https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:32:39 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes/page/2#post-2265345 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 16:19:44 +0000 daniellemybelle 2265345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was 41 weeks when I delivered, 7 lbs, and she lost a lot of weight initially with breastfeeding issues. She was in newborn until 7 weeks. I wished I had more newborn clothes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes/page/2#post-2265272 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 15:02:42 +0000 BSB 2265272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littleredhairedgrl: Thanks. Good to know. I'm thinking I will probably need more newborn and 0-3m clothes. There's a consignment sale coming up at the end of September. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes/page/2#post-2265268 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 14:58:58 +0000 namaste 2265268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was in NB for basically the first three months. I had to buy everything she wore, especially since we were out most of the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264928 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 09:57:30 +0000 ldh112 2264928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i only received/bought 0-3 mo and in retrospect, i could've bought a few NB pieces- she was small for 0-3 mo clothing (8 lbs 1 oz at birth) but by the time we brought her home i just opted to save money and make it work. i dried some things on high heat which helped :) i mainly have things from target/gap and the circo/target onesies shrunk more/fit better while the gap onesies are still a little roomy at 7.5 wks and roughly 10.5 lbs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264869 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 09:01:52 +0000 KatieBklyn 2264869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was born 9 lbs, 9 oz so we went straight into 0-3, but I just wanted to say that I have found there's a ton of overlap based on brand. Gerber onesies run super duper small, and the Children's Place runs really small, too. (LO is 5 months and mostly wears 6-9 month clothes, but just grew out of a really cute 9-12 month romper from the Children's Place. Whaaat?!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264862 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 08:52:58 +0000 MrsADS 2264862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow! I am 39w tomorrow and now I am concerned because I have almost no NB size stuff! Mostly 0-3 months. I have about 3 NB sleepers and maybe 2 onesies? Yikes. I had an u/s at 36 weeks which showed about average size, and my OB doesn't think baby will be huge. Sounds like I may need some more NB clothes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264852 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 08:32:19 +0000 littleredhairedgrl 2264852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: A was born at 30w 6d and was 3lbs 5oz. when she came home from the nicu she was a little over 5lbs and was in some preemie (mostly gifts - I only bought as low as newborn sizes), but mostly newborn. baby gap also had an "up to 7lb" size that fit her well. she's 15m now and just getting into 12m sizes, but I remember her being in newborn for a few months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264850 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 08:26:09 +0000 BSB 2264850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BandDmommy: oh, good to know. Can I ask you how big your son was when he was born? At 31 weeks, my babies are measuring around 3 lbs. We are hoping they make it to 34 weeks and will be around 4 lbs or more when they deliver. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264787 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 05:59:31 +0000 BandDmommy 2264787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: my son was born at 34 weeks in preemie about a month. I have tiny babies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264784 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 05:42:12 +0000 SweetiePie 2264784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agree with @sapphire: that I wouldn't worry about NB onesies too much. Well, I guess everyone is different - but for me, as a newborn, I really didn't want to put anything over his head. He hated being changed and it just felt stressful to try and squeeze a newborns head through a onesie. So until about 4/5 weeks he was only in the kimono style white t-shirts and footed sleepers. I used NONE of his newborn onesies. Was sad when I realized they didn't fit and he never wore one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264783 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 05:36:46 +0000 hellobeeboston 2264783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was born 8lbs 3oz, didn't fit into the NB going home outfit I brought, and fit into a few NB pieces but was generally in 0-3 immediately. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264780 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 05:20:35 +0000 farawayyama 2264780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD measured huge in utero, so the OBGYN told us not to bother with newborn. She was 8 pounds 11, but very chunky and so starting at 0-3 wasn't a bad idea but she then lost way more weight than expected and so was in NB for about 3 months.</p> <p>Because we'd passed the no NB message on, we only had 2 NB outfits, so we just put her in 0-3, which she swam in! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264779 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 04:42:19 +0000 Kemma 2264779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My little guy was almost ten pounds and still wore some NB stuff for almost a month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264778 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 04:27:24 +0000 Pumuckl 2264778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first never fit into newborn cloths and my second was in them for quite a while at least a month. It is very dependent on the brand though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264771 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 02:56:16 +0000 Torchwood 2264771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: Though with what you said, yeah, she was in newborn clothes a lot longer than she would have been if she'd been term, just because I can't imagine she'd have worn them at all if she hadn't been so early. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264770 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 02:49:19 +0000 Torchwood 2264770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: She was actually never in preemie clothes. For one thing, all the ones we had (which we actually bought when R was supposed to be a preemie; we weren't planning on it for L!) were crazy tiny. Newborn clothes were very big on her, but the gap between the preemie size and newborn was huge. She was around 5.5lb when she was born, so she just never needed super tiny clothes. But also she didn't wear any clothes until she was 10 days old. She was just in a diaper and usually a swaddle at first. So even if she'd fit in the preemie stuff initially, she might have outgrown it before she needed anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264765 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 00:38:40 +0000 BSB 2264765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Torchwood: good to know. I was wondering if preemies are in newborn clothes a bit longer than regular term babies. So how long was she in preemie clothes for? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264759 Sun, 16 Aug 2015 23:57:31 +0000 sometimesshesings 2264759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was a big baby and he wore bulky cloth diapers, so our small selection of newborn outfits were never worn! You may have some idea of the baby's size towards the end of your pregnancy if you have any late ultrasounds. We knew ours was looking big, so we were very conservative about buying nb stuff. We also left the tags on all but one nb item, which allowed us to exchange those items. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264755 Sun, 16 Aug 2015 23:19:17 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2264755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD was born 3 weeks early (6lbs 10 oz) and wore NB for about 5 weeks. She's still in 0-3 at 11 weeks old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264730 Sun, 16 Aug 2015 21:24:42 +0000 Torchwood 2264730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was a preemie so she was in newborn for a while, but she got big enough for 0-3 right at her due date so I expect we could have skipped them entirely of she'd been term. Some of the bigger nb stuff still fits at a week past her due date, but not much. But she was on track to be a big baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264702 Sun, 16 Aug 2015 20:39:37 +0000 charlotte 2264702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was 8lb / 21 in, born at 39 weeks, and he wore newborn for approx one day and then 0-3. (so I voted that he started in 0-3). He mostly wore gap and old navy. We did have a few gap things that were 0-3 and seemed too big and others that seemed tiny!.. I bet the ones that seem small to you will work if baby is avg sized / term. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264701 Sun, 16 Aug 2015 20:36:12 +0000 getjazzy 2264701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Newborn will be probably.. 2 weeks here? She was born at 9lbs1oz and just shy of 22" so some newborn sleepers are already too small. Onesies are just fitting her (4days old). My son who was a bit smaller at 8lbs 5oz, 22" fit newborn for closer to a month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264700 Sun, 16 Aug 2015 20:29:56 +0000 Mamag511 2264700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD was 7lb9oz at birth and wore newborn clothes for about a month. We are just switching now to 3-6 at 3 months. I find that different brands have different fits though - baby gap seems to run bigger than what I get at target and carters! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264697 Sun, 16 Aug 2015 20:18:31 +0000 Eko 2264697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS was born at 6lb. 14oz. He wore newborn for 3 weeks and 0-3 for about 6 weeks. It did depend on size but not by much. Gerber he grew out of first and everything else was 1-2 weeks later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264696 Sun, 16 Aug 2015 20:16:24 +0000 maddyz 2264696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We blew through clothes... I have a 5.5 month old in 12m clothes. He started at 9 pounds. I thought we were set through the fall, but he's outgrown everything....</p> <p>It's so hard to plan! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264694 Sun, 16 Aug 2015 20:05:18 +0000 Mrs.Pinecone316 2264694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My baby was in newborn clothes about 5-6 weeks, (born 7 lb 1 oz) then wore 0-3 months maybe just a few weeks until she was in 3 month clothes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264677 Sun, 16 Aug 2015 19:23:56 +0000 MOMTOLITTLEB 2264677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was a big boy but I was happy to have some newborn stuff for the first month or so. I ended up borrowing some from my sister because I didn't have enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264676 Sun, 16 Aug 2015 19:23:28 +0000 LilSprinkles 2264676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO was 6lbs 5 ounces at birth and spent 3 months in newborn clothing. I believe he spent 3/4 months afterward is 0-3/3 month clothing (pants a whole lot longer). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264671 Sun, 16 Aug 2015 19:03:21 +0000 Foodnerd81 2264671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: I should have added, I do like when people register for a few clothes because then it gives me an idea of what they like, even if I don't buy those specific items. Sounds like what you are doing works- plus most people are smart enough to include gift receipts in case the size or style is off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-vs-0-3-months-clothes#post-2264664 Sun, 16 Aug 2015 18:31:38 +0000 DesertDreams88 2264664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just registered for the basics in terms of clothes, like a onesies set and a pants set at each stage: newborn, 0-3, 3-6, 6-9. I know most people won't shop in the registry for those things but I just really wanted to keep track of those clothes. If other people don't buy them, then I'll buy them. One of my baby showers is long distance, hosted by my mom, and she has urged people to stick to clothes, blankets, that kind of thing because I will have to bring everything back in an extra suitcase.</p> <p>Also were being blessed by three showers with 20-30 people at each soo..... I wanted to make sure there was enough variety! We registered for about a 100 items, and only about 15 of those are clothes. </p>