Anyone else expecting a November sparkler? *Updated with due dates!*

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so, I have been going through all of the boy type stuff I have been given for baby to see what isn't too boyish that she can wear. I was able to keep like 1/4 of it. I hope I am lucky and can find free deals on girly stuff like I did the boy stuff otherwise this poor baby will be living in like 5 outfits. Well, I do have like 8 onesies so that will help
 
Congrats on the scans ladies! Six more days until our reveal party so I can find out too!! :happydance:

Dazed, I'm sorry I can't keep track of who is having which gender but I wouldn't buy more than a week's worth of newborn outfits (or really as often as you want to do laundry) since they only go up to 7 pounds and many babies, boys especially, go straight into 3 month clothes. The other thing I found confusing with baby clothes the first time around is that the sizes (at least with the Carters brand) is the end size not the start size so size 3 months is actually 0-3, size 6 months is actually 3-6, etc. So we bought a ton of outfits based on it being the start size and they were the wrong season. My mom still has trouble keeping track of this and buys clothes that are too small or will only fit for a couple more weeks.
 
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How many newborn outfits should I get? X
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It's hard to know what to tell you. It depends on how big your kids are when they're born. Mine were 4 lb. 13 oz. and 8 lb. 3 oz, and they both stayed in newborn outfits for a while. DS2 (bigger baby) could wear newborn size for a month or so because even though he was bigger in weight, he was tiny-waisted, DS1 was in newborn size a whole lot longer (obviously). If it were me, and I knew I was having a baby shower, I'd just wait and see how many I got then, because people tend to gift newborn outfits. Then if I still needed some, I'd go buy them.
 
With dd1 I was advised tobuy 0_3 months an not new born she was bornat 41 weeks and weighed 5lb 2oz dh had to go out and buy tiny baby for her lol if possible get one going home outfit some sleep suits and vests in newborn about 7 then if you can ask for gift cards for your shower then you can wait an see how big bubba is
 
No one told me not to buy newborn with DD so we had TONS. And then around eight months someone told me it was pointless to buy newborn because of the 7 pound thing and I was devastated. DD ended up coming four weeks early and still weighed 6 pounds 5 ounces so e were able to use all the newborn clothes. She had almost no fat on her at birth since that build up in the last few weeks of pregnancy though so she wore newborn for probably 5-6 weeks. After that she fit the carters sizes perfectly fitting into 3 month until she turned 3 months and six month size until she turned about 7 months. I skipped 9 month clothing almost altogether though and went straight to 12 month since they were just a tiny boy too big and I had a hell of a time finding anything in the 9mo size. Now at 10 months old she is still wearing the 12mo size for the most part. She has a couple 18 month things she just about fits into though. Anyway, my point is they grow so quickly don't spend a fortune all on one size. My mom bought so many outfits in 3mo and 6mo that DD only wore each one once or twice.
 
On top of the groth speed as much as we all want to think we will dress them in a new outfit every day in reality for a lot of us we are so tired baby spends most of the time in a sleepsuit or at least thats what happened with me
 
Lol, it's the other way around for me! Abigail wore a new outfit every day as a newborn. I had so many I wanted to be sure she wore them all at least once. Now that she's older and doesn't have a crazy over abundance of clothes, she definitely spends more time in jammies. But she stayed sttn at 6 weeks so I wasn't super tired whereas now she wakes every 2-3 hours and I'm exhausted! :)
 
https://www.sfgate.com/news/medical...n-is-no-pulled-muscle-it-s-a-baby-4579829.php

:saywhat::-k
 
BubsMom17 said:
https://www.sfgate.com/news/medical...n-is-no-pulled-muscle-it-s-a-baby-4579829.php

:saywhat::-k
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I live in Minnesota and that is crazy it was not on the news here or anything, But it was in the California paper? Crazy. That is one strong momma
 
peanutmomma said:
BubsMom17 said:
https://www.sfgate.com/news/medical...n-is-no-pulled-muscle-it-s-a-baby-4579829.php

:saywhat::-k
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I live in Minnesota and that is crazy it was not on the news here or anything, But it was in the California paper? Crazy. That is one strong momma
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Yeah it's a San Francisco paper. A friend of mine from the Bay Area showed it to me.

As a pregnant woman, I am SHOCKED you can't know! I know it happens, I have watched "I didn't know I was pregnant" a thousand times. But the shock never wears off for me!
 
My gosh. That story is incredible. I just can't imagine not knowing I was pregnant. Hubby worked with a lady that was a bit over 6 months pregnant when she found out she was pregnant. She'd had some kind of illness or something that made her go to the hospital where they found out her problem was coming from being pregnant. Insane!
 
When my friend was pregnant with her daughter she didn't know for over 5 months! She got regular af's and happened to go to ER for an extreme migrane and b4 they gave her meds they checked urine got a BFP and then did an ultrasound to determine how far along. My friend figured she was only like 4 weeks and was like 18-20 she almost fainted!
 
That is wild. I've watched that show Didn't Know I was Pregnant or whatever it's called, and I just shake my head because I can't imagine being in their shoes.
 
I worked with a lady who didn't know until five months. It's nuts. Dh and I weren't trying and had been told we wouldn't conceive naturally anyway so it was furthest from my mind and I still just KNEW. Based on my dating scan, I figured it out at 12dpo and I waited 2-3 days to test so it was actually even earlier!!
 
1. Speaking of crazy stories, my boss was telling me about this story she saw on tv: https://www.khq.com/story/22498333/my-babys-dying-911-call-captures-twins-harrowing-highway-birth OMG!!

2. Re: baby clothes-- I recommend going to thrift stores or consignment shops. There are always tons of the tiny sizes because babies wear them for such a short time. DS was (and is) big and I still ended up borrowing some more newborn stuff from a friend because he spit up constantly all day long and so I was constantly changing him. I really only ever put him in sleepers until he was 5 or 6 months old-- so much easier. This time I will only add sleepers with zippers. Snaps take forever and it's easy to align them wrong in the middle of the night when you are half asleep. Do not buy anything for a newborn that fastens in the back-- you will not use it more than once. The other thing is with the sizes that will drive you mad is that different sizes mean different things in each brand. 3 months size in Carters is bigger than 3 months in Koala Kids which is bigger than Gap etc. I got a bunch of handmedowns and ended up matching them by physical size rather than what the label said. Very frustrating. Plus depending on if your baby is wider or narrower you might find some brands don't work as well.
 
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