How Do You know which Size You need more of?

[belfie]

Also, if they're wearing stuff that's too big, you can roll up stuff a bit easier when there's no feet.

We bought a few of each... and DS was 7lb 70z and wore the 0000's for a good month or so. I just made sure I bought super cheap stuff for the 0000's in case I didn't get much use out of them. The Bonds nighties are awesome in terms of sizing - they're so simple that there's more margin for size variation to fit any size/width. He could actually still fit into 000's or even 0000's in the nighties at 4 months (and he was 7.6 KILOGRAMS by then!) and wearing 00's or 0's in the daytime!!!!

I must admit, I was all thumbs to start with and I found that using clothes that fit him a bit better was easier for a klutzy nervous first-time mum!

[Gigi]

i got given tiny sizes by well meaning people (who had never had kids) so didn't buy any 00000 myself.

i spent my pregnancy buying 000 and 00 in opshops. mainly transeasonal, some summer, some winter. but all natural fibres. babies overheat easily, so i avoided synthetic stuff.

the sizes i bought more of, well my answer to that was, if you get to the stage where everything that fits your bub is
- in the washing basket to be washed
- waiting to dry
then you prolly need more of the current size.

i got more use out of two piece items, than the all in ones.
i got most use out of the things that did up easily, at the front. Hated the clothes that had back fastenings. anything awkward to do up - i ditched. did not have the energy to waste on badly designed stuff.

my bub arrived in a heatwave, so nappy, singlet and muslin wrap was all she really needed for first few months. i was unprepared with baby sunscreen and what to dress her in to make her sunsafe for that first summer. I now find out, it's unadvisable to take newborns out in the sun for first six months, so maybe it's a blessing that my PND was so bad, i didn't take her out anywhere anyhoo, (except for hospital visits we were driven to).

if you're having a July bub, a pram snug might be useful to you. it's like a blanket that zips onto the pram bit the baby lies in.

[Glamourcide]

We were given bucketloads of hand-me-downs in 000's and 00's, DD was 8lb1oz born so she fit quite well into them (it was also the middle of winter so having clothes that little bit baggy helped insulate too, there was room for a singlet underneath etc). A couple of people gave us 0000's and they still have the tags on, she was just too big for them (very long and very fat bub, considering the four other bubs in hospital with us at the time were between 6lb and just under 8lb, she was the big fatty of the group lol ).
It's hard to know how big your bub will be, but I personally am erring on the side of caution with bub-to-be and am sticking with nothing smaller than 000, if she ends up being tiny and needs smaller clothes I'll just send DH and mum out to grab a few bits and pieces - it really doesn't matter much if their clothes are too big, you get heaps of use out of them, and it's a waste of money if they only fit a size for a week or two before getting too big for it.
I too was told that Bonds gear runs a bit small in the sizes, but then their stuff is pretty stretchy too so maybe that makes up for it? I never really noticed a difference, the main brands I put DD in were Bonds and Dymples.
And I didn't realise until she was a few months old that nobody else dresses their babies in those long-john like suits all day, every day - my friends were all dressing their 4-day-old babies in miniature jeans and polo shirts and frilly dresses for outings, meanwhile I was just taking DD out and about in her 'pyjamas' because I figured there was no point in buying fancy little clothes she was just going to grow out of soon!!