aibu childrens clothing

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My dcs are average height and weight for their ages and yet I can't seem to find clothes for their age groups that actually fit. Dd cannot wear trousers without those elastic/button bits inside and skirts just fall off her. Ds is the same (though he doesn't wear skirts :o )
Dd still fits in 9-12 months in the waist but she is 3 and so obviously is too tall for that size.

Why are the sizes so disproportionate to the child? Or is it just my kids and iabu?

I dont know who the clothes fit! They don't fit my ds (too skinny) or my dd (too porky!), although my dd is a normal weight.

suspenders? I actually love the elastic and button combo as its meant I could put ds in bigger things and get more wear out of them (only 10m!) as got fed up of him wearing things for a matter of weeks! I have found sainsburys to be enormous, Asda a bit wide but ok for length, m&s quite true to size, designer gear (not that we have a lot) is pathetically small (ds outgrew his 9m Ralph Lauren romper by 5m ). Boden quite small too. H&M is working really well for us though. Oh ds is in between 50th and 75th centile for weight, 50th for height so pretty much bang on average.

Anyone else with DS's find it depressing the ratio of girl:boy clothing and how crap it is? I think if I had a DD I would be mad at all the pink though. Again, H&M have come out trumps for us - lots of lovely cords, coloured jeans and stripey t-shirts.

Zara seems to be quite good for tallish / skinny kids. I have to resort to belts with all other brands for DS, but even then I seem to follow him round hoiking up his trousers at regular intervals.

Next do a slim fit if you look online. They also do a plus fit for those with the opposite problem.

FWIW I have one of each - one who has to go for several extra snacks throughout the school day to maintain his weight and another who takes twice the exercise, eats half the food and is on the more cushioned side.

Those of you commenting about how unhealthy the dcs are who have to wear the non skinny clothes are making an unfair and hasty judgement.

DS1 is 5 and tall and fairly skinny for his age - Primark trousers best for him, they seem to be slim cut and stay up even tho no button/elastic thing going on. Next usually far too big and fall down, GAP are ok but pricey for everyday.

DS2 is nearly 3 and is also tall but is fat well built, so hand me downs generally no use. Despite comments here about clothes being big I find it really hard to get jeans/trousers which fit round his middle - part of the problems his muscly thighs I think. For him I often buy in ASDA as their elastic/ribbed style waist seems to stay up, but have to be careful they are "relaxed" fit leg....

Boys clothes seem to be made especially big! I don't know how massive they expect boys to be! My 2 year old DS is average height and average weight, not skinny but not chunky either and always has to wear smaller trousers than his age as anything else just falls down or is ridiculously long in the leg. He's 2 and a half and is still wearing 18-24 month trousers and will be in them for quite some time yet unless he suddenly shoots up!

yanbu. I have a skinny 8yo dd with very long legs, and a skinny waisted 5yo ds - luckily he doesn't have very long legs so often sizes down don't look too ridiculous although often too large around the waist still.

Of the supermarkets, I find Sainsburys the best for narrow waists. Used to get a lot from Vertbaudet and La Redoute, French clothes maybe cut differently? (someone will probably say now that they are not really French!). I balk at prices but will buy trousers/shorts from Boden because they are usually functional drawstrings and if not, they'll say so (those fake drawstrings are so annoying! wtf is the point?)

I also used to use these a lot clip-ho belts - I am not sure if you can see but they basically run through the belt loops around the back and clip back on themselves at the front loops - so no belt at front? Narrows the back without pressure at the front and children can still pull trousers up and down. I am not sure why I don't use them so much anymore, dd has basically moved exclusively to dresses but I might get a new one for ds. They were fab for toddlers.