8lb baby newborns- size of coming home outfit

hiketheworld · October 2014

For those of you who had babies that were born weighing over 8 lbs, did your baby ever wear newborn sized clothes? I'm looking at the clothes and 0-3 size looks really big for a newborn but it is meant for babies 8+ pounds.

silverwings72 · October 2014

This is a great question. I have been wondering this as well.

hsilverm · October 2014

My son was 8 lbs 3 oz and wore Newborn for about the first month.

AnnieRoo13 · October 2014

Me too! Also newborn diapers. Size one says it's for 8 pounds plus, but they look MASSIVE next to the newborn ones.

abbyful · October 2014

DS was 7 lbs 15 oz and 20". He wore newborn size for a week, and that was pushing it.

For this baby (doctor said was 13.5 percentile based on ultrasound, but they told me my son was 15th percentile and he came out 60th percentile), I'm taking a NB onesie for pictures and a 0-3m footie pajama for coming home.

alibissell · October 2014

My baby was 8.9 lbs and wore NB clothing briefly. I only bought one box of NB diapers ahead of time though, I don't think we needed anymore than that before we were into size 1 diapers.

Livingthemommylife · October 2014

Just saw my friend and her 3 week old yesterday. He is 8+ pounds and she says he's still wearing newborn outfits and 0-3 were still too big.

abbyful · October 2014

DS in size NB at 2 days old vs 6 days old, he filled them out quick!

ccam · October 2014

DS was 9lb 14oz. He was able to wear some nb size clothes but it all depends on the brand. He was only in a few items for the first 2 weeks (and only bc he lost weight!) and then he was completely in 0-3 month clothes. We probably could have skipped the nb size. This baby's coming home outfit is 0-3 months bc I'm assuming I'll have another 9 pounder.

Jan1214 · October 2014

I'm so glad you asked this!

silverwings72 · October 2014

So is it more based on length and weight of baby? Gah! So confusing!

hiketheworld · October 2014

I was a giant baby as was DH and our siblings so while I want to be prepared if I have a normal sized baby, I really expect that I will have a bigger baby. So, that's why I'm wondering about this. Thank you all for sharing!

mamatohne · October 2014

My son was 9 lbs and 20.25" he wore newborn clothes for about 4 weeks. I was actually paranoid to put anything on him that might slip over his face, I probably kept him in nb for a week too long.

MuchlyGen · October 2014

DS1 was 8lbs 7oz, DS2 was 8lbs 1oz. Both wore NB for a couple of weeks. They /could/ wear 0-3 m also, but it was pretty baggy on them.

Gerber is tiny. NB Gerber clothes fit for about two seconds.

Carters NB fit longer.

mamatohne · October 2014

@wildflower810 I would have a couple of nb outfits but not Gerber ones. I wouldn't even take the tags off just in case.

hidingangel82 · October 2014

Great question, I will be stalking this thread all day!
FTM, but Noob is on track to be over 9 lbs if he comes on scheduled date instead of early, but I'm packing NB and 0-3 for going home outfit just to be safe.

mander82 · October 2014

Just from looking at the newborn clothes from my shower, it has to depend on the brand. Some look like Barbie doll clothes......and some look like they are 0-3 month size.

The tiniest ones are so freaking tiny.....I don't forsee us using them at all.

As for diapers, DH filled the nursery organizer with the NB size ones and they are so freaking tiny. Not sure if we'll use those or not, but I am sure we'll try.

AnnieRoo13 · October 2014

OLJ1010 said:

So is it more based on length and weight of baby? Gah! So confusing!
Definitely!! My DS was born 8lb 6oz, he was a little under 8 when we left the hospital, but he was sooo long!! He wore a few newborn outfits, but mostly didn't fit in them due to them being too short. As PP said, it depends on the brand too. You can hold two things in the same size side-by-side, and they look completely different! I don't know who these baby clothes designers follow, but clearly they're not all on the same page.
Re: NB diapers, I bought one pack which lasted the first week or two, they fit fine, and I really just loved them because they had the cut out for the umbilical cord, but I could've done 1's from the start. All they provided at the hospital was 1's, so he was in that right after birth. You just fold down the top!

Thanks for this! I bought 1 pack of NB size and had one given to me. I bought a GIANT box of size 1 and when I compared them I was so surprised at the difference. I think I have enough NB for now and will send someone out if I need more. People are always looking for ways to help, right?

jillybean7582 · October 2014

There are so many factors for fit its really hard to predict ahead of time.

Both length and weight will factor in. NB will fit a long 8lb baby differently than a short 8lb baby.

Also as PP's have mentioned Brands fit differently as well. Carters tends to be longer/leaner, Gerber is just tiny overall (I really don't carr for Gerber at all). Granimals tends to be shorter but wider.

It doesn't really get much better as they get older either. My son is 26 months. He mostly wears 18 month pants ans 18-24 month shirts. 2t swallow him. Had no idea before that 24month and 2t were a different size! His winter coat to play outside is 18months and a bit big but his fleece he wears everyday is 24months and fits perfect. And I just bought him 12 month snowpants that are big on him!

I tend not to look at size when sorting my sons clothes now even at 2yrs. I find one pair of pants and shirt that I know fit and hold clothes up to those as I pull out of storage containers to decide what will fit and what will be too big still. (95% of our clothes are hand me downs).

soulcupcake · October 2014

Both my 9 pounders and my 8 lbs., 9 oz'er wore 0-3 from the start.

mslynn2012 · October 2014

DS was 7p14oz, so not quite an 8 pounder, but close.

He came home in newborn and wore it for almost a month.

He only lost 3 oz so his weight was not a factor.

Also, he was 20".

angelajo19 · October 2014

DD was 7 lb 10 oz and 20 1/4" long. She wore NB size for the first 6 weeks so she had hit 8 lbs at some point during that time.

2ndGeneration · October 2014

The three babies of mine that were 8 lbs or over-wore 0-3 right from the start. They were butterballs

This time I'm just bringing 2 outfits, a nb and a 0-3. I also had a skinnie-minnie baby so there is no predecting with me haha!

wallygirl · October 2014

I voted 8+ pounds and wore newborn. The only exceptions I can think of brand-wise is gymboree and gerber. She also still grew out of newborn in length before width. She actually grows out of everything in length before width. She got her daddy's long legs

CPM13 · October 2014

My daughter was only 7#9oz but she was literally SWIMMING in the newborn outfit I brought for her to wear home.

mrsransom · October 2014

DS was 7 lb 4 oz & wore NB clothes & diapers for about the first 6 weeks. Then, we didn't get much use out of the 0-3 month stuff because he grew FAST & was in 3-6 months before he turned 3 months.

I know people whose babies are born in the 9 lb range & they went straight to 0-3 month clothes & size 1 diapers. You never know how big your baby will be, so with DS we only had like 3 newborn sleepers, just in case we couldn't use them. We waited until we knew he could wear them for a little bit before we bought anything else!

meeshybee · October 2014

I agree that it depends both on the brand and the baby. My kids have all been long and lean and outgrew clothes lengthwise long before they filled them out.

DS was 7lbs 6oz and 21" long. I ended up buying him a preemie onesie just so he would have something that he didn't swim in. It only fit him for a week or two, but it made me feel better.

DD1 was 7lbs 15.9 oz and DD2 was 8lbs 1oz and both wore NB for several weeks depending on the brand of clothes. 0-3M was way too big for them in the hospital. I expect this LO to be the same way, so I'm only bringing NB outfits.

smboswell1 · October 2014

My neighbor has a 2 week old and he weighed over 8 pounds and he never loss any weight. 0-3 month clothes hangs off of him!

MrsDL · October 2014

My son was 9lbs - I bought a newborn sized coming outfit for him before they started to tell us he was going to be about 9lbs. I put him in it, but we had to stuff him in - it was tight. The few other things newborn sized he never wore so we were pretty much right in 0-3 - some of it was a little big but not huge to the point he couldn't wear it. He was 21.5 or 22 inches - so tall - but weight-wise newborn was too small for him. We used newborn diapers - a small package and went right to size 1 within a week or two. This time I didn't even buy newborn clothes or diapers (they are telling us this guy is large again). Watch he'll be a small baby and we'll have to run out and buy newborn clothes and diapers.

kaimee27 · October 2014

2ndGeneration said:

The three babies of mine that were 8 lbs or over-wore 0-3 right from the start. They were butterballs

This time I'm just bringing 2 outfits, a nb and a 0-3. I also had a skinnie-minnie baby so there is no predecting with me haha!

This is my plan. Baby clothes take up pretty much no room, so I'm just planning on bringing one in nb and one in 0-3 months. This is our first, so I have no idea how big she'll be. DH is a big guy, but his mom says he was just an average sized baby and I was like 6 lbs some odd oz, so I'm not thinking she'll be too big, but who knows.

JNU76 · October 2014

My first was 9 lbs, 21 inches, but we had been told at a late ultrasound that he would be around 6 lbs. Luckily, I packed both nb size and a 0-3 for coming home, I'm not sure why. We ended up giving all of his newborn size clothes to a friend who had a 5 lb baby right after ours- he never fit into them. We had a big box of nb sized diapers, and we were able to use all of those. I would suggest not cutting the tags off of your nb clothes, just in case- maybe just wash one or two so that they're ready, and bring two options for coming home in different sizes. Size estimates can be very wrong in both directions- there's really no way to know for sure until the baby is born.

mrsransom · October 2014

I wanted to add, if you have Gerber clothes, definitely assume they are a size LOWER than what they are labeled! They are TINY compared to every single other brand out there! All my Gerber 0-3 month stuff is with the newborn stuff, 3-6 month stuff is with the 0-3, etc. Otherwise, you will get the the next size up & realize they won't fit into it & will never get to wear it!

tamarnina · October 2014

My son was 8 lbs., 4 oz. at birth and wore 0-3 month, but they were big for him. Newborn sizes would have worked for the first few weeks, but I was just clueless about them with my first. This time I have some of each because I have no idea how big this one will be.

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