https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 02 May 2026 01:57:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757524 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:40:44 +0000 loveisstrange 757524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: I wish she could wear shorts more! The weather here is so bipolar though. </p> <p>Hahaha, same here. I'm a jeans, t-shirt and cardigan/hoodie kind of girl. C is always cute and matching with shoes and a hair accessory to complete the outfit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757523 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:40:29 +0000 Weagle 757523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been trying to put clothes on her a little big these days. For the first 6 months at least, we had so many clothes she was growing out of them before she could wear them all! </p> <p>@littlek: Mini Boden does run huge! I think LO will be able to wear her 6-12 month Boden stuff until at least 18 months. She can still wear her 0-6 month tights from there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757516 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:38:20 +0000 runsyellowlites 757516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: Yep! Same here. I did finally get her some shorts &amp; I think we have 3 pairs of leggings that she only wears on wash days! lol I care way less about what I wear day to day than I do her! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757508 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:36:38 +0000 loveisstrange 757508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: C lives in jeggings! Theyre the only things I have found that fit her really well. Leggings tend to be too short on her ankles and real jeans tend to be too baggy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757505 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:34:18 +0000 runsyellowlites 757505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: I'm like that with P bottoms! This is the number reason she rarely wears leggings! If they fit in length they're super baggy, so we pretty much only wear capri leggings &amp; size 3-6 mth shorts! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757497 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:31:58 +0000 loveisstrange 757497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate when C's clothes are too big. It really bugs me, for some reason. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757489 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:29:23 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 757489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: Mine was skinny and a whole pound lighter than when her brother was born - she was just 6 pounds 12 ounces compared to his 7 pounds 13.5 ounces. She was also a few inches shorter. But everything we had was HUGE on her tiny frame so my family and I scrambled to get the wee thing clothed. As you saw, though, she's chubbed up nicely :) Glad yours has too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757486 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:29:03 +0000 winniebee 757486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: yeah, we do. but they are just big! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757482 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:27:17 +0000 Smurfette 757482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I took her out of newborn cause they were starting to get to short. So they are still big on her. Plus she had more in 0-3, so I wanted her to start wearing her cute spring stuff!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757476 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:25:36 +0000 runsyellowlites 757476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We upsize t-shirts &amp; cardigans! I love that I can just roll up her sleeves &amp; she get alot of wear out of one! I'll also buy boys button up shirts 2 sizes too big that she can wear as dresses &amp; then with leggings/capris &amp; a mini belt as she "grows into it". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757472 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:25:08 +0000 Mrs. Pen 757472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ypu - a lot of clothes are easy to "fix." like right now he's in 12-18 mos gap jeans that have an adjustable waist (tightest setting haha!) and cuffed and they look adorable. Although he is actually in size 6-12 months. </p> <p>@winniebee: do you buy the adjustable waists? I just bought him gap jeans that are adjustable and I think he'll fit in them for awhile. They're so super cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757463 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:22:33 +0000 winniebee 757463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: Our guys are built similarly - short legs, long torso. He almost always outgrows bodysuits first. Gap tends to run big in the waist as well! Especially jeans. I have to be careful about what type of waist they are. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757459 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:20:18 +0000 littlek 757459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NaturallyCathy: Aww, B was in newborn clothes forever! When we started he was too small for preemie. He was only in preemie for a month though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757457 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:20:05 +0000 skibobrown 757457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't wait to put her in some of her cute new clothes, so I always put her in them even if they're a little big. Rolling up sleeves or cuffing pants a little works wonders! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757453 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:19:11 +0000 littlek 757453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: B has short legs and a long torso. So, Gap pants are huge on him. B is getting a budha belly, so I think he may about to have another growth spurt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757444 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:17:15 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 757444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Generally I do but when Em was born, I had to actually <i>buy</i> newborn clothes because she was so tiny. The 0-3 month and 3 month clothes her brother had ate her up so I had to downsize. Glad she's up in her weight so I can get more use out of his old clothes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757441 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:16:48 +0000 winniebee 757441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: pants I can't usually size up b/c he has a skinny waist! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757436 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:15:50 +0000 oliviaoblivia 757436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try to put her in bigger clothing to get more wear out of each item. Lately I've been putting her in stuff as it fits because the stuff I predicted she'd wear in the summer fits now. I feel badly that some of her gorgeous summer wardrobe won't ever see the light of day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757435 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:15:10 +0000 autumnlove 757435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually size up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757428 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:12:39 +0000 littlek 757428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try and keep him in his smaller clothes until he's ready for the next size. I still put B in some 3 - 6 month stuff. Mini Boden seems to run huge! Weirdly enough, he has a huge head, so it's hard putting some clothes on him because of his gigando head. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757425 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:12:11 +0000 lovehoneybee 757425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, I tend to size up, especially for shirts I like. I don't mind them being loose at first if I can get longer use out of them (within reason, of course--he's not swimming in them). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757420 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:11:35 +0000 MaisyMay 757420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I start her in stuff that's big and try to let her wear it until it's snug. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757417 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:10:28 +0000 regberadaisy 757417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, I currently have her in 1-1/2-2yr from H&amp;M. It's a dress now then will be a tunic and eventually a tank top! hehe </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wait-til-clothing-fits-well#post-757394 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:06:44 +0000 winniebee 757394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I often put LO in clothing that's a little big. I figure he'll get more use out of the clothing and I hate when he doesn't wear stuff that much. Do you? </p>