Baby sizes: how to choose the right size for your baby based on his age and measurements
Baby sizes are not always easy to guess, and this is because the sizes tend to vary according to the chosen clothing brand. Infant sizes, however, take into account criteria such as the infant's age (months or years), height, waist, hips, chest, pelvis and, for shoes, foot length. Here is our baby size guide, but in the meantime find out how to turn a scarf into a cute baby carrier:
Baby sizes: how to choose the right size for your baby?
Baby sizes can have different labeling on clothing, and a lot depends on the specific criteria used by each brand. The labels on the clothes usually refer to either the age of the child (expressed in months or years) or refer to a classification based on his measurements: the height of the newborn, the measurement of the waist, chest, hips , the length of the feet for the shoes and so on.
These criteria are usually specified on the websites of clothing companies: if you are undecided, online you will easily find the baby size guide of the individual brands, which can also vary considerably from each other.
Often on the labels, next to the indication of the months, centimeters are also indicated, but it is good to remember that these are always indicative measures and, in a certain way, arbitrary. If it is not a purchase for your child (of which it will be easy for you to take the measurements to calculate the size), but a gift, it is always good not to guess but ask the parents directly what size the baby wears. the most suitable size will be size zero, although he may have been born with a weight of 4 kg.
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A newborn baby will need warm clothing to be able to pass from 37 degrees of the mother's body outside the hospital or home. It will therefore be good to buy a cotton cap for him immediately (if we are in spring or summer) or chenille (for autumn and winter).
The little one will also need long-sleeved bodysuits and rompers, generally in size 0-1, all items of clothing useful for his first days of life. Always choose garments in natural fibers and not very colored. At the beginning you can also buy clothes of size 3-6 months, which you will be able to exploit well in the following months. which they are born.
How to calculate your baby's measurements? Baby size guide
Baby sizes take into consideration, in addition to the age of the child, his measurements. In order to buy a garment suitable for your child's size, it will be good to learn how to calculate the measurements of his little body in the most appropriate way.
First of all, it is always important to know the measurement of the height or length of the newborn. To calculate it, simply bring your child to a wall without shoes, then take a card, place it gently on his head and make a mark on the wall. The height will correspond to the measure of the distance between the floor and the sign, naturally expressed in centimeters.
To take the measurement of the circumference of the chest or chest, if you prefer, just use a soft tape measure and pass it around the most protruding part of the child's chest, abounding a little. "With the same meter you can also take the measure the circumference of the waist, resting it around the narrowest point above the hips.
Always keep in mind that many baby clothes have comfortable elastics that allow skirts and pants to adapt to the baby's body. The measurement of the pelvis or hips is always delicate and must be taken by placing the tape measure around the most protruding part of the pelvis itself.
Baby sizes: how does shoe size work?
Even with regard to the sizes of shoes for newborns, the criterion is almost always that of age: the different sizes will therefore correspond to the months or years of your child. Keep in mind that as long as the baby is crawling, he will not need real shoes, but socks will be enough. When he takes his first steps, you can orient yourself on shoes with a soft and slightly reinforced structure, a cross between real shoes and non-slip sock.
To take the measurement of the length of the child's foot, you should place his heel against a wall in order to be more precise in the measurement. Also choose to do it in the afternoon, as your foot length increases during the day.
Place the child's foot on a tape measure or a stiff ruler and measure the distance between the heel and the longest toe. The measured size will have a precise correspondence in the table with the indication of the sizes always made available by the individual children's shoe companies.
