The Wacky World of Baby Sizes...

My child no longer fits in the 0-3 month side snap shirts. The sleeves are a little too short so her fingers are escaping and they are tight around her belly and she is only just over 3 weeks old. I was naive to think that age for sizes actually meant the baby's age especially when none of her newborn clothes fit her. My Kiddo was 8 lbs 12 oz and 21"  when she was born and the last time we weighed her she was 10lbs 11ozs. Sadly, they do not make fold-over long sleeve shirts for the over 3 months sizes which my little one desperately needs since she can easily get out of the mittens. I suspect by the time I figure out another way to make inescapable hand covers she will have grown enough to know that she is scratching herself up. In the last two or three days, we have been putting her in all kinds of clothes so we can get a snap shot of her in them since we doubt she will be able to wear them in a few days. I figure at least we can get a few hours use before she has completely grown out of them.

It be nice if baby clothes actually showed the weight and length rather than some random age that apparently means nothing. After some research on the internet and going through some baby clothes that do have the weight range here is some info on what those ages mean in term of size at least up until 6 months or so. Who knew that our kid would be wearing the 3-6 month size at 23 days of life in the outside world.

Age/Size	Weight	Length
Newborn	Up to 7 lbs, sometimes up to 8 or 9 lbs	Up to 17", but mostly not labeled
Up to 3 Months	7-12 lbs, mostly 7-10 lbs	17-23" or 19"-22"
3-6 Months	12-17 lbs, sometimes 10-14lbs	23-27" or 22"-24"
6-12 Months	17-22 lbs	27-29"
12-18 Months	22-27 lbs	29-31"
18-24 Months	27-30 lbs	31-33"

Carter Sizes (which seem to start out small from their website)

Size	Height (in)	Weight (lb)
Preemie (P)	Up to 17	Up to 5
Newborn (NB)	Up to 21.5	5 – 8
3M	21.5 - 24	8 - 12.5
6M	24 – 26.5	12.5 – 16.5
9M	26.5 – 28.5	16.5 – 20.5
12M	28.5 – 30.5	20.5 – 24.5
18M	30.5 – 32.5	24.5 – 27.5
24M	32.5 – 34	27.5 – 30
36M	34.5 – 36	30.5 – 33
48M	36.5 – 39.5	33.5 - 37