New Born sizing... confused.. what size was your newborn?

[mareegirl]

Ok, so I'm only 7.5 weeks along, but I'd like to start buying clothes etc each month so I'm not hit with a huge expense when the baby is about due.

But the sizing confuses me. How big is a new born usually (i know there will be huge variations, but on AVERAGE)? 0000 seems so TINY!! DH thinks 000 is too big (he can't imagine 'something that size coming out of your you know what'...

So what size were your newborns?

[Nelle]

My first was 9lb 4oz (I think that's 4.2kg), and didn't really fit 0000. My second was 7lb 9oz (I think that's 3.5kg?), and he was 0000 for awhile.

My advice is this: get lots of 000's, because remember a baby will be all wrapped up anyway, so it doesn't matter if the clothes are a little big, and they grow so fast in the early days. And if bub is small, they'll fit eventually. Buy a few 0000 clothes, and then if bub turns out to be 0000, you can send dh/friend/family to the shops for more.

Something to keep in mind is that Bonds tend to size a little small (I think that's still the case?) so a bonds 000 is kind of inbetween a 0000 and 000 in my opinion.

[~Raven~]

Mine have all been about 7.5kg and were in 0000 bonds suits for a couple of weeks. Annoyingly the 000 ones were too big and they would lose their arms and legs in them.
You could get a few of both 0000 and 000 for the hospital to be on the safe side and send someone out for more once bub is born

[~Trish~]

Wow Raven, 7.5kg, what big babies! (I'm guessing you mean 7lb 5oz? )

My boys were (DS1) 3.75kg and (DS2) 4.03kg and both started out in 0000's, but didn't last very long in them. Like Raven said, 000's were just too big at the start. So I would only buy a few 0000's. And like Nelle said, the Bonds wondersuits are usually a size smaller than what is on the label, so their 000's would be perfect for a newborn

[Nicambhar]

mmmmm yes, Raven, think you have brought new meaning to "tearing a new one" PML...

Back on track, Bella was 6lb and she wore 00000 - 000000's and she did wear them for a quick a while.. It's kind of hard to know what size bub your going to have so I'd opt for just a few things in 0000 and 000's until the baby is born.

[Ella]

Hi Maree,
My DS was a bit smaller than the ladies above. He was 6 pound 1ounce, ok 3.1kgs. He was born at term but was just nice and little.

He fitted into 00000 (5, 0's) for a couple of weeks and then 4x0's for about a month.

My advice... buy a few of everything... we did and what we didn't use, makes great presents when friends have kids.

If you're not going cloth nappies (we use disposables) then I would advise focusing on buying a pack of them every fortnight, also wipes and baby wash. These are the things that are more costly than the clothes and although they don't look as cute as little suits in bubby's room. You will thank yourself for doing it when the little one comes!

[~Raven~]

That should be about 3.5kg or 7lb somethingorather PMSL!

Time to go make the kids breakfast and have another coffee

[Jellyfish]

DD was 2.9kg and in 0000's for a good few weeks. She fit 00000 for a while but we didn't have many so just wore 0000's which were kind of swimming on her at first haha. She was full term, just a little bub!

It is hard to know what you will be needing!

[sloane]

DS was 3.99kg when he was born & he fit into 0000's & still does - when he was weighed last week he was 5.1kg. i don't think he has long left in them though!!

as others have said, bonds are smaller than others - he's wearing their 000 singlets and never fit in the two 0000 wondersuits i bought.

[~Kim~]

The other girls have given great advice so I won't add to that, but what I did for my first bub (cos I was too scared to buy anything) was put money into a separate savings account every pay, that way when I wanted to start buying the money was there and it wasn't a huge cost burden.
Keep in mind too that if it's your first bub, people will buy heaps of stuff for you.

[Janie71]

My DD was 3.240kg (7lb 2oz I think) and she fitted into 0000 for about a month. We just got about 4-5 0000 cheap outfits and the rest was given to us as presents. My advice, don't buy too many as you will more than likely get lots of gifts. You can always send someone out to buy more stuff if you need it!

Best of Luck,
Janie xxx

[Trillian]

Another thing to remember too is that your bubs will be born in the autumn, so the weather will be cooler by then at night, so if the 000 are a bit big, you just pop a pair of socks on over the top to keep the feet of the suit on their feet, and roll their sleeves up if it's a little long because if cost is a factor to you, then you don't want to have a heap of clothes that they grow out of in no time at all and then have to get bigger ones. And yep, people will buy you a lot of clothes as gifts, but it is usually always little outfits that aren't always practicle for everyday wear around home and in my experience they tend to buy 00 so bubs gets wear out of it for longer. Baby clothes will vary loads from brand to brand too - Bonds is quite small sizing, whereas Pumpkin Patch can be bigger. The target, and BigW brands are about the same for sizing. Personally I never brought anything smaller than 000 and I never needed to - my smallest bub was 3.85kg and only 52cm, but bonds 000 suits fitted her really well, the feet didn't hang down or anything but the target suits did, so I put socks on the feet. My biggest baby was in 000 onesies for only a week before he outgrew them.

Kim has some great advice too about putting a little money away each week because you will have all the big ticket items to buy too like a bassinette/cot, car seat, pram, change table etc (although not a necessity) and linen if you don't have anyone to get hand-me-downs from and when you start shopping around for that stuff it can be a bit daunting to see the price tags.

[[M]umma[M]ia]

DD was born 3.5 kg (7pd12oz) and she was in 00000's for a few weeeks, 0000's for what seemed like ages.. (prob till about 2-3 months) and then 000's for the longest. She is 9.5 months now and mainly in 00 with a couple 0's and weighs 9.5 kgs.

[DaintreeDream]

DD was 2.9kg and in 0000's for a good few weeks. She fit 00000 for a while but we didn't have many so just wore 0000's which were kind of swimming on her at first haha. She was full term, just a little bub!

It is hard to know what you will be needing!

My DD was 2.9kg also and full term! She was in 00000's for about 2 weeks and then 0000 for a couple of months, she was short but with long arms so we had to go up a size for the arm length to 000 but still in 0000 pants for quiet a while.

[LaDeeDa]

DS was 10.5lb (4.9kg???) and he went straight into 000...

One thing to remember too if you are going with sposies is don't stock up ...I bought 2 boxes of newborn nappies which are up to 5kgs and had a 5kg baby so they were pretty useless (and of course being an organised first time mum I had unpacked them all and put them in a nappy stacker so couldn't return them)

[~clover~]

I bought a few 0000 suits for the girls. DD1 was 3.2kgs & fit them for the first 6 - 8 weeks. She was really skinny! DD2 was 3.8kgs & fit them for 2 weeks.
I just bought 000's for DS. He was just lighter than DD2.

I'd get a few 0000 things, but not many. Maybe just some bonds suits, & get everything else 000's.

[{sarah}]

My baby girl was 9lb 14oz and was in 0000 for two weeks, the only issue was her feet were too big really. I hate the oversized baggy look on my babies so I was happy to have 4-5 0000 suits just to cover those first few weeks. One thing to remember is that Bonds sizing is generally a size smaller, so if you're buying wondersuits a 000 is closer to any other branded 0000

[rufalina]

Another thing to remember is the length of the baby. My DS hated 0000 suits as they were crampy in his legs, so even though he was 3.3 kgs I used the 000 suits for his comfort. And in Bonds the cozy cufs are good, as they have the fold over feet as well as hands so you can get a bit more wear out of them.

And Ditto on LaDeeDa and the nappies. I moved DS up to the bigger size sposie very quickly.