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We had some of both, but the 3-6 months will last so much longer. I don't mind if her clothes are too big on her, it saves money in the long run. We still buy too big, and she fits a 3, but we buy a 4.

I think either size is good, but I would have appreciated more 3-6 months, because people love to buy the tiny clothes, so I didn't have enough bigger sized clothes.

DD practically skipped 3-6. 6-9 or 9-12 got a lot more use.

I'm gonna differ and say sure, skip the nb but if you do that you'll definitely want 0-3 for the first few months unless your baby is a giant! I would also steer clear of season specific stuff (but onesies and sleepers are fine!) in larger sizes because you never know how quickly the kid will grow- it varies so much by baby. All the wintery stuff we got for DD got regifted for that reason, even though it was sweet for people to plan ahead. (For reference, she was over 9 lbs/23 inches and wore 0-3 for a couple of months, then generally wore a size bigger than her age for the first year)

You never know how big your baby will be, but yes, 0-3 month stuff won't last long. Plus at that age they are just kinda staying home and not really in "outfits". Even if they are in an outfit, you often can't really see it because tehy are scrunched up in the carseat or someones arms.

By 3-6m they actually look cute! The only thing I didn't think about the first time around is the crawling stage. Its hard for girls to crawl in dresses and its nice to have their knees covered up when they do start to crawl.

We used 0-3 for awhile although the 3-6 got more use. She wore 3-6 for a longer time period and we often changed after bad spills or blowouts. But we did need 0-3 in the beginning.

My 8 month old still fits in some 0-3 month clothes! I think you'll definitely need them. Unless you have an incredibly large baby, they'll get used! Many people skip newborn size but we got quite a bit of use out of them.

Both!

It really depends on your baby. My son was born at 34 weeks and he wore preemie, newborn, 0 - 3 month, etc. He was in preemie about a month. Newborn more than a month and 0-3 months FOREVER! So it is very child specific. The good news, is it's very easy to buy more clothes once your LO arrives.

We are probably the exception, but LO was in preemie/newborn until 3 months. If we had registered for/bought a lot of 3-6 month clothes we would have not used them, because they would have been the wrong season. I am personally in the camp of buying 0-3 and waiting on all other clothing (except hand me downs! Take all the hand me downs!) until you are almost ready for them. Also, if people do give you clothing I would leave the tags on until you are actually ready to use it...that way you can exchange for correct season clothing if it turns out your baby isn't the predicted size.

You really can't predict what you will need. I wouldn't register for clothes - you'll get them, and most will be 0-3mo. I had a small baby (6.5lbs at birth), and he wore NB for 7 weeks, and at 3.5 months is still mostly in 0-3mo. Have some NB on hand, but you can always buy more if your baby is small. I'd also be careful about buying too many 3-6 and 6-9 before baby gets here. I had to give away and lot of never worn stuff in those sizes because people gave us summer clothes, and it's almost Nov and he still can't wear them.

I was expecting my son to be well over 8 pounds, but he was about 7 pounds 8 ounces at birth and I didn't like the way some of the larger items looked soooo big on him, so I dressed him in a few 0-3 month things. I used sleepers almost exclusively the first 6 months, though.

I was told by so many people not to get many NB or 0-3 clothes, and I shouldn't have listened! My son was pretty big at birth - 8 lbs 5 oz and 21 inches - and he was in NB clothes until right around 4 weeks. He'll probably grow out of 0-3 right around 11/12 weeks.

I wouldn't register for clothes, but I'd take stock of what you have after your shower and get some NB/0-3 to have on hand in case you need them. Carters has a great return policy if you keep your receipts and tags. We had a few days in the early weeks where he'd go through 3 or 4 outfits in a day between blowouts/diaper leaks, spitting up, etc. and I was glad we had the extras!

Lo was really small-- she wore nb sizes for almost 3 mos! So it really depends on your baby