Team, we are long and skinny. He has a long body in comparison to his legs. He still in size 2 pampers despite being 12lb 2 (they are supposed to be up to 13lb). He clearly has a small bottom!
DS grew out of Morrisons (Nutmeg) and Asda 0 - 3 month stuff first.
I've found the Morrisons stuff skinnest out of the supermarket brands. We've not tried Sainsburys yet.
He still fits into his Tesco 0 - 3 month body suits at the moment. We've just bought a couple of 3 - 6 sleep suits and a 'Born in 2014' body suit (which was a mighty 50p) this weekend. They are big on him, but not massively wide.
So because the Morrison's stuff is slightly smaller, its a good intermediate size so we started with 3 - 6 month body suits a few weeks, whilst still using the 0 - 3 month Tesco ones which will probably last another couple of weeks before we have to go up to 3 - 6.
I generally wouldn't say any of the supermarkets were better for this reason. They are just better at different times! As a rule though, I've found Morrisons and Tesco stuff skinner than some of the more expensive brands tbh.
M & S stuff is very generous. DS seems to be a bit too skinny really.
I fit the Boots stuff quite skinny in the arms, but is fairly well proportioned otherwise.
I've only got t-shirts from Mothercare, which I find are great - except the sleeves are too long (though I have this issue with pretty much everywhere). DS is still getting away with a couple of 0 - 3 month ones.
Gap are w-i-d-e. Nice but w-i-d-e.
He's only just growing out of his 0 - 3 month John Lewis trousers, but I don't know whether this is just because he's got short legs.
He's got a Frugi 0 - 3 month sleep suit which is still HUGE on him. I don't know what's going on with that one.
Hema www.hemashop.com (Well established and large Dutch company that sell across Europe but only started selling online to the UK in the last couple of months) also seem to be really good for DS. We bought a number of items whilst we were on holiday in the Netherlands last year, but they have started selling here too now. They are more stretchy and thin than stuff I've bought here, so have both lasted as well as fitting snugly. We had a newborn bodysuit, which lasted longer than anything else in the same size, yet always fitted well. The sizing is European so its a bit confusing, if you aren't used to it- I believe its just length in cms so its fairly straight forward really (3 - 6 months is roughly 62/68). I like their stuff as its quite bright but simple and not too fussy. Sadly their online shop doesn't seem to show stuff terribly well.
The best thing we have found that most suits his proportions seems to be polarno pyret though. But its pricey. We've a lovely long sleeved body suit which is great. Very long and narrow. It also has sleeves which are designed to be folded over too.
My suspicion is that European brands are better for DS's shape as a rule, but the problem is getting stuff cheaply over here. Clearly British babies are a different shape for some bizarre reason.
Having said that, sleep suits are just a pain in the arse wherever I buy them as his body is either to long or the legs are too short. So separates fit much better (but are more of a pain to change). And the sleeves on just about everything are too long.
God that makes DS sound like a spoilt fashion victim but really he's not. We just got given a lot of stuff and bought a few basics on clearance
Lilone, don't be hard on yourself. You obviously are under an enormous amount of pressure. I hope your Mum gets better soon. Some times you do just need to walk away for your own sanity.