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My LO was 7 lbs when she was born and stayed in the newborns until she was 5.5 weeks old. I had a couple footed sleepers and 5-6 onesies, and a couple of cute outfits in the newborn size. She stayed in the 0-3 month sizes until she was 4.5 months old.

LO was 8 lbs. when she was born but fit perfectly into newborn clothes.

I wouldn't personally buy too many clothing items - especially not NB sized clothes. *everyone* gives you clothes (seriously, LO has a large 4 drawer dresser and it's FULL of clothes - and that's just the NB-6 months stuff! We've only bought her maybe 5-6 outfits, the rest were gifts).

I noticed the same with Carter's! They're huge. I think they run big because even their newborn sizes aren't teenie tiny.
You'll have your final ultrasound to see sizing and breech at 36w right? You could always wait until then and see since they'll be able to tell you approx weight and length.

Our 0-3 has fit for the first 3 months, and we have a lot in this size. (Most things that say 3 months seem to be the same size as 0-3 in my opinion). He's 2.5 months now and I'm thinking of giving them one more week. At first the stuff was a little bit big, but not crazy big. I thought it was cute. The pants I would just roll the waist bands, and anything long sleeve or long pant I would roll the cuffs too. Now the onesies are tight like muscle shirts. When I brought him to school last week the kids actually remarked, "Now his clothes fit him!".

Luckily we only had 3 newborn sleepers, which he outgrew very quickly...maybe 3 or 4 weeks.

Now, if you and your DH are small people, you will likely have a small baby. My friend's baby is 2 months older than mine and they are the same size right now. (Hers is a girl, and she and her DH are small people, where we are tall people).

I've noticed every brand is a little different. I feel like carters rns small. Little me, kissy kissy and Janie and Jack run big. I had a preemie, 4 lbs 8 ozs an he's outgrown carters preemie but the little me, Jack and Janie, and kissy kissy are
a little big. I think you would be safe getting a few newborn outfits for at least the first 2 weeks. You may want to get
a few different brands since the sizing seems to vary between brands.

I thought Baby Gap had a preemie line? I see items online in NB size pretty regularly.

IME, Baby Gap runs true to size, Carters and Ralph Lauren run small and Janie and Jack runs big.

Hard to say - you can always stock up on more sizes after birth. DS measured right on until 30w when he fell to 25th percentile. We never expected he would only be 5-5 and 17.5 in at birth though! He wore preemie the first few wks as well as newborn onesies and aleepers and then all newborn til now as well as some 0-3 At 5 wks he is just about 8 lbs and over 20 in and is just now outgrowing NB sizes though sone NB stuff still fits him. He got so many summer 3-6 month sizes that he probably will never wear (we live in Boston and by end of Sept it's cooler) Point is you just never know how big thu are going to be so in my view it's Better to wait.

@krsmall: I just looked, they have a section for special sizes, newborn up to 7 pounds. I never used that size in Baby Gap, so I can't say if it also runs TTS.

Some GAP stores have newborn boutiques. When I lived on the UWS of Manhattan, the Gap by me had one. I'd call and ask the store manager.

I wish I didn't just open up Janie and Jack's sale section...uhhh ohhh.

@looch: We went to Janie and Jack last night, and got 4 outfits on sale. Their stuff is so cute!!

I only read a few of the other posts, so hopefully I'm not too repetitive!

DS was born weighing 9lbs 5oz. We only had a handful of newborn outfits and he was able to wear them for 2-3 weeks. I think it was all sized for up to 10lbs but he was able to wear them a little passed that. We had tons of clothes in 0-3 months and, even though they were a little big at first, he grew into them quickly. Carters clothes run smaller than Walmart or Target, so we got more use out of a couple of things. I wouldn't buy many newborn outfits. I would see what you get as gifts and go from there. You can always send someone out to pick up some smaller clothes after your LO is born.

@looch: obsessed with J and J. Luckily grandma is more obsessed and does most of the buying from them ; )

My LO is 6 weeks old and she still wears NB. She was only 19 inches long though (and still is). I wish I had more newborn because 0 to 3 months is HUGE on her!