Can 8lb babies wear newborn clothing/diapers? What’s the lbs cutoff for newborn?

Another 8lb 3oz baby but we went straight to 0-3 month sizes because DD was tall. Like PPs have said, there's no magic formula. Just don't invest heavily in newborn sizes (get some secondhand NB onesies from the dollar bin or graciously accept what are likely to be pristine NB hand-me-downs) and you'll be ok.

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05/26/2018 20:11

Subject: Can 8lb babies wear newborn clothing/diapers? What’s the lbs cutoff for newborn?

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I think we used NB diapers with our 9 pounders for a couple weeks.

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05/27/2018 15:47

Subject: Can 8lb babies wear newborn clothing/diapers? What’s the lbs cutoff for newborn?

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Anonymous wrote:My 8.5 lb baby was in newborn clothes for the first month or so. Her hospital outfit was 0-3 month fleece footed PJ (Carters) that she was swimming in. There is so much variation in sizing, even within a single brand sometimes. Gap newborn would definitely fit a 8 lb baby since they run large.

+1. Both my 8lb kids wore newborn diapers for a month and newborn clothes home from the hospital. Wore a lot of too-big 0-3 size stuff because everyone told us not to buy newborn sizes

This. One was 20in and one 22, the former was in nb about 6 weeks, the latter about a month.