no use til you know what shape you baby is tho!

[MyNameIsKenAdams]

Dd was 6lb11 and in tiny baby for about a fortnight. Newborn for another couple of weeks and then 0-1/0-3 for a good few months.

[HerGraciousMajTheBeardedPotato]

I had a Newborn outfit and a 0-3m outfit in my labour bag each time.

Dc1, 8lb10oz, wore Newborn.
Dc2, 9lb 3oz, wore 0-3m
Dc3, 11lb, was wedged into 0-3m for a few hours until dh fetched a 3-6m outfit from home!

[TheGreatHunt]

My first was 9lb 4 and looked silly in newborns as too small for him. So we used 0-3 months. My second was 8lb 2 and newborn fitted her OK for a couple of weeks.

[fourlegstwolegs]

8lb 11, was in tiny baby for a couple of weeks at least.

[lyns31]

So maybe the really cheap babygrows in newborn size will be a good idea to pick up for her first week :). I don't fancy lumbering around shopping when I'm heavy and really not able to rely on what I might get from others as most of my friends aren't family orientated (no children) and the ones that are are at such a distance that it'll probably be a case of out of sight... Plus I live so far away from family that I won't really have anyone to send on a quick run to the shops. Thanks for the replies so far guys :)

[feelingdizzy]

Mine were between 9 and 10lbsat birth went straight to 0-3 and even that was brief were in 3-6 months by 6/8 weeks.This has continued ds sitting next to me now is 10 wears 12-13 clothes and size six shoes.

[TwoThreeFourSix]

0-1 at first but within 2 days was in 0-3 cos he was so sick all the time! 0-3 totally drowned him tho so we went and bought some newborn which fitted for several weeks.

[TooExtraImmatureCheddar]

DD2 was 6lb 5 and DM had to go out for Tiny Baby stuff - Newborn swamped her.

[EeyoreIsh]

dd was 6lb 7 oz, but most of that is her head. She was in tiny baby for a month, and is currently in newborn at 7 weeks.

DH and I are both tall so we were not expecting a baby in the 9th percentile for height!

We haven't found we've needed lots of clothes, If you're washing every day or so then a couple of packet of vests and sleepsuits is more than enough. We've got so many clothes that she's only worn a few times.

[hugoagogo]

Both mine started in 0-3 months no newborn stuff at all, they are just a ploy to sell twice as many baby clothes to anxious pregnant ladies imo.

Baby nighties or 'bundlers' are nice for newborns and grow with them for a nice long time.

[BirthdayMuppet]

I had a skinny 6lb 9'er in newborn for a month before getting to 0-3 month sizing, and he was always at least one clothes size if not two behind his chronological age.

I also had an altogether chunkier, more solid but short 8lb'er who was straight into 0-3 and pretty much styed in his 'correct' age sizing, though I always had to roll trousers up!

[elQuintoConyo]

We got a couple of newborn bits. DD was born 4.4kg (9lb something?) and went straight into 0-3 for a couple of weeks, then 3-6. She was a Michelin baby

[IBelieveInPink]

Dd was 7lb 4. As whoppers run in our family I was not expecting this!! Next 0-1 mth was big on her, but was fine. DH bought a couple of newborn clothes, but to be honest we just rolled the sleeves up on the 0-1 month. Most 0-3 was huge on her.
She grew. Quickly! And likes to starfish, so needed a little extra room as she really didn't do that newborn curled up thing!

[BirthdayMuppet]

You can pick up babygrows at 3 for £3 in most supermarkets, well worth having a couple of packs in newborn and the rest in 0-3. Dh had to go out to buy the newborn ones for ds1 the day he was born as he was swamped in 0-3 - his feet barely reached the crotch!

[monniemae]

Baby was 8 3 but loooong at 60cm so while she was in newborn for a couple of weeks most brands were too short; think John Lewis was ok. Then upgraded to 0-3 but everything was a bit baggy.

[weebairn]

6lb 14oz here, but short, newborn was far too big for about a month. We went and bought some tiny baby which lasted a month. Then she was in newborn till around 5 months I think. She has always been a couple of clothes sizes behind.

She was born at 40+5

People also told me the newborn sizes were a waste of money so I had hardly any! I didn't get her into the stuff I'd bought for birth until 6 months or so.