NB size
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Topic: NB size
Posted By: JessDub
Subject: NB size
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 7:15am
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How long was your baby in NB/0000 size clothing before wearing 0-3 months?
I can't recall with DS, though I do remember the mountain of spilly and poopy washing. Having a winter baby this time, I want to make sure I have enough woollen stuff. ------------- 
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Posted By: MuppetsMama
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 7:46am
it totally depends on birth size. My first was 9lb 6oz and was only in NB for about a week or 2. My second was 7lb 8oz and was in NB for about 4 or 5 weeks. 
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Posted By: Jaune
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 8:02am
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My DS was 8lb 7oz (3.84kg) and was in NB stuff for about 3 weeks...but the 0-3 size wasn't overly huge on him. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Whateversville
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 8:07am
| My DS was 7lb15oz and was in PREM size for 2-3weeks because NB was too big, then moved to NB for another 3-4 weeks. |
Posted By: Danda08
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 9:00am
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And it depends on the clothing - soooo frustrating! I've just bought long sleeve onsies from Baby City for my 8 month old girls - who are on the small side but not tiny, in newborn size!
And they are just fitting some 0-3 month pants from Pumpkin Patch yet have outgrown others the same size from Pumpkin Patch. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 9:20am
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about three days - he was 9lb8 and has a wickedly big noggun so his head wouldnt fit through a lot of the necklines!!
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Posted By: newme
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 9:27am
| My bub was 9lb 5oz, and was in nb for about a week. But a lot of nb was too small for him even then. |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 9:43am
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I think it depends on their size at birth... DD was only 3kg 54cm long at birth and she grew very quickly - was 4kg and 55cm by 4 weeks/1 month and by 5 weeks was in 0-3 sizing. Though she oddly enough had one outfit that was NB 56cm and 4kg that still fitted perfect when she was 60cm and 8kg... - Go figure!
The other thing is the may be skinny but long or short and chubby... And not all babies fit NB. I was told not to buy NB at all but when DD was born NB was massive on her (though she wasn't prem) but fitted within a week. So I did have a lot of 0-3. And tbh I didn't realise babies (NB anyway) were so small! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 10:57am
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Depends on who makes them, I've found Kmart stuff is really generous fit same with wee babes range from The Warehouse. I've also stayed away from stuff with feet, I put socks on DD instead as the AIO's with feet were the first things she grew out of.
I had the same prob Lil_Nic, then DD was born and she was in premie size for the first 4 weeks. DD is 4 months old and still in 0-3 months size clothes. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 1:25pm
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Sizing is all different. I've found PP to be a bit on the small side, with The Warehouse one of their brands is on the small side and another on the bigger side. DD was 6mo and fitting a few size 2 items! Kmart is quite generous with sizing too and Farmers seem to be slightly bigger as well. Cotton on seems to be on the small side though. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 1:35pm
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Bethy has just grown out of all of them. She weighs 11lb/5kg now, was 8lb 5oz at birth -------------  |
Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 2:00pm
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My older 2 (8lb 13oz & 9lb 2oz at birth) were in them for about 4 weeks. Whereas my youngest (8lb at birth) was probably in them for about 6 weeks. I agree that it depends on your baby, i.e. if they are long and lean or short and chubby and also the manufacturers as the sizes all seem so different. ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: mizpix
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 2:08pm
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My wee boy, was 7lb 9 oz and 54 cm long. About half my NB was too big for him for quite a while. I think from memory he outgrew most of it by about 4 months although the odd thing he was in up till 6 months. He was a very long skinny baby till about 4 months old. He then kind of just went into 3-6 month stuff. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/2920e5" rel="nofollow - My Ovulation Chart |
Posted By: KatzWtgn
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 2:59pm
Funny, I found PP to be more generous and Farmers to be smaller! I do like the PP stuff with the adjustable waistbands though -- some of the 3-6 month stuff that was adjustable, DS wore from 6 weeks right through to 8 months! Agree with you on Cotton On -- that was really small. DS couldn't fit their newborn stuff at all - he was 8lb 5. ------------- [IMG]http://lb3f.lilypie.com/rGG7p13.png] |
Lil_Nic9 wrote:Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 3:11pm
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I could possibly have them mixed up! Although I have found the Farmers stuff - she wears them longer. I do love the adjustable waistbands though! Love those! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 3:12pm
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DS was 8lb 6oz at birth and was in prem clothing for about a week or two. I think he moved into 0-3month clothes at about 6 weeks.
But, like the others have said, it depends on where they come from. PP is huge I find, he was still in a lot of PP newborn stuff at 8weeks, even now at 14months DS is in 6-12month clothing with plenty of room. -------------  
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Posted By: _Deb_
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 3:19pm
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My first was 9lb 11oz and 54cm. He was only in NB for maybe a couple of weeks and that was only if they were a generous fit. He fit a lot of 0-3m clothes from birth.
My second was 8lb 1oz and 52cm. She fit NB for around 6 or so weeks i think. ------------- 
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Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 3:41pm
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Jacob was big, but not huge - 9lb 1oz - and he hardly fit our NB clothes for long at all. In his case, he had really chubby thighs / bottom, and things just stopped doing up. -------------   
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Posted By: JessDub
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 3:44pm
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Hmmm, all so different. DS1 was 8lb 13oz and about 54 cm - long and skinnyish. I remember thinking that I didn't have enough NB stuff when he was born, thinking he'd a huge baby.
I think I'll be looking for some woollen nighties (AIO are annoying IMO!) in NB size, then it doesn't matter if he's too long. -------------
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Posted By: Kalimirella
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 5:03pm
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My DD was 9lb10 and fit 0-3mths straight away and fit a few of the bigger NB things for a couple of weeks. Then again by 4 weeks she was already over 5kg the little piglet. ------------- Kiara is 3 and Teagan is 2, now we're expecting our long awaited 3rd! http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 01 March 2011 at 10:45am
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I was sorting through DDs clothes last night (6-12mo) and noticed on PP that some had 'length 72cm' while others said 'length 76cm'... Thought that was interesting. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: snugglebug
Date Posted: 01 March 2011 at 3:09pm
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My basby was 8 pound 8 and he fit most newborn things up until 6 weeks, was wearing some 0-3 month at the same time. Started putting him in 3-6 months about 8 or 9 weeks and they were a little big, growing into them now and he's 6.8kg. So I had a big-ish baby and newborn fit for a reasonable time, I actually had to get more newborn things as I didn't buy many cos I didn't think they would fit. ------------- Me 28, DH 29 DS born 20 Nov 2010 (4 years old) #2 due October 7 http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: _Deb_
Date Posted: 01 March 2011 at 4:34pm
Hehe. Same with my boy. He was 5.22kg at 3weeks 2 days. -------------
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Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 01 March 2011 at 6:53pm
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Jacob was similar - I'll have to go look up what he was at that age -------------
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Posted By: Kalimirella
Date Posted: 01 March 2011 at 7:56pm
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By the time we started using cloth nappies at closer to 6 weeks she fit straight into the medium ittis (chubby as thighs!!!) ------------- Kiara is 3 and Teagan is 2, now we're expecting our long awaited 3rd! http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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