Whoa, baby!
A TikToker says she was unable to take her newborn daughter home in any of the garments she had packed for the hospital because she was too chubby.
Beth Woods, who goes by the username @bethw961 on TikTok, revealed the mortifying mishap in a viral video that has delivered greater than 355,000 views.
Within the 12-second clip, Woods wears a pair of black sunglasses as she smirks on the camera with dramatic music playing within the background, writing, “Me packing size 1 nappies and newborn clothes in my hospital bag.”
She then shows her full-sized newborn, sharing, “My chunk going straight to size 2 and 0-3 month clothes…,” accompanied by a crying-laughing emoji.
Newborn clothes are typically meant to suit babies who weigh between five and eight kilos, in accordance with What To Expect.
Nevertheless, Woods’ experience appears to be quite common, as many commenters claimed their newborns were also a part of the heavy infantry.
“Same here,” one TikToker replied. “Had all newborn clothes, and she or he was 9 lbs 3oz and straight into 0-3 months.”
One other mom named Becky agreed, writing, “All 3 of mine went straight into 0-3 clothes. My third baby was in 3-6 clothes by just 6 weeks old 😳 he was long!”
One user even claimed to repair the hospital clothes on the fly for the infant, as his legs didn’t fit into them.
“Needed to cut the feet out of all of the newborn clothes I took to hospital as his legs were so long,” the parent revealed.
Within the comments section, Woods divulged her child was a bit over nine kilos at birth.
Some commenters actually had the other problem — their babies were too small for the newborn clothes.
“I had this the opposite way,” one viewer disclosed. “I used to be told I used to be going to have a 9-lb baby and he got here 3 wks early at 6lb 4oz. Everyone was running out to get newborn [clothes] for me.”
One other chimed in, “Same but the whole lot was too big! I needed to get my mum and auntie to rush out getting tiny baby clothes and size 0s.”
