Hospital bag: Did your baby fit in newborn clothes?

[shabbychic1]

Hi all, thinking of what to take to hospital. In for ELCS so prob will be there for 2 nights and so I think I'll need 6 changed for baby? My case is getting very full!
Growth scan indicated baby is 6lbs at 36 weeks, would you say newborn or 0-3months vests and baby grows? Thanks

Used newborn for a month with both babies

8lb 2oz and 7lb 13oz

DS was 8lbs 13oz and went into 0-3 babygros for about 6 weeks.

DD was 10lbs 3oz and the 0-3 babygros I'd bought her were used on the first day only, after which I went to Mothercare and bought 3-6, which again only lasted a couple of weeks. She's always been tall.

DS2 was almost 10lbs and looked like the Incredible Hulk in newborn clothing I'd packed. He then and went straight into 0-3 when we got home.

We found Next size 1 really small, the legs were far too short for 8lb 1oz ds. Mothercare newborn was fine though.

Nope, we needed early baby clothes for both our two. They were 6lb7 and 6lbs1 respectively. They didn't fit into their newborn stuff for weeks.

8lbs 9oz - newborn stuff fitted for about a week
9lbs 7oz - had to wedge the poor boy into his newborn stuff and change him into 0-3 as soon as we got home

No, ds1 was 10lb 9 oz and new born hat would not go on his head! He had to stay under a blanket on my chest while my dad was sent to buy some babygros that fit.

My first 2 DC were 9lb 3 and 9lb 8 respectively. Both wore newborn/ up to a month for about the first month. They were big babies but 0-3 swamped them. I'm always amazed by how many people say to go straight into 0-3.

No! He was 8lb10 and newborn clothes swamped him! Was and still am surprised by that.

0-3 didn't fit my baby for a while she was in 0-1 for about 6 weeks. She was 7lb5oz.

Ds2 was 9lb12 and embarrassingly didn't fit any of the newborn clothes we had packed for him. He was in blankets until dh went home to get the 0-3m stuff later that day.

Gap newborn was really long and seemed to last forever!!

8lb14 & 9lb 10 babies both wore newborn (labelled as upto 9lb) for the first 3-4 weeks and even then, 0-3 were pretty big.

DS was 7lb 10oz and was swamped by O-3. He spent 6 weeks or so in Newborn size towards the end with the feet cut off because he's always been lanky.

H&M do a 0-2 months size, which is handy.

Nothing we took to hospital fitted my first. We took new born stuff but she weighed in at 11 pound 10. Husband had to go out and buy bigger 3 month old clothes and size 2 nappies.

Good luck with the case and the birth

Both mine wore tiny baby for the first few weeks as newborn swamped them.

What gestation is your elcs booked for? I was told that babies put on half a pound a week in the last few weeks of pregnancy.

Nope! All 4 of my children were in tiny baby (6lbs,5.5lbs,6.5lbs and 5.14lbs at birth) newborn swampped them

DD 7lbs 10oz and newborn were a bit big on her, she grew out of then in three weeks and went up to 1month after that. Also, growth scans aren't always accurate, I took two sizes Into hospital :)

My 6.3 girl "should" have been 8lb plus per measurements btw - better slightly too big but she was swamped by newborn and size 1 nappies were large on the waist.

Thanks for all the replies! Cs booked for 39+4. He's on the 50 centile at the moment. I've got both newborn and 0-3 months- just squashing them all into the bag! Also got size 1 nappies. Hope they fit!

you should be fine. In any case, it will probably be too warm for him to wear much more than a vest!

Mine were 8lb9ozs and8lb, both wore newborn clothes for a few weeks.