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Baby Clothes Sizing Is Weird.

nicole336nicole336 member
edited June 2014 in July 2014 Moms
I've put off washing the mountains of baby clothes I've received as gifts and hand-me-downs until today. I can't get over how much the sizes vary! I have some newborn stuff that looks barbie doll sized and others that would fit my cocker spaniel. WTF? Sorting when I'm done drying is going to be a nightmare- I have no idea how to organize it when the sizes vary so much. Do any STM+ have any advice on how to do this? Do I just hold them up to each other  and eyeball it?

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  • hupp0013hupp0013 member
    The only thing I found huge variations with baby clothes sizes was with Gerber clothes. For those items if it said 3-6 month, it fit DD well between 0-3 months. The few others I would just eyeball.
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  • Soon2BMrsNSoon2BMrsN member
    I agree with the previous poster, Gerber sizing is way off! Otherwise, I find baby clothes sizing to be just as inconsistent as adult clothing. You'll get used to how different brands fit your baby (i.e., I know that Carter's pretty much fits my kids to size -- up to 3m in size 3m -- while other brands run bigger -- DS1 is almost 5 and on the bigger side for his age yet can still wear size 4 from Gymboree).
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  • BBColt78BBColt78 member
    I find quite a few brands to be off in sizes. I don't even buy Gerber because of the differences. I think holding them up to each other will help.

    I tend to stick with the same brings for infants to know how they fit. I tend to stick with Carter's because I like it a lot.
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  • TexasGirl81TexasGirl81 member
    edited June 2014
    BBColt78 said:

    I find quite a few brands to be off in sizes. I don't even buy Gerber because of the differences. I think holding them up to each other will help.

    I tend to stick with the same brings for infants to know how they fit. I tend to stick with Carter's because I like it a lot.

    Wss. Word for word. Gerber is funky, they don't fit my DD chunky legs at all. Carter's always a winner. DD has some 6 months onesies that still fit her well, and she's 10 months. Just play it by ear and size it up like you said.

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  • BPerBPer member
    Agree on the Gerber stuff, also BRU brand (koala baby?) runs on the small size as well. I've also found GAP runs a little larger.
    Plus, like PPs said, different brands will fit differently depending on your baby's shape.
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  • LenaLoveLenaLove member
    And don't wait too long to move up sizes.  My DD didn't wear a couple things very much at all because I thought it looked too big, and by the time I put it on her it was too small.
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  • AKB090609AKB090609 member
    Yep, it is! DD is 21months and has items in her closet (all that fit) ranging from 6-9 months to 2t.

    We put two sizes in at a time and use carters clothing as our measurement tool, if an item is close in size to our current carters it goes in the closet.
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  • honeybee434honeybee434 member
    On Carter's sizing is a size 3 more like a 0-3 or a 3-6? I have a lot that just say 3, 6, 9, etc, and I didn't know which category to put them in
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  • reils500reils500 member
    Carters 3 month is similar to 0-3
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  • nicole336nicole336 member
    Thank you all! I will use the Carter's as a guide for which drawer to put things in. I completely agree about the gerber- they are soo tiny! I think I'm going to return the new ones and exchange them for something else. I still have quite a few gerber hand me downs that I'll keep and use though.
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  • TurtleMonstersTurtleMonsters member
    Eye ball it! I ended up organizing the hand-me downs more effectively that way- also erred on the side of things being a little too big at first, then you get more wear out of them.With spitting up and blow out diapers we went through many outfits a day.

     I hated that gerber was super small. I missed out on using some clothes because I didn't even realize the sizes were so different until it was too late.  Good thing you caught that early on! 
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  • mustanghollymustangholly member
    FTM here. I just washed all of our DS newborn clothing. When I compared them to 0 to 3 mos. Several seemed to be about the same size. Gerber especially seemed to run small.
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