https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 01:11:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby/page/2#post-1221790 Sun, 17 Nov 2013 07:44:41 +0000 Pirouette 1221790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: thanks! That sounds like a great job for one of our parents while I'm in the hospital! I guess with the swaddling I'm just going to have to see what works the first week and maybe order something different. Thank god for amazon prime immediate delivery, especially during holiday season!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby/page/2#post-1221708 Sun, 17 Nov 2013 00:35:28 +0000 shopaholic 1221708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pirouette: I forgot about something else! K's coming home outfit was a Preemie from BRU - FAO Schwarz line. I really loved it. So if you really need preemie size clothes, you can send someone to BRU and get a few from Carters and FAO Schwarz lines and just do laundry every day or two! We did the fold-down method on the diapers forever it seemed. Works just fine if the preemie diapers are super expensive!</p> <p>As for sleep sacks and swaddles, really in the beginning, the cheaper swaddles that were smaller sized, worked better than the A&amp;A. She couldn't really fit any of the sleep sacks, swaddleme, velcro ones for almost 2 months it seemed like. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1220972 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 11:52:41 +0000 Pirouette 1220972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skipra: good to know! It does sound like maybe I can get away with mostly Carter's nb at first, obviously depending how the next few weeks go!</p> <p>@LemonLong: @winniebee: oh I didn't think of swaddling issues! We have a and a blankets and swaddle mes, so I guess we'll see what works best. We also were gifted some halo sleep sacks, but I guess they may not work for her, at least not at first. They look huge to me even in the nb size! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1220785 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 09:24:56 +0000 winniebee 1220785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also had trouble swaddling him with blankets (so big) so we ended up using the swaddle me Velcro blankets </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1220784 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 09:23:21 +0000 LemonLong 1220784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was 4 lbs 11 oz when she left the hospital. We had only two preemie outfits, otherwise she just wore newborn and swam in them for awhile! We liked gowns for her, because sleepers her legs would come out of the leg holes. Halo sleepsacks didn't work because she could actually scrunch herself down completely in the sleep sack, which was scary! Use blankets or a woombie to swaddle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1220774 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 09:16:35 +0000 skipra 1220774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pirouette: Sounds like the same thing with DS. He was born at 39 weeks at 5 lbs 11.5 oz and left hospital at 5 lbs 5.5oz. Some newborn clothes were big but preemie clothes never fit. I liked Carters newborn size the best for him at first.<br /> We had issues with diapers too. Tried preemie and newborn and they all leaked, I don't know why. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1220766 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 09:13:01 +0000 Pirouette 1220766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: I knew what you meant :) I figured he wasn't managing with size 1s at that size haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1220757 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 09:02:57 +0000 winniebee 1220757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pirouette: I meant to say he didn't wear preemie diapers! But we did use newborns for probably that first month. He grew like a weed the first few months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1220741 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 08:53:51 +0000 Pirouette 1220741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh and I don't think she's going to be preemie either, just tiny :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1220737 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 08:52:48 +0000 Pirouette 1220737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: @winniebee: great news, I was envisioning my whole monthly budget going to preemie diapers that first month haha!<br /> @winniebee: thats realistically pretty much where I think she might be weight wise (even though I'm hoping she can cook a little longer and reach 5.5-6) so that's super helpful. I actually just got a gift card to gymboree but had no idea they sell preemie, I'll have to check it out! </p> <p>@mrs. bird: I was thinking of ordering some cheap hats since her head is measuring so small - the hats we have probably wont fit her for a loooong time! I feel like she'd definitely fit preemie size for that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1220721 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 08:44:05 +0000 winniebee 1220721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh also we didn't use preemke diapers. He could have used them the first few weeks but we just did newborns and folded them over on top away from his belly button. They were big for a few weeks but it was fine! </p> <p>T was not preemie so we didn't have any issues with body heat or any other health issues thank goodness. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1220716 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 08:41:14 +0000 mrs. bird 1220716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pirouette: BFF had twins &amp; i nannied for newborn twins, all of which were born between 4lbs 5oz and 6lbs 1oz, and none of them ever wore preemie diapers, not even the smallest when they dropped a few ozs. snag some from the hospital if you need them, amazon or diapers.com can get you more the next day if you need more. unless she's &lt;4lbs, i don't think you'll need them at all. i would suggest making sure have you a few hats though, and some mitts (or just use socks as mitts), and socks that stay well since tiny babies often have a hard time keeping their temps up so she's probably going to need to keep her head covered for a bit til she gets bigger. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1220704 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 08:31:37 +0000 winniebee 1220704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good luck!!</p> <p>T was born 5 lb 5 oz at full term (38 w) and we brought him home at 4 lb 13 oz. tiny!! I had no preemie outfits except his Janie and jack going home outfit and it was so big on him it was a joke!!!! </p> <p>Carter's preemie is smallest. We wore those for a few weeks. Then Gymboree preemie. By a month old he could fit into newborn sized stuff (he was over 7 lbs by then). Gap does run huge!!! Old navy is small too. We were in newborn stuff til maybe 6-8 wks then wore 0-3 for awhile. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1220694 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 08:23:07 +0000 Pirouette 1220694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: yea if she makes it to or around 6lbs it sounds like carters nb is the way to go and maybe one or two preemie size - it's ok if things are big on her, she's not walking or crawling anywhere yet! The preemie pampers are so expensive! Hopefully we could just grab from the hospital, or ive heard you can just fold down the flap on nb size and it's basically the same! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1220579 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 01:46:50 +0000 shopaholic 1220579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO wasn't that small - 6lbs 7 oz. at birth. Lost about a pound when we were discharged. Carter's NB fit the best. Their Preemie size is seriously teeny. She could it preemie maybe the first week?<br /> We snagged a pack of Preemie Pampers at the hospital and used them all up. Baby Gap's smallest size "up to 7lbs" was still pretty wide. Fit for awhile. Fit Carter's NB for about 8 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1220515 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 23:27:32 +0000 sarac 1220515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pirouette: Amazon? Anyway, there are ways. Even if you have too little of something, you'll be able to deal without terribly too much effort. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1220484 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 22:58:49 +0000 googly-eyes 1220484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know what small is to you but the tech in the delivery room said she was small, a peanut, and dd was 7lb2oz. She was in NB for 6-8 weeks but never preemie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1220462 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 22:44:24 +0000 Pirouette 1220462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@marionberry: that's what I was kinda thinking...between layering and keeping her swaddled, I mean we're not going very far those first few weeks! I just want to make sure she's warm enough. </p> <p>@sarac: yea it's a little tough in NYC because I don't have a car, and won't want to be treking around those first few weeks, but I'm sure I could always send a parent on a clothes run ;)</p> <p>Sounds like the consensus is carters is smaller and she won't be fitting into the baby gap stuff for a little while :) this is all so helpful, thank you everyone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1220040 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 17:59:40 +0000 sarac 1220040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6 pounds 12 ounces, 10 days late! To top it off, she was long for her weight - 20 inches. She was in newborn for a few weeks, and then 0-3 for a few months. We didn't have a ton of newborn stuff, but we just made due with 5 or 6 sleepers. I'd not worry about it too much, honestly. You probably live near enough to a store that sells them, if you run low. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1220024 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 17:49:20 +0000 delight 1220024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was 7,1 and she wore NB clothes for one month. She went through about 400 NB diapers which was just over a month's worth. I think we switched to size 1 diapers around 9lbs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1219998 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 17:26:23 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1219998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with everyone. Carter's newborn are the best. Baby Gap is HUGE! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1219997 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 17:25:41 +0000 marionberry 1219997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He was 6lbs, 4oz and wore newborn until 1.5 months. Maybe buy just a few premie outfits just in case? We kept J swaddled in a blanket and nothing else often in the first few weeks so it may not matter much? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1219933 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:45:27 +0000 pinkb 1219933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was 6.4lbs born at 36 weeks, drobbed to 5.7lbs. I loved carters and gerber both newborn. She was in them for a couple of months atleast and in NB diapers for a couple months also. Goodluck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1219911 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:27:43 +0000 Pirouette 1219911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: @littlek: @TurtleDoves: ha it sounds like her baby gap clothes will fit her down the line, but probably not for a little while! I have a gap nb size warm sherpa footie i was hoping she could wear home from the hospital, but she may be swimming in it. </p> <p>@Rubies: thanks! it's so funny when i look at the nb size clothes and they look so small, and yet they are going to be so big on her! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1219740 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 15:20:05 +0000 Rubies 1219740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD was born at 6lbs 6oz and dropped down to 5lbs15oz. Carter's preemie onesies fit her for just over a week before I put her in newborn sizes, which were so big for a while. Now, at 5weeks they are fitting really well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1219650 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 14:51:18 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1219650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: @Pirouette: BG NB is big:/ it fit like a small 0-3.<br /> My son was 6 18oz leaving the hospital &amp; his Carter's NB fit with some room to grow. He was 7.8 at birth though and wore NB until he was 8w (unless it was Gap, then it lasted longer).<br /> Ralph Lauren runs true to size or even small. Honestly, I'd even say a RL 0-3m outfit would fit like NB. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1219603 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 14:34:49 +0000 littlek 1219603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pirouette: I think it depends how little your LO is... my LO did not move into NB clothes till he was 3 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1219596 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 14:33:10 +0000 hilsy85 1219596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pirouette: we didn't use baby gap nb so I can't speak to that. But baby gap 0-3 was really big. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1219180 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 12:18:47 +0000 Alivoo01 1219180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pirouette: I did newborn. He was swimming in it, but wasn't too bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-dressing-your-small-baby#post-1219074 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 11:51:10 +0000 Pirouette 1219074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: thanks so much! this list is super helpful.</p> <p>@Alivoo01: did you use nb size side-snap tees? or buy preemie? i have a 3 pack i think of nb, so was thinking of grabbing another one but wasnt sure if i should go nb or preemie size </p>