Alex was in 6 0s for a while, 5 0s for about two months, 4 0s for another two months, and then slowly slowly slowly catching up. But he was 1.9 kilos born. He's now 3.5, wears size 3 tops and size 2 shorts.

Ned, on the other hand.... 4.4 kilos born, started off in 3 0s, lasted a month before he was in 00s, is now fourteen months and wears only size 2, top and bottom.

My sons are 2 years and 3 months apart in age and wear the same size shorts! Won't be long before Ned wears the size 3 shirts either... Dad and XH often put Ned in Alex's shirts by mistake and you can hardly tell. Certainly with jumpers it's more difficult.

So I guess what I'm saying is that it's really variable from child to child!

(Although I did pass on a heap of 5 0s and 6 0s to another premmie mum from here!)