DS has long legs and ginormous feet (yet is only 10th percentile for height...anomaly he is!) so we always had issues with him not fitting into onesies with feet properley. Bonds make leggings for boys (stretchies i think they're called) you can get knitted type ones or just the regular cotton, I've seen them at the supermarket. Then you can put thick socks on his feet and tuck the bottom of the leggings into them. When he was a little less delicate those blasted 'easy suits' were pretty good too, they have no feet or just some little trackies with the longsleeved legless onesies and a woolly jumper.
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is he long allover, or mainly long legs?
if he is short torso, but long legs, i am guessing separates might fit better (different sizes)
heaps of boy coloured leggings around. Plus there are heaps of boyish Huggaluggs and babylegs to pick from (legwarmers).
To get bottoms long enough for extra long legs, i would try buying bottoms (e.g jeans) that are a size too big, but have an adjustable waist (which you might have to put on the smallest setting). big w has quite a few like this.
and for summer, buy the "long short" instead of short shorts. again in one size too big, but with adjustable waist.
If the whole onesie thing is too complicated, in the very early days, an alternative might be to swaddle instead.
the benefit of swaddling too, nothing to be "untucked"
in general, i would upsize EVERYTHING. So tops hang longer, bottoms end longer.
but i am saying this, without really understanding if your bub is LONG TORSO and LONG LEGS, or just LONG LEGS.
Wow, all these baby products I didn't know existed! Winter boys are so much more complicated than summer girls. We have one bonds easysuit, the things are horrible so I don't know why I didn't throw it out. Its currently being worn by a stuffed cat as 'jamas, the stupid opening at the back is perfect for its tail to stick through.
I don't know which bit of him exactly is long, to me he looks in proportion but the midwives and clothes disagree so I think its torso *and* legs. He's very cute, of course
Going to get interesting as he gets older I imagine. The two girls are both tall and thin (especially the older one) and its easy to get long tops for girls, you just get those smock/tunic style ones that are almost a dress - and of course dresses. I get the older one 2 sizes bigger in the top than the bottom for length and put her in boots so you can't tell her jeans are too short. Boys stuff is really baggy to start with, he's going to look like he's wearing a tent!
He's going to be a very dainty boy. I'm normally 5'6" and about 53kg, other half is 5'9" and about 67kg. That combination does not a beefcake make. We're in the country so we don't have to go far to find perfectly proportioned strapping young WOMEN who are bigger than both of us.
I went through all the stuff in the cupboard .. all the 000 sleeveless onesies are too short in the body but the 00 ones all look fine. So, I have this collection of spring/summer 000 stuff (and some 0000 I missed) in neutrals if anyone wants it. Entirely onesies though, everything else was girly stuff and I already got rid of that.
I bought some overalls off Oztion and have a bid on a bunch of pants on Ebay that is ending veeery soon so now we're down to needing jackets and those 'stretchies' thingies
Kinda sucks not being near any baby stores, I have to send the other half out to buy things and he doesn't like to make decisions on this kind of stuff without me, and eBay doesn't work out good value for single items so I have to research before I send the lad out shopping ...
Lumpfeatures has helpfully put on a few kilos around the middle (he looks like a little Buddah if you sit him up) to even things out, and is now 75th percentile in weight AND length. He was born right on the 50th for weight and 75th for length.
Anyone who says breastfed babies are small can take my baby and shove it :P
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