3rd Tri Question

jesshenson87

I just posted on 3rd tri, but I figured it might make more sense to ask you all this:

I finally found the outfit I want to use for Audrey's hospital picture on zutano.com.  However, their NB size only goes up to 18 in. and they don't make a bigger size in the pattern I want.  I can't decide whether to buy it or not because of that.

Doesn't 18 in. seem a little small?  I could understand 20 in. or so, but 18???

TIA

delsurfgrl

Your baby will be pretty curled up for the first few weeks, so I think for a hospital pic, this would definately be fine.  My DD swam in her newborn and 0-3 clothing at first, and she was 7lb5oz and 20in.

ibbym

delsurfgrl:

Your baby will be pretty curled up for the first few weeks, so I think for a hospital pic, this would definately be fine.  My DD swam in her newborn and 0-3 clothing at first, and she was 7lb5oz and 20in.

ditto!  DS and DD were about 8 pounds and they were able to wear newborn for about a month.  New babies are still so curled up.

Lara_Lu

i agree. My 8lb baby was swimming in 0-3 size for a while and is close to 11lbs now and is still in a couple newborn sized outfits. and shes a chubby baby too! (she did grow out of nb onsies a couple weeks ago)?

It's ridiculous how they size some baby clothes! ?

Matreshka

My son was born 19 inches which considered to be on the smaller side. When i brought him to the pedi 5 days later they measured him even shorter cause he was curled up. You should be fine. Just don't wash the outfit in the hot water or dry on hottest option.

meganet22

My dd could not wear any newborn outfits with feet attached to them, we had picked out a cute outfit for her picture and her poor legs were all squashed in it, she was 21 1/4 inches at birth though which is at the 95th percentile so maybe she was just really long.

I probably will not buy any newborn sizes for my next child.