I am fully expecting our LO to be HUGE. DH and I were each ~9 lbs at birth, and this LO keeps measuring a couple of weeks ahead. I haven't really bought very many clothes in the NB size because I assume that he won't wear them long, and may bypass them altogether. But now I'm getting a little worried and thinking about buying a few more things in NB sizes.
Ladies who had big babies at birth: how much did your LO weigh, and how long was he/she in NB sizes? TIA!
Re: Lurking from 3rd tri w/a clothing size question (BR)
he was 8 pounds 4 oz at birth and was in NB for about 2 weeks
I just pulled out 6-9 month clothing today since he is outgrowing so much 3-6.
my dr was expecting a huge baby, 9+ lbs according to the growth ultrasounds. he was born at 7lb 10oz and he wore newborn clothes for about 4-5 weeks.
i washed 3 outfits to bring to the hospital: 1 premie, 1 newborn, and 1 0-3 month. when we knew how big he was we did a load of laundry accordingly. you could always have your DH do a load, assuming he will stop home at some point while you and baby are still in the hospital
DD was 9lbs 8oz at birth, we had been doing growth scans and knew she would be over 9lbs. We had no NB size clothes on hand and one 96ct. box of NB diapers. She is actually very, very long (22"!) which was a surprise, so the NB diapers fit because her waist is still skinny. Right now her 0-3 onesies are almost tight in the length but all bulky in the middle, we are finishing the 96 NB diapers and moving on to size 1s.
We also have a variety of 0-3 clothing, so some is currently big and some is currently small. Knowing how big she was, I would use this same plan all over again.
My LO was measuring really big too so I was expecting at least an 8.5 - 9 pounder, and didn't buy many NB clothes.
Ended up with an unscheduled induction at 38 weeks without time to buy more NB sized clothes. LO was 6lbs 13oz and even the NB clothes are roomy. He swims in the 0-3 month stuff.
I'd go with the previous posters advice and have some NB clothes on hand just in case. Wash a few of those outfits and leave the tags on the rest until you're home from the hospital.
DD was in preemie for about 5 weeks at 4lbs 4oz.
Now she is in NB and 0-3 months and she weighs just under 9 lbs. So I think you'd be safe to buy 0-3 months, and maybe just have a few NB on hand incase you end up with a tiny baby.
SOOOO glad to see you in 3rd tri!!!
DS was 8 lb 7 oz, and never wore a newborn diaper or onsie. He is almost 3 weeks old right now, and could wear NB size pants, but the onsies and sleepers aren't long enough.
We were expecting him to be 9 lb or bigger, though, so we didn't have but one NB outfit (Carter's) and a couple of NB onsies (Gerber) - all of which were gifts.
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I didn't have big babies, 7 lbs each, but I still never bought NB clothes. We had some handed down to us, and they were outgrown in a week or two.
We just always used 0-3 clothes. Even if they were a baggy, the baby wasn't uncomfortable, and they were in blankets and swaddles most of the time for the first few weeks any way, so it wasn't as if the extra fabric made moving uncomfy or anything.
jacob was 10lb 3oz when he was born (at 37w 2d!) and never fit in newborn size. not even close. the hospital had him in nb diapers and poor kid was squished in them, he was in size 1 the second we got home.
here he is at 2 days old wearing 0-3
According to my last ultrasound LO was supposed to be huge (he was measuring 6lb6oz at 34 weeks) but when he came out he was only 7lb13oz. Something to remember is that they lose up to about 10% of their birth weight the first couple days too. He was born at 12:52am on Saturday and by Monday he was down to 7lb1oz. He wore most of his newborn stuff for one week (we had 4 sleepers and 2 onesies and a pair of pants). By that Friday only one newborn onesie and the pants still fit- now he's in 0-3 and was back up above his birth weight at 8lb8oz as of yesterday.
It was a long week with only those 5 outfits (constant laundry), but by the time I could manage to get more, he had already outgrown them.
I find all the sizes really different- I tend to just hang them and arrange them by where the crotch falls.
We never had a growth u/s, so we went in blindly- Ben ended up being 7lbs9oz when he was born, but he was 21". He's well over 8lbs now, but still in NB size clothing. The ones with feet are tight b/c he's so long, but he's skinny and an escape artist. He wiggles his arms though the neck hole of any 0-3 month stuff.
That said, I would buy 3-4 NB outfits or cheap onsies. Just something to have on hand if you need them. Wash one or two and worry about getting more/washing more when LO is born and you see how big/small they are.