https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:01:01 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-outgrow-their-clothes-in-length-first#post-309605 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:43:51 +0000 GrapeCrush 309605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>definitely! he's going to be 5 months at the end of the week and wears 6-9 month sleepers and has been for almost a month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-outgrow-their-clothes-in-length-first#post-309569 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:26:35 +0000 Mrsbells 309569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: The brand I have is called One step ahead, although it is currently unavailable. What I do like about it is, it comes in a pack of 10 and there are 5 different snap sizes ( 2 of each size) so they is always one to fit every brand. The only annoying thing is they arent labelled so you kinda have to label them yourself or try a few before you find one that fits</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002YQU6KC/ref=wms_ohs_product_img" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002YQU6KC/ref=wms_ohs_product_img</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-outgrow-their-clothes-in-length-first#post-309526 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:04:30 +0000 Honeybee 309526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD has always been in the 80th percentile (+/-5%) for height, and DS is in the 95th percentile for height, so both of them grow out of the height long before they fill out the width of their clothes.</p> <p>For DS, I tend to put pants on him that fit around the waist, so it looks like he's always wearing capris, lol. I'll just keep him in sleep n' plays in the winter, I think, since I haven't been able to find infant boy pants that fit him both the waist and the length. With DD, she either wears leggings (which fit tighter around the waist), drawstring pants (when I can find them), or Gap Baby jeans because they have hidden elstaic waist extenders on the inside. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-outgrow-their-clothes-in-length-first#post-309522 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:03:56 +0000 bpcmarj 309522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For sure. She's a lot like @zippylef: , was 22 inches at birth (but left the hospital under 7lbs!!). She's now, at 4.5 months about 27 inches and 16lbs. She's been wearing 9 month sleepers for length for weeks. I find carters (reg and target) to be longest. Gap 3-6 is way too short, and 6-12 rompers will not be lasting long in length. She can still wear some 0-3 pants that have a loose bottom as capris:) She is mostly legs though, not surprising since I have a 36" inseam! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-outgrow-their-clothes-in-length-first#post-309506 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:58:51 +0000 Mrsbells 309506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: yep I use these onesie extenders with my cloth diapers</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002YQU6KC/ref=wms_ohs_product_img" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002YQU6KC/ref=wms_ohs_product_img</a> </p> [attach=1326/12/mawxq3.342x342.41Wt3MioCML__SX342_.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-outgrow-their-clothes-in-length-first#post-309496 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:56:21 +0000 Mrs. Pen 309496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: omg she is so cute!! I cannot believe how big she is!! Crazy </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-outgrow-their-clothes-in-length-first#post-309460 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:40:38 +0000 regberadaisy 309460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! She's 5 months and have been in 9 month sleepers for about 2 weeks now.<br /> @Mrsbells: which brand do you have? I am reading that the iPlay ones don't fit a lot of onesie brands. The other one I see are One Step Ahead but I only see on their site? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-outgrow-their-clothes-in-length-first#post-309370 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:00:51 +0000 yoursilverlining 309370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! E is a string bean; very long and skinny. She can still wear 3 month outfits width-wise, but has to have 6 or sometimes even 9 months pants for the length. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-outgrow-their-clothes-in-length-first#post-309361 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:55:55 +0000 pinkcupcake 309361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! LO is long and lean (usually 25-30% weight but 85%ish for height) so she always outgrows her clothes by length first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-outgrow-their-clothes-in-length-first#post-308770 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:36:42 +0000 MsMini 308770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it wasn't for cloth diapers Sawyer would never fill out his pants! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-outgrow-their-clothes-in-length-first#post-308764 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:31:16 +0000 cvbee 308764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine has the opposite problem. :) My chunky monkey with little legs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-outgrow-their-clothes-in-length-first#post-308730 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:03:07 +0000 erinpye 308730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! LO never fills her clothes out width-wise before we move up a size. She's 5.5 mos and in 9 and 12 mo clothes, but nothing has ever been tight around on her. We put her in leggings a lot since regular pants are always baggy on her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-outgrow-their-clothes-in-length-first#post-308728 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:02:36 +0000 rachiecakes 308728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>YES! sometimes he just pulls his pants off because they're too big in the waist but perfect if not short in length, hahaha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-outgrow-their-clothes-in-length-first#post-308711 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:42:46 +0000 heffalump 308711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My lo is 95th percentile in height and weight so she's big in every direction. We don't really have that problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-outgrow-their-clothes-in-length-first#post-308641 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:31:56 +0000 stargal 308641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: aww she is too cute i love how the cat is just watching her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-outgrow-their-clothes-in-length-first#post-308611 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:02:09 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 308611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think Toddler Girl grew two inches this summer! I bought her 3T pants (jeggings, actually) and they fit in length but I had to bring the waist in so much that they are all bunched up at her waist. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-outgrow-their-clothes-in-length-first#post-308309 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:41:51 +0000 loveisstrange 308309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@stargal: I mean... she's not super chunky but she is 20lbs. She was born 22" and I think was around 24-25" at 8 weeks.</p> <p>This was taken today, it gives you a good idea. </p> [attach=1353/12/mavdds.600x400.422828_3782456882373_838418536_n.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-outgrow-their-clothes-in-length-first#post-308302 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:38:23 +0000 stargal 308302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: 29 inches, wow! P was 24 inches at 8 weeks so i predict he will be around C's height around 6 months! Is C really skinny too? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-outgrow-their-clothes-in-length-first#post-308296 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:35:55 +0000 loveisstrange 308296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: Onesie extenders? I'm intrigued.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-outgrow-their-clothes-in-length-first#post-308293 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:35:17 +0000 loveisstrange 308293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh yeah. C has shot up like a weed! She will be 6 months next week and fits into 12m pants because she's so tall. She's 29" tall, my ped said that's the height of the average 1 year old! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-outgrow-their-clothes-in-length-first#post-308291 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:34:33 +0000 MamaMoose 308291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO isn't here yet but given that my hubster is 6'6" I foresee this being a problem for me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-outgrow-their-clothes-in-length-first#post-308286 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:30:26 +0000 Mrsbells 308286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yep my daughter is tall so she does outgrow in length but since I have onesie extenders thats not a problem for me </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-outgrow-their-clothes-in-length-first#post-308283 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:28:14 +0000 stargal 308283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ahh Pierson (11 weeks) is so long that he is outgrowing his clothes so fast. some of his onsies are baggy on him but they look like high waters on his legs!! his pants are soooo baggy (i hate how baggy they look) but they are getting short on him!</p> <p>anyone else have this problem? </p>