Preemies
What size clothes?
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??
Trenton Elijah born three weeks early due to pre-e on April 14, 2011. Weighing 6lbs 6.3oz, 18 inches long.
Cameron Jacob (CJ) came early @ 25w4d on November 16, 2012 due to placenta abruption and incompetent cervix . Weighing 1lb 15.5oz, 14 inches long.
Expecting a winter baby. Stay put LO!
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Re: What size clothes?
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.
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02.2013 - loss at 6 wks
06.2014 - DS2
10.2015 - loss at 12 wks
03.2017 - DD
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.
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).