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B was pretty tiny (6lbs 8 oz) so we were in newborn clothes and dipes for well over a month. At that age, you don't leave the house that much so we would just keep putting him in the same outfits because we knew he'd grow out of them fairly quickly.

As for dipes, newborns poop A LOT. Like a lot, a lot. We went through quite a few cases of newborn dipes. But, if your baby is born bigger then you might move up to size one faster than B did.

To be safe, I would buy more dipes than you need but not as much clothes. You can always return/exchange for a bigger size later.

Yes, we definitely needed them b/c our daughter was only 6 lbs 8oz at birth. I've heard from others who had bigger babies who didn't need them at all though. We actually had almost no NB clothes when DD was born, so we just ran out and grabbed a few outfits -- mostly footed PJs -- when she was born, and that was really all we needed for the first few weeks until she solidly fit into 0-3 M.

C was just over 8 pounds at birth and is still in newborn clothes. She could be in nb diapers too but we ran out and just started using the size ones. She's almost 6 weeks now and about 9.5 pounds.

For clothes I would say to not buy a lot but plan to do a lot of laundry. We go through the same 5 outfits pretty much.

Also keep in mind different brands and sizing- gerber runs small so their nb onesies are too small now but 0-3 gerber fit her perfectly. All other 0-3 are still too big. But C is pretty dainty

Diapers remember you are going to go through so many in te first couple of weeks. Maybe we were bad diaper changers but once she started pooping, we'd frequently go through two just in one diaper change bc she would poop on it before we even fastened the clean one.

DS was 7lb15oz and 20.5in at birth. He wore newborn footed pjs for almost 6 weeks. He was swimming in 0-3 months, so we just bought a few newborn sizes. It really depends on the size of your baby and how quickly they fatten up. I think a few packs of newborn diapers can't hurt since you'll use them up so fast anyways.

LO was 7,9 and we we're only in newborn diapers for a couple weeks. She outgrew the newborn onesies by about a month. We used a lot of 0-3month outfits.

My recommendation would be to buy a couple, then see if you need more when LO gets here. Even though my LO was not very big, she was really long and couldn't fit into a lot of the newborn clothes.

LO is 3 weeks, 3 days today. And just this week he stopped fitting in newborn clothes and fitting better in 0-3m and some 3-6m that run smaller. We're doing cloth but have been putting him in disposables for outings and nights when they run out. He's still in the newborn diapers and they fit him perfect. But the diapers we have are size 1, so we've just been folding them down. So I would go ahead and stock up on diapers.

We were in NB clothes and diapers for about 2-3 weeks. And we only had ONE NB sleeper, which sucked! We just kept washing it so he could keep wearing it, which was such a pain!

I would buy more newborn diapers than clothes. We never put our 7 lb 6oz in newborn clothes, just 0-3 kimono tops for the first couple of months.

Depends on how big your baby is. LO was over ten and very long. She skipped newborn and was in 0-3 for just four weeks. She had crazy leaks when we tried the hospitals nb sized diapers so we started in ones.

We planned to skip newborn stuff since the ultrasound estimated LO to be 9.5lbs. She ended up being 6lbs 10oz. We had been given a pack of newborn diapers and we just ordered more from Amazon when we got home.

@ladybee: K was 7lbs5oz at birth, and she is just now outgrowing her newborn clothes and diapers at three weeks. We actually had to go out and buy MORE diapers and newborn sleepers for her. Now, she's too long for her NB footed sleepers, but the 0-3 months are massive in the body. She's long and skinny though.

I thought we wouldn't use newborn stuff so only had one pack of NB diapers and a few NB onesies. I was so wrong!! DS was 7lb 14 oz and while that is pretty average, it is so much tinier in real life than I had imagined. Next time I'll stock up on a couple cases of NB diapers and have more onesies/sleepers on hand. You won't want to do laundry those first few weeks so it would have been nice to not have to. I also wasn't in the mood to shop (even online) for newborn stuff after he was born, but some women bounce back from their delivery faster than I did.

DD is still in NB clothing and diapers, and is seven weeks old. She was 6lbs 14 oz at birth, but dropped 10% of her birth weight that first week. She was 9lbs 12 oz on Tuesday. I expect another weekor two before we move up to 0-3 clothing and size 1 dipes. However, LO is quite a petite baby. I shopped for more NB sizes after she was born. As a summer baby, we needed more airy dresses that didn't fall right off her shoulders.

I had the same internal debate! I bought a small pack of NB diapers. A LOT of friends said they used NB clothes, so I bought one nice new going home outfit, and then a box of used NB clothes. I think having a few (and then going out and buying some if you do need them) will work- or buy a bunch and only wash a few, so you can return.