What size clothes?

cbranch89

I want to start buying stuff for CJ soon but I have no idea what size to get. Should I get a few preemie sized things and rack up on newborn? Or what??

KatFCo

Are you asking because you want him to wear clothes you bought while he's in the hospital? We had a few outfits for DD like that.

If you're just looking ahead to when he comes home, I'd suggest getting newborn and maybe a few preemies, but wait until it's a little closer, because you don't know how he'll gain weight. Some babies gain pretty quickly and others stay tiny for quite a while. My DD came home around 5 lb but gained so fast she didn't get a chance to wear some of her preemie clothes.

Congrats on your little one and I hope he's doing well.

Mrs. Alice

I would get a few preemie size sleepers that are snap ups since most NICUs don't allow zippers due to the monitor leads.  Preemie size is really short so my boys had just about outgrown it by the time they were home.  They wore NB size at that point.  Carter's and Gerber NB size runs pretty small so it's a good in between.  I found the best deals on preemie stuff at Wal-mart and Target.

mcvgal

We didn't buy any clothes until he was closer to getting out, even in the NICU he just wore the hospital clothes until he was released, a few friends bought him preemie clothes but none really fit. LO was in newborn size for what seemed liked months.

ahollo02

DD was in the NICU till 37 weeks and she wore preemie clothes in there. We bought a couple long sleeve onesies and some sleep sacks. I liked being able to have her wear her own clothes in the NICU. It just made me feel good.

When she came home, she still wore the preemie for about a week. Now she is into newborn. She has been for 2 weeks. The newborn stuff is still super long and we have to roll the sleeves up.

She was 4.10lbs at her lowest. Right now she is 6.12lbs and newborn still have room to grow.

CTbride79

DS actually wore preemie clothing until he was about 2 months old...we started putting clothing on him in the NICU when he was about a week old.  He was 2 lbs. 9 oz. at birth, and about 5 lbs. at 2 months, for reference.  We had a lot of preemie clothing, but we didn't buy any of it...a friend of my SIL is actually the nanny for twin boys who were preemies, so she gave us a ton of clothes, and then we received a bunch as gifts.  I really enjoyed dressing him in clothes while in the NICU because it made things feel a little more normal.  

Oh...and he wore newborn clothing for over 3 months!  He didn't start wearing 3 month until he was almost 6 months old (actual).   

cbranch89

Thanks ladies! My next question is do I buy all long sleeves (his EDD was February 25) or a mixed of long and short sleeve newborn clothes?? Sorry if this is a dumb question but I didn't even know if I should buy a snow suit or coat for him if he came in February (still don't know what to do). lol