Babies: 0 - 3 Months
Emilicious88
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Clothing
Emilicious88
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Hi - let me preface this by saying: I'm a first-time Mama, and thus have no idea what I'm doing. I haven't had my baby yet - I've got about a month and a half left. I've been trying to get ready, but it's not going very well because I don't know what I will need right off the bat. Mostly in the clothes area. I know people say babies grow really quickly, so they won't be in NB clothes very long; and because we decided not to find out the gender no one has given us clothes, so I've been buying boy clothes (we know a lot of people with girls, and I want to be prepared if we have a boy). However, I don't know if I've bought enough or too few NB sized things. I'm a very small person, and my Dr. doesn't expect a baby any larger than somewhere in the 6 lb range. I talked to a girl the other day who said her baby lost some ounces in the first month before he really started gaining weight (which everyone seemed to agree was normal - but I've never heard that), so I don't know how long I should expect my baby to be in NB clothes if they go up to 8 lbs, and 0-3 month clothes start around 7 or 8 pounds. So Mamas, what should I stock my tiny one's dresser with, and how long should I expect to actually be using it?
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Re: Clothing
Really hard to predict how fast each baby will grow. My first gained weight by the pound, the second by the ounces. My best advice is to stick to mostly pajamas and keep the tags on and the receipts for most of what you bought. I made the mistake with my first baby of taking the tags off of everything and washing everything before she came home from the hospital. She was only 7 lbs 5 oz when she was born and had outgrown all of her newborn clothes in less than 3 weeks. Total waste (although my second daughter put it all to good use).
Definitely by 1 or 2 cute outfits for you to enjoy, but newborns really can't handle the overly cute outfits with too many frills. That stuff is better to save for when they can sit up. Stick to soft cotton pjs for whatever is appropriate for your climate.
Best of luck!
It totally depends on the baby, but just to give you an idea... my little guy was born a 6 lbs 14 oz and dropped down to 6 lbs 5 oz in his first week. 0-3 stuff looked huge on him when he first got home, and newborn stuff fit perfectly. He fit into NB stuff for his first 5 weeks or so, but now that he's 6 weeks he's definitely outgrowing it (he weighs about 9.5 lbs now).
Keep in mind a couple things:
- If you're team green, you might get some gender-specific clothing gifts once the baby is born. We were team green, and we barely had any clothes before he was born (all neutral stuff). Now, we have an entire wardrobe of little boy clothes-- almost all of which were gifts from friends and family. People LOVE to buy baby clothes, so don't be surprised if you get some stuff after the baby is born, once they find out whether you had a boy or girl people might just run out and buy clothes for your baby.
- You're not going to need a lot of "outfits" the first month or so, because you most likely won't really be going out too much. Sleepers and onesies are probably the most important. It might be best to get some neutral stuff so you can wash it and put it away now without having to worry about returning it. I'd get a few newborn things, but not too much because they grow so fast!
We also didn't buy a lot of NB clothes b/c everyone says not too and we found that we definitely didn't have enough..DS was 7lb14oz @ birth and was up to 8lb2oz in a matter of 5 days...he's still in NB clothes, though we have just started putting him in some 0-3 onsies..I agree with the dresses though... they are the BEST @ night time when you're half asleep changing them & want to change them as quickly as possible so they will not get as upset.
What we ended up doing was just going to Wal-Mart & buying a bunch of the 3-packs of white Gerber onsies both long sleeved & short sleeved... they are fairly cheap and newborns go through so many outfits each day...they spit up on themselves, and if you have a boy, they end up finding random ways to pee on themselves through their diapers.
DS Born 4/13/11
I never held you, but I always loved you.
Baby Squirt- September 2009
Baby Turtle- May 2010
Baby Surprise- August 2011
Keep tags on everything you buy. You have no idea what will fit and for how long, so it's just better to have the option to return things if needed.
Also, different brands are sized differently... ie Gerber brand runs very small and so does Carter's.
DD was 6 lbs 6 oz at birth, 5 lbs 14 oz when we left the hospital. Regained her weight quickly but still was in newborn clothes for a while. We even had to go buy Gerber brand newborn b/c they were smaller and fit better.
Now at 11 lbs 9 oz and 3 months old, she can wear some 0 to 3 and some 6 month (Carter's) clothes.
I am very small (5'1" 110pds pp) and DD was 6 pounds 10 oz. She was in newborn for almost 10 weeks.
Started at the same pp weight with DS and gained about the same. DS was 8 pounds 3 oz and wore NB for 2 weeks. Now in 3-6 month clothing.
Keep the tags and you can always order online (diapers and Amazon mom get you the stuff in 2 days) as needed.
BFP # 1 - 12/19/09 EDD 08/27/10 - D&C 1/26/10 @ 9w5d
BFP # 2 - 06/05/10 EDD 02/17/11, DS1 born on 2/14/11
BFP # 3 - 04/10/13 EDD 12/21/13 - D&C 05/15/13 @ 8w4d
BFP # 4 - 07/27/13 EDD 04/08/14 - CP 07/29/13
BFP # 5 - 09/14/13 EDD 05/28/14, DS2 born on 5/22/14