clothes for fat bottoms/fat nappies

[Janeway]

Just had to take back 2 sets of clothes bought at Babies'r'us 'cos they wouldn't fit over ds's fat bot/nappy (he wears cloth ones). The clothes were meant to fit 6-12mnth, ds is 7mnths and spot on 50% for weight and 75% for length so in theory he's a little tall and slender.

I got replacement dungers (12-18mnth) that fitted OK but the 12-18mnth trouser set still wouldn't fitover his bot! I've alway's checked the length of clothes if I've had ds with me but never checked to see if your child had to be half starved to fit the clothes!

I'd be grateful for advice on the best place to get economical wider fitting clothes.

Ta all

Try here for "Hand Made Clothes For Cloth Bottomed Babies"

Try BabyGap and Gymboree sales (full price they aren't cheap). The American baby appears to be wider in the rear than the European variety. We have jeans from BabyGap that fit ds perfectly lengthwise (he is three and slimmish/medium build) but look like the clown's trousers round the waistband and bot...

I find Boots clothes pretty roomy width-wise. However, someone told me they were discontinuing their range of children's clothes (I hope this isn't true as they're really nice). With BabyGap, check the length carefully. Their 6-12 months size seems rather short but they are certainly broad in the beam - my ds keeps leaving his BabyGap trousers behind as he `commando crawls' across the floor!

Oooh - I've always found Baby Gap come up small width ways. I had/have 2 rather rotund children. With trousers I had to buy bigger to fit round the middle and roll the legs up.

Tesco's and Adams are usually touted for clothie babies. Must admit, the Adams clothes are enormous-bummed and therefore useless on my short, skinny kids (in spite of huge nappies), but Tescos are fine.

My big problem is the nearly 3yo's short legs -- he's still in (US size) 2T trousers. We're down to just a few pairs, though. All the nominally 2-3yo (3T) trousers are a good 4" too long for him. It would be ok if it were summer and I could just put him in shorts. I have UK & US trousers; only a few pairs aren't stupidly too long. Who decided to put the cute designs (embroidered trains or flowers) down at the bottom of trouser legs, where short legged kids will never get to show them off, given I have to roll up the cuffs and wait 2 years for the length to be right??.. LOL.

I agree, Tescos are pretty long - I find they're generally a whole size too big for my rotund and shortlegged children!

I have the opposit problem - my 2.5 yr old dd is out of nappies and i can't get trousers to fit as she is so teeny - if I get 18-24 mnt the waist fits but the legs are too short - tried a belt but that also slips down.... any ideas? (I wish I had that problem...)

Thanks Batters - Gymboree is one place I didn't try - now have a good excuse to go shopping...

I have found George clothes from Asda are ok (ds wears totsbots) and Mothercare clothes have always fitted. Ladybird from Woolies have always been ok too, so have Verbaudet.

Thanks for the stear folks - a shopping I will go

grommit - IME toys'r'us is the place for wee slender ones before you give up on trousers and resort to dungers and dresses

We try to buy only stretchy trousers (large 6 month old baby in Motherease nappies). I have to get the 9-12 month size and it means no cute jeans but it works ok.

I've got a one year old in cloth and I've given up on trousers and buy stretchy legging type trousers now, the trousers never seem to be high enough in the rise.