Baby Growth - Clothing and Weights Question

amanda31H

I know this is probably a hard question to answer since it's based on a lot of assumptions.......but........

As most of you can imagine I received an ABSURD amount of baby clothes for my shower.  Unfortunately, none of them came with gift receipts.  The other unfortunate thing is that most people didn't think it through, and I got tons of sundresses in 3-6 and 6-9 month size (that will be fall/winter).

Anyway, the majority of the clothing I received was newborn size and 0-3 months.  Most of my girlfriends say their babies were in newborn size for only a couple of weeks, but from what I'm assuming, that will be different for me since twins are born smaller. 

70% of the clothing is sun dresses.  I'm not sure how many dresses I should keep and how many I should attempt to return.  Since I don't have gift receipts, it's not likely I'll get much money back on most of the dresses.  Also with some I have no idea what store they came from.  I had planned on the girls living in PJs for the first couple of months of their life, but I hardly received those!  I guess they'll just be fashionable. 

If I assume the girls are born at 37 weeks, which is May 25, and I assume they'll be 6 lbs each - what would you suggest?  I have no idea about how much babies gain week by week or month by month.

Again, I know this is hard since it's based on so many assumptions.  Any help is appreciated.  I guess I'm wondering what a reasonable expectation is for their weight by end of August.

Hope this makes sense.

kimarino13

My girls were born at 5.14 and 6.3.  They wore NB clothing until about 5 weeks.  Then they transitioned to 0-3 and Carter's 3.  They are still in those, but not for long.  They are 11.6 and 11.9 now and some of the Carter's 3 is getting tight.  My guess is that they'll be in 3-6 and Carter's 6 within a week or two (around 10 weeks).

jacobandcrystal

Our girls were 6.4 and 6.13 at birth.  They did only wear NB for maybe 4-5 weeks before moving to 3-month.  After another 4-5 weeks they transitioned to some 3-6 month (and were still wearing 3-month).  Now they mostly need 6-month.  They can still squeeze into their 3-month stuff, but their feet are smushed in them and they're just tight in general : )

macchiatto

My boys were born at 37w6d weighing 6lbs10oz and 6lbs7oz. They each lost 7 oz in the hospital; when we got them dressed to go home we found they were swimming in their NB clothes! They wore a mix of Preemie and Nb the first 3-4 weeks, then stayed in NB till about 6w and moved into 0-3m. From that point on they've always pretty much followed the age guidelines for each size of clothes moving to 3-6m clothes right when they turned 3m, then into 6-9m around when they turned 6m, etc. Will has always been very average for height and Alex is a little tall for his age. They were super chunky from 2-4m but they (especially Will) have slimmed down a lot since then.

That's such a shame when people don't think through the season/age thing when buying clothes. one of my best friends bought the boys these really cute fleece jackets but they were size 6-9m, my boys were born in January, and we live in sweltering SC! I was sad they could never wear the gifts from her. (And she lives in Taiwan so I couldn't exactly exchange them. )

I would think the 3-6m summery stuff would be fine but would try to exchange summery 6-9m stuff.

amanda31H

Ok thanks ladies.  I am in no way ungrateful....I was overhwelmed by everyone's generosity.  And I "get" that it's much more fun to buy matching sundresses for ID twins than it is to buy mattress pads.  But I feel terrible that people spent SOO much money on clothes I will never use!

I'm not joking that I stopped counting at 40 sundresses.  40.  Four, Zero.

It's good to know that more or less they will fit into the month guidelines that the clothes follow.

 

kimarino13

Damn.  40 dresses?!

I think I got 3 outfits for each baby total.  That's it.  Thank God.

amanda31H

kimarino13:

Damn.  40 dresses?!

I think I got 3 outfits for each baby total.  That's it.  Thank God.

If I figure out how to PIP I will take a picture of the STACKS that are lined in up in my den!!!!

tmbuchmann

My sister had 3 baby girl showers and it turned out she had a boy.  She didn't have any receipts for anything. My mom and I took everything to BRU and we told her what happened and that we didn't know if the clothes came from their or not.  The girl behind the counter was so nice, she told us if it was a brand that they carried and if it wasn't where she thought it came from. 

My suggestion is if you want to exchange them to do it now before they mark down the sun dresses, keep your favs and just take them to BRU (if that is by you) and ask if this is their brand.  then get stuff you need, like changing pad covers!

amanda31H

tmbuchmann:

My sister had 3 baby girl showers and it turned out she had a boy.  She didn't have any receipts for anything. My mom and I took everything to BRU and we told her what happened and that we didn't know if the clothes came from their or not.  The girl behind the counter was so nice, she told us if it was a brand that they carried and if it wasn't where she thought it came from. 

My suggestion is if you want to exchange them to do it now before they mark down the sun dresses, keep your favs and just take them to BRU (if that is by you) and ask if this is their brand.  then get stuff you need, like changing pad covers!

This is EXACTLY what I plan to do.  I'm going tomorrow.  My girlfriend helped me identify which clothes seemed to be from Target and which seemed to be from BRU.  I was also concerend about the markdowns!  Oh well!

MoMandA

I would go to BRU and see what came from there. They are usually nice about it if you just want credit. I would go to Walmart next and then Target, because they suck about returns. Boys are generally bigger than girls, so your might wear them longer, but mine wore NB clothes for maybe 2 weeks. They were 7-3 and 6-15 at birth. If they were born in May they might have worn 6-9 month clothes at the end of the summer.