Did your full-term baby need smaller than NB clothes?

Mrs.Greg

Are the newborn clothes too big?  Should I buy my "taking the baby home" outfit in preemie size instead?

bnljane1988

DS was 6lbs 15oz, 19inches long (born the day after his due date).....He wore preemie size for the first couple of weeks.

margarita1365

J was 6lbs 13oz, and he was fine in NB size.  He could fit into some premie stuff, but NBs fit him best.  It's really going to depend on the size of your baby, which you obviously can't really know until the baby is born.

little__bit

My son was 1 week overdue and weighed 9 1/2 lbs at birth.  (He's long, rather than round.)  Newborn were slightly big for the first month.  He's transitioning to 0-3 now, and they're still much too big.

HollyLuv

It's not so much the age, as the weight that determines clothes. My preemie just started wearing NB and 0-3 month clothes at 3 months old (10.5 lbs).  I would bring one outfit that is small just to be sure. It was a pain in the butt to not have clothes for her LOL.

Cassandra1028

Yes - we should have put him in preemie clothing - but I'm too cheap

He was 6lb 12oz and 19 3/4" long

He was drowning in the NB stuff!

EmilyOTR1

My son was 7 lbs 1 oz and 19 1/2 inches long and newborn was too big, but I wasn't going to spend money on preemie clothes.  The big newborn stuff was fine. 

PlannedChaos

Chloe fits nb size perfectly.  0-3 months is huge on her, and premie would be too small.  She's around 7 1/2 lbs now.

disbride061103

Do you have any reason to think that your LO will be smaller than average? I would think that at 29 weeks you really wouldn't have any reason to think you would need preemie clothes.  My OB said the average baby is 7 to 8 lbs.  A baby that size would easily fit into newborn or even 0 to 3 month clothes.  Newborn clothes generally are 5 to 8lbs.  I took a newborn and a 0 to 3 month outfit with us. DS was 5lbs 12oz and 18 inches so he wore the newborn outfit .  He probably could have fit into preemie clothes because the newborn stuff was too big for him. I really didn't want to waste the money on something he wouldn't fit into very long and even though the newborn clothes were a little big, there were just fine.

FWIW, I have a friend who's DS was born 8 weeks early.  He was 4lbs and 19 inches.  Because he was so long, he couldn't fit into preemie clothes. 

pkate98

My 7lb son fits better in preemie stuff right now.  The 0-3 stuff is way too big.

sweetpea7628

My DD was 8lbs and 22 inches long and in NB clothes for 4 weeks.  She never needed anything smaller.

Mrs.Greg

disbride061103:

Do you have any reason to think that your LO will be smaller than average? I would think that at 29 weeks you really wouldn't have any reason to think you would need preemie clothes.  My OB said the average baby is 7 to 8 lbs.  A baby that size would easily fit into newborn or even 0 to 3 month clothes.  Newborn clothes generally are 5 to 8lbs.  I took a newborn and a 0 to 3 month outfit with us. DS was 5lbs 12oz and 18 inches so he wore the newborn outfit .  He probably could have fit into preemie clothes because the newborn stuff was too big for him. I really didn't want to waste the money on something he wouldn't fit into very long and even though the newborn clothes were a little big, there were just fine.

FWIW, I have a friend who's DS was born 8 weeks early.  He was 4lbs and 19 inches.  Because he was so long, he couldn't fit into preemie clothes. 

 

This is being discussed on the 3rd Tri board and a few new mommies were saying that their newborns were swimming in the newborn size clothing.  It sounds like preemie size clothes fit some full-term newborns better.  I just thought I'd hop over here and see what you all thought.  I have no reason to believe my baby will be born premature or smaller than average.  I was asking more about the size of clothing.

Jackswife123

i'm dealing with this now. ?my LO is 5lbs 5oz ?and he was born at 39 weeks. We are cheap and he's just wearing NB stuff, which are huge on him.

makclair

DS was 7lbs,7oz and 20 inches long. He got down to 6 lbs,12 oz right after he was born and still did fine in the newborn sizes. I actually took a NB and a 3 month size outfit to the hospital just in case, even though he had growth concerns my whole pregnancy. I don't see the point in buying preemie stuff that will fit a couple of weeks, if that. They grow so fast anyway!

collyflower

DD was born full term, 7 lb 4 oz - 19.5 in.  NB clothes were a little big but she grew into them fast.  I wouldn't waste the money on clothes that she would probably only wear for a week.

Kellina

DS was 9lb 11oz and never even wore NB! LOL!