NB size

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.

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.

about three days - he was 9lb8 and has a wickedly big noggun so his head wouldnt fit through a lot of the necklines!!

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!

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.

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.

Lil_Nic9 wrote: 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.

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.

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.

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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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.