Looking for roomy trousers for cloth nappy wearer

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I'm looking for some nice, baggy trousers for my DD. She's currently in 12-18 months, but am looking to buy 18-24mths.

I've tried Cut for Cloth and Bright Bots before, but haven't been very impressed with their room-i-ness.

Can anyone suggest any other brands for me to try?

Ta.

Tescos range are baggy, think a few other cloth users have some.

I buy Tescos trousers for my DS - they fit like a treat over cloth.

I also buy from H&M - again, their trousers are roomy too.

Hmm yeah tescos and green baby apparnetly

I've given up and put dd in dungarees - there's generally a lot more room even in the cheap ones than there is in trousers.

And boys' trous are generally cut more generously than girls (bootlegs for 12mos, whatever next...)

Can you sew at all? Trousers are really easy to make and you can get roomy patterns or just enlarge them slightly to suit (I think a lot of the Burda patterns, or at least older Burda ones) are quite roomy/baggy - nearly look like they're made for cloth, tho I haven't actually made any to see how they fit, but they look really good sized. Just an idea! Only takes a small piece of fabric for toddler's clothes.

My dd was always quite short as well as being in cloth. I used to buy trousers that were officially 3/4 length and they would be full length on her. Or if I actually wanted 3/4 length would buy shorts/short dungarees.

Boots mini mode are often worth a look. Next are for slim bums only I find. Tesco often generously sized as others have said.

I'm with MrsBadger and put mostly dungarees on DS - trousers seem a lot more hassle at nappy change time, plus they're an extra thing to cut into their stomach which I don't like the idea of.

Asda's £2.50 tracksuit bottoms, or stretchy leggings

Tescos have changed their fit for girls trousers. Now even the ones for yougner babies seem to be bootcut / skinny fit etc. I used to find their value jeans (which they still seem to do from time to time) were an excellent fit over cloth - and cheap too - so worth looking out for but the rest of the range doesn;t work well for us even though we only have very thin fitting nappies.

I am terrible at sewing but resorted to making some summer trousers for DD last year. They didn't come out too badly actually and if you make them extra long you can hem them and then let the hem down as they grow so they last a good while. You can knock a pair up in 40 mins (although it took me 3 days to work out how to thread the machine prior to that )

Getting clothes to fit over cloth is the only drawback of using cloth nappies for us .

I agree boys trousers are far better fitting.

If I had a DD I think I would dress her in a vest, dress and babylegs+socks combo, is that no good?

Of course there is nothing to stop us buying boys' trousers for our dds. (makes note of own tip for future reference!) Add a pink top and socks and all will be fine.

I use dungaress mostly, but I have just discovered Molo from a little boutique. They are soooo roomy and have great cute factor. But £££

I had heard M&S were supposed to be extending their range ... but have yet to see anything.

If I had a girl she'd be in dresses with one of those really cute wraps with a flower on the bum or something.

Agree with H&M being baggy and that girls trousers seem to be cut 'slim' as if they are in pants already!

Have a look on ebay for plain denim dungarees then put a pink t shirt on her. Or put her in a dress....problem solved.

Ditto on the dungaree front. My daughter is 14 months and wears them quite a lot. She's long and thin and in bulky cloth nappies which makes finding clothes very tricky. I do get sick of being complemented on what a bonny lad my son is so I try and find more feminine stuff sometimes.

I have found Monsoon do wide legged and very pretty trousers - but ££££ so best to look when there is a sale on.

You could also try stretch jersey leggings under smock tops or dresses. Or shorts now the weather is better. I just bought some shorts with an adjustable waistband from M&S. But even though they are definitely girly, she looks a bit like one of the boys from the Sound of Music in them. Oh well....

Boots do some really good clothes for nappy wearers. My dd is 2.6 & she wears their trousers (mostly 3/4 length) over her Cotton Bottom prefolds. They're cut nicely (rather than just big and shapeless) & go right the way over her bottom & nappy rather than the builder's bum effect most other brands give.

Some of the patterns are a bit unusual, but look better on than you'd expect.

oh and while they are still in the shops, may I recommend you all buy lots of cropped trousers 12m too big (ie 2-3y for a 1yo) for room in the bum without length in the leg

Another vote for H&M - lots of their boys' jeans have a full zip fly - much easier to get on (don't know about girls' trousers - but jeans are jeans, right?)

Mrs B that's what I was trying to say, but I forgot to say get them a whole year size bigger.

My dd1 had some age 2-3 cropped trousers that she wore as long trousers when she was 1-2 years. Then she wore them again for ages after potty training as cropped trousers. Bargain!

p.s. went to big Tesco yesterday and got beautiful crop trousers for dd2 in her actual size. Tons of room in the bum. They were in the baby section rather than the 6 mths-6 years section.

I tried the cropped trouser thing. Got some lovely (and cheap) ones from George at Asda in size 2-3 but they keep falling off her - even over bulky cloth nappies. I tried tying a ribbon around the waist but it didn't really work. She's got to put on several inches around the waist to get them to hold up.

have they an elasticated waist? if so unpick one side and tighten elastic

I had a present of some trousers from Little Shrimp which have loads of room for cloth nappies. Think they're a bit pricey though and maybe more of a present type of thing than a regular purchase. Think they have a website if you fancy a look.

Have you looked at Rainbow babies?www.rainbowbabies.co.uk

They do trousers with an elasticated waist which are cut big enough to go over nappies. They come in all sorts of colours - not expensive either and good quality fabric.