As the weather cools, we’re approaching a problem–I am unable to find pants that fit my daughter. She’s 22 months old, weighs 21 pounds, and is 33 inches tall. Her waist is 15 inches around, 13 inch inseam, and 16 inches from waist to feet (the kid is mostly legs!) This was great in the summer, as we just used her infant pants as capris, but with cool weather coming, we’ve been unable to find pants that fit her. She currently wears 0-3 or 3-6 month pants, and has one pair of 9 months that we were able to find without elastic.
We ran into this problem last year to some extent, but it wasn’t as bad as her legs were shorter. We also used cute dog collars as belts, however, this year when we tried that there was too much material, even with the belt. Also, she’s wearing underwear now, so we’ve lost the extra bulk a diaper provided.
We have some options–we buy brightly colored leggings and pair them with cute infant dresses as baby doll shirts, however the stretch pants don’t hold up well for some of her rougher play–she needs a good pair of jeans for that. I’ve also bought some fun quilting patterns and stitched them into the hems of her jeans to extend the length a bit, and they turned out really cute, but I’d still like to find somewhere that sells slim toddler clothing.
If I can find one or two nice pairs of plain jeans and maybe a nice pair of khakis I’ll be thrilled. Anyone have any suggestions? Ooh, also, if anyone has any suggestions on extra small underwear, we’re currently using the little cotton diaper covers that come with the dresses we use as shirts.
Thanks in advance!
Thanks to all for the great suggestions! I’ve never seen the pants with adjustable waists. We do most of our clothes shopping at Target, and apparently ours doesn’t carry those, so I’ll check some of the other stores of on line.
I’ve also considered trying to make some of my own. I’ve done some basic sewing before, but never actually a whole article of clothing–may be fun to try.
The 0-3, 3-6, and 9 month pants are the ones she’s worn as capris over the summer. They fall anywhere from right above her knee to mid calf. Last winter, we were able to make 9 and 12 month pants work, with a diaper underneath, and a "belt" to pull them in a bit. Since then, she’s lost what little baby chub she had, and has grown quite a bit in height, plus is no longer wearing diapers. The pants she wore last winter are now 2-4 inches too short, and fall right off. The baby pants fit great, but obviously can’t be worn in cool weather when her whole leg needs coverage.
Also, I know it hasn’t been asked, but since she’s SO small, I should add that we have ruled out any medical condition. She’s hitting her milestones at or ahead of time, and is happy and healthy, just very slender. Her pediatrician, my lactation consultant, and all of the specialists we’ve seen pretty much agree it’s a combination of heredity (I am 5’7" 125ish, with long limbs, and my husband is 6’2" and well, not sure how to describe him. Big, but not fat, but not particularly muscular wither–just very broad. He was a very lanky little boy though.) and diet. (Copy/pasted from another of my answers: …she’s picky, but in a rather unusual way. Eats plates full of every veggie under the sun–Brussels sprouts, spinach, broccoli, you name it, she’ll eat it. Same with fruits. Loves eggs, cottage cheese, yogurt, olives, and any kind of bean. Doesn’t like meat, but will occasionally eat plain grilled chicken breast, and seafood such as shrimp, tuna, or salmon.
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Won’t eat most fast food like burgers or fries, and actually gets angry if you try to give her a chicken nugget. Does like pizza, but really only eats the cheese and sauce. Overall, I love her eating habits, and am glad she prefers healthy foods, however it’s tough to keep weight on her when she’d rather eat a plate of nothing but veggies than anything else.
Sorry, it’s sort of become second nature to me to explain why she’s so tiny, since I get a lot of real life questions (many not so nice) about it.
Anyway, thanks again for the helpful suggestions! I’ll check into them.
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