AIBU to think kids' clothes sizes are generous?

[early30smum]

Lots of discussion recently about kids' diets, healthy eating etc. (on here and in the news/with my own friends). AIBU to think that a lot (not all) kids' clothes seem to be cut fairly generously in sizing? Do you think this is deliberate as is common in womens' vanity sizing?! My DD is 8 (just) and is by no means skinny. She's a healthy weight according to the nhs BMI thing but she's in the last quarter of the healthy range if that makes sense.

Yet, when I buy her clothes, they are really quite big for her, especially in certain shops. H&M size 7-8 stuff is actually loose on her. Asda, ditto.

No I find it varies wildly. Some shops are small. Some large. No majority either way in my experience.

Absolutely - kids clothes are huge.

I wear children's clothes quite often. Age 11-12 is usually a decent fit although I will admit I am petite.

I think it depends on the shop. My experience - m&s and next are big (DD is nearly 2, but still wears 12-18 month stuff from there, and she's certainly not tiny!), but Ralph Lauren, mayoral and other designer brands (gotta love t k maxx!! ) are small.

So much like adult sizes really!!

YADNBU we have to buy elastic waist things and pull them in to their tightest setting. Leggings look baggy around the bum. It's ridiculous vanity sizing for kids, it makes me so sad. DD is bang on height and weight, yet clothes for her age bracket hang off her.

All shops have different sizing, but they all need to make sure that their clothes will be accessible to the majority of the target age group.

My 2 year old was wearing age 4-5 underpants and age 12-18 month trousers yesterday. Sizes vary a lot, lol.

YANBU- my DD is 4.5, she usually wears around age 5 or 6 as she's big for her age (tall and in proportion). She always grows out of things lengthways rather than width. But she has some age 2-3 knickers that fit, as the length isn't a problem with knickers.

Yanbu

All three of my dc have wore clothes that were meant for younger children. The only problem was when they had a growth spurt so arms and legs ended up too short but still fit their body.

Adjustable waists helped massively as they were alway swimming on them in their correct age clothing.

I've noticed this with my boys, everyone comments on how big they are for their age yet I don't ever find myself needing to buy the next size up.

I don't think it's deliberate I just think sizing varies from shop to shop and even the same shop garment sizes differ depending on the cut and body shape makes a difference in fits.

I haven't found this ds is 5 and he wears 8-9 9-10 pants and the same for clothes

I've just found there is a huge variation both between brands, within brands and between different types of clothing (tops vs bottoms). My DCs always wear below their age in trousers, shorts and skirts, so yes, in my opinion they are oversized. But dresses for example we often have to size up to get the length ( and they're not particularly tall either).

This is why children's clothes so often come with adjustable waists.

DS2 would have no trousers to wear without adjustable waists.

I find H&M boys clothes quite small. The trousers are always much too short before he reaches the stated height. The waists are always large but not as huge as in other shops. We always end up buying the next size up for length and really bunching up the adjustable waist.

Asda boys clothes, on the other hand, are enormous, particularly the waists.

I find it varies wildly
My dc are what I would call medium sized for their ages, they wear the size they should although i almost always need adjustable waists so I can tighten them plenty .

Yes children's clothes are very generous, I have plenty of clothes that are age 14.

I have found this, my kids are all slim and there are very few places I can get leggings for example that don't just fall down. My DS can only wear super skinny jeans from gap.
My 11 year old DD is still wearing age 8/9 pants because any bigger and they are too baggy.

I find clothing big for kids. My eldest is seven, he is 91st percentile for height but skinny. Everything is too big round the waist, even stuff that is adjustable round the waist doesn't go small enough. He really needs an age 5-6 for width with an age 7-8 for length.

My youngest is four and a half, he isn't so tall so we have an easier time getting things to fit him. He has only just grown out of age 2-3 stuff and in to age 3-4. Age 4-5 stuff would drown him but when you look at him next to other children his age he doesn't look much smaller. We haven't got a completely accurate height measurement for him because he is autistic and doesn't co-operate. He seemed to be around the 75th percentile when I tried to check at home so he isn't short in a general sense, just shorter than his brother.

Our price range is the lower end of the scale though and we are mainly buying from supermarkets, I am not sure if that is partially the reason we find that their clothes run so big.

My dd is tall but very slim and long limbed. It's a nightmare. Everything is too big ib the waist but nowhere near long enough in the legs and arms.

I have a handful of children's clothes, 12 years upwards. I wish there were more that are suitable for adults fewer sequinned butterflies, please

Both my Dd's have always been around the weight they should be for their ages but trousers have been a nightmare for years. I have had to get them trousers with adjustable waists, and most leggings are far to wide in the waist for them.
Now dd1 is almost 13 and over 5 foot and skinny it's been even harder as most children trousers don't have adjustable waists over age of 12. However I noticed that some stores do size 4 in the ladies section. Bought her a pair of pyjamas (also type of clothing that I had bother getting her as you can't get adjustable bottoms ! ) which fit lovely. So will be trying trousers next.

It does vary a lot. Asda stuff I find come up small, next comes up big. Sainsburys is massive around the waist for DD1 but fine in length. Mothercare often seems about right. She's 3 this month and age 2-3 trousers are just starting to get a little short in the leg. Not measured her height but she's 50th centile for weight.

I have a leggy DD. She is 5 but wears 7/8 trousers for leg length. Massive round the waist though. DS is 2, all his trousers must be made for weebles.; massive waist tiny legs.

Sizes do vary a lot between shops.

I was sorting some clothes out this morning (hand me downs) and I had 3 t - shirts sized at 11/12 years, one was too small for dd2 (aged 10 wears 9/10 years), one fitted her and one fitted dd1 (aged 13 wears adult 8/10).

So now I just look at the actual size and ignore what the shop says.

Yes. Dd1 is she 5/6 round the waist and 10-11 in length. She's ten

I've always thought it varied wildly. My DDs are now 14 and 16 and wear adult sizes because they are insanely tall and have been for some time. But I always found H&M good for tall kids - cut slim but very long - Next far too big in the waist, ditto Tesco. Sainsburys much better, Marks huge. And yes, I did a lot of resizing waistbands in my time. But then children come in lots of different sizes too.