Went to town last week to get some new school trousers for my dd. (Complete tomboy refuses to wear summer dresses or school skirts). As the one's she's had since September now have holes in the knees. (Skidding across the playground on your knees is THE new sport all the cool kids are doing it apparently). Her old ones are from M&S but they only do summer dresses in the summer. As do most other shops apart from Next.
So I happily browse through the rails and rails of wonderfully trendy school trousers deciding which one's to buy. I make my choice find age 6. Well they look miles too long but hey I'm dab hand with a needle and cotton and can hem them. The waist looks very small but it says adjustable waist so maybe someone has made them smaller. But no that is the actual waist size. Would have trouble fitting my 2 year old dd. So I try age 7 again far too small and all the way up until I reach age 12 which look like they will just about fit her. But I would have to cut off half the trouser length in order to get them to fit her. So leave empty handed.
I mean my dd is a normal sized 6 year old. She doesn't have really short legs or a mahoosive belly or arse. I'm stumped at were they got the sizes from. Supermodel children? Really strange as all there other children's clothes are spot on in sizes.
I can get school trousers from Asda but they only last about 2 washes before they go bobbly and shrink. Next one's were really good quality. [sigh]