LO was born at 36 weeks and weighed 6lbs. Wondering if we should buy him some preemie sleepers or just make do with the nb stuff. Will it be a waste if I got a few preemie things? Where would I even find them?
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there are stores online that sell preemie clothes. we bought some preemie carters onesies that you can get on amazon. they grow sooooo fast i would only buy one set of onesies if you're going to buy something. olive was 4 lbs 15 oz and did fit into the preemie onesies for a while, but she also quickly fit into nb sizes.
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@jedeve: Congrats!! My LO was 6 lbs 2 oz and she fit into newborn size just fine - and really only for a few weeks. We thought about preemie stuff, but it is REALLY small!! Also, Target and Carters actually sell preemie stuff in the stores.
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My LO was born at 34 weeks and weighed 4lbs 8 ozs. He wore preemie for about a month. Your LO sounds pretty big for a preemie, I would go with NB clothes.
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It took DD about three weeks before preemie stuff didn't fit- we brought her home at 4.5lbs, even though she was born full term. I got some sleepers and onesies, about 1 pack each. ETA- I got them at BRU.
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Carters has some preemie stuff that we used. E was 5 lbs. 15 oz. and 18 1/2 inches. He could wear the onsies for a while, but he outgrew the sleepers length wise really quickly (within 2-3 weeks). F was only 4 lbs. 4 oz. and 17 inches, and he wore preemie clothes for probably at least 2 months. That might give a little perspective for whether it's worth it. Even with E, I thought it was nice to have some onsies so he wasn't swimming in everything, but if I had only had him, I wouldn't have wanted many things. If you want to just grab some cheap onsies, I've noticed a lot of consignment stores have a small preemie section.
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I didnt have preemies, but I did have two small babies. Blake was 4 lb 15 oz and was swimming in NB. We got him a few preemie things (whatever my parents could find locally at Babies R Us, Target and Bergners) but he was long (19 in) so he outgrew the preemie things in length very quickly. Alice was 5 lb 15 oz and we had her in NB from the start. The sleeves and pants were long for her for a few weeks, but she fit NB pretty well. I'm guessing at 6 lb you wouldn't get much use of preemie clothes, but might depend on the proportions of your LO too.
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If you do decide to buy a couple of preemie outfits, there are some clearance outfit sets on Carter's right now (2 onesies and pant sets). I've been looking bc we may end up have a small baby.
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Lo was born early too at 5lbs 13 oz at birth and my mil bought us a few premie footed sleepers but they didn't work for us lengthwise-- lo was too tall (19 in). Carter's nb sizes worked best for us! Especially the side snap t shirts-- we had her in those and diapers most of the time, inside summer infant nb sleep sacks. She's just growing out of them now at 11 weeks
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We had a few premie sizes because my smaller twin was swimming in newborn sizes. I bought a few Onsies and sleepers and pants. The rest I bought new born sizes and they fit them in a week or two.
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I did not have a preemie, but C was in between NB and 0-3 stuff for a while and I noticed that since Gerber onesies run really small, the 0-3 Gerber onesies fit her while the Carters ones were still too big. So you could try getting a pack of Gerber NB and they would probably fit until the regular NB stuff fits.
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Hmm sounds like I might just skip. We don't have a carters or a bru here do by the time anything shipped he probably wouldn't get much use out of it.
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@runnerd: Ahhh no! I have so much (unworn!) stuff to send you!
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I think it depends on length + weight. J was 6lbs 4oz and dropped down to 6 lbs, and he fit into preemie for a while because he was 18 in and his head and body were out of proportion. We actually had to switch from NB to preemie diapers for a while, too.
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M was 5lbs 4oz and we went straight to NB. She wore little t-shirts from the hospital and blankets at the beginning and then NB sleep & plays pretty soon. Congratulations!
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@spaniellove: I'll definitely be messaging you when we find out how he's measuring on Thursday!
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My baby weighed 3lbs 9oz and was only in preemie clothes for maybe a month. I would stick with NB size...they grow SO fast!
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I didn have a preemie but I had this experience with newborn sizes, because LO was smaller than anticipated (barely over 7 lbs.) My advice would be to buy them. I got sick of the baggy clothes and bought LO newborn sizes and she ended up stayin in them 6-8 weeks. I doubt it'll be that long for preemie stuff but I love looking back at newborn pics in clothes that fit LO, silly as that may be!
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DD is still too small for preemie clothes, but we've been given onesies/outfits from Target and Walmart in the store. They have a very limited selection (like 2 different sets of onesies) but that might be all you need. I've also been looking at Carters online but it will be awhile before we need anything so I haven't purchased any yet.
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