At 1-3 pounds, Eric is considered a micro-preemie. Which makes it a bit difficult to find clothes for him. Not only do the clothes need to fit his itty bitty size, they also need to accommodate all of the tubes and wires connected to him.
Local stores have sizes that are way too huge for him. So back to Google and online shopping. One such place that I have found is Preemies R Us. Lots of cute clothes made for the NICU. Along with clothes, they have pacifiers (that will not interfere with CPAP), snuggle toys and blankets. They only thing they didn’t have, and I wish they did, is a swaddle blanket made for micros in the NICU. Micro-preemies love to be swaddled and it is difficult to find one small enough.
June 29, 2008 at 9:53 pm
As the grandmother of 2 preemies I also found finding clothes difficult. One was a little girl weighing 1 lb 15 oz. Out of our experience of frustration finding really cute clothes, I have opened a online store specializing in clothng for preemies of all sizes and appropriate for the NICU. Please stop by http://www.avababys.com
June 30, 2008 at 1:31 am
Very nice site. Thank you for sharing it. My son was born weighing about a 1 lb 3 oz. It is funny and frustrating to go to the store and look for preemie clothes. All of them are so big!