It's Sarah K.K., back with another installment of Toddler Thursday ...
The other day, a friend of mine posted a picture of her son on Facebook. He was crawling up the stairs, but his PJ pants were falling off, and his diaper was hanging out.
That's sadly a pretty common sight around our house. My son, Isaac, is a tall and skinny guy at almost 21 months old, and I'm starting to think that kids' clothing sizes might be even more messed up than women's clothing sizes. And that is saying something!
When he was born, we were given clothes in a variety of sizes, which was great because it meant we weren't drowning in tiny onesies he'd wear twice and then outgrow. But it's become a running joke that every few weeks, I put this pair of Carter's pants on him, convince myself that now, finally, they fit, and then they start slipping off again. They're marked 18 months, and the length is great, but that waist? Still too big.
For ages, he lived in American Apparel karate pants, these knit, elastic-waist, comfy pants in neutral colors that went with everything. But now, the 12-18 month ones are too short and the 18-24 month ones just fall off. Sigh.
It seems we're reduced to high waters (as seen at left) or Pants on the Ground.
I asked around among some of my friends, trying to get a handle on what places and brands run bigger or smaller. We've had decent luck with Old Navy's regular and boot cut fit jeans. I also bought a pair of fleece pants and a pair of brown slacks there, but we haven't tried them yet. To me, Carter's seems to run bigger in the waist. We've had the same issue with Gymboree -- too big in the waist and often featuring what appear to be drawstring waists, which would totally help with our problem, but then it turns out they are faux. Le sigh. While ordering something unrelated from One Step Ahead, I added a pair of clearance 18-month pants to my basket to reach the level of free shipping (I'm so compulsive about that. Am I the only one?), and they look like they will fit in the waist, but they are too long, of all things.
I'm looking forward to the warmer weather for a lot of reasons, but especially because the kidlet can wear shorts again -- a lot of his 12-month stuff will still fit, and we ought not have as much of a length issue. Whew!
But still, I'm curious what brands you've found to fit your various sizes of toddler. Feel free to leave a comment below.
(Oh, and an aside: Regarding last week's potty post? He's shown not one speck of interest in the potty since then, except for sitting on it once, clothed. So maybe he's not as ready as we thought. We're OK with that.)
(Photo by me)