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Clothes for petite children

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AliceMum09 · 14/05/2014 13:36

Hi,

My DD2 is very petite, she weighs 10kgs/22lbs and wears 12-18 month clothes from most shops, yet she was two years old at the beginning of April.

She's not especially short though, perhaps a tiny bit shorter than the average 2 year old but not noticeably so.

Most of her clothes seem to wide for her, I've had to buy a couple of dresses in 18-24 month recently to get the length right but they just look silly because they are too wide! She has the lovely yellow Boden dress with appliqué rabbits on, but it just creases across the chest at the front - you could almost fit two of her in there!

Does anyone else have a 'narrow' child, and if so is there any particular shop/brand that sell clothes that seem to fit nicely. Somebody suggested Vertbaudet, I've bought DD1 a few bits from there (when they send me £15 off a £20 spend voucher!) but nothing much.

I don't know where DD2's petiteness has come from, certainly not me unfortunately!

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TinyTear · 14/05/2014 13:39

My 2.3yo DD also wears 12-18 clothes and 18-24 mostly...

We have a few 24m tops now but trousers HAVE to be 18-24

Gap is ok for small things, M&S leggings, Primark and Vertbaudet

As her nursery has a uniform, she is too small for the logo trousers so we get grey joggers from Primark also in 12-18 or 18-24...

FreeButtonBee · 14/05/2014 13:49

I know what you mean. My 15mo DD is still in loads of 6-12 month stuff (and even some 3-6 stuff) and grows out of things length wise waaay before she even comes close to fitting things width wise. I find Sainsburys is quite good. Gap also not too bad. Avoid M&S and JoJo - they are enormous. H&M is useful for trousers but chose the fabrics carefully. Also mothercare can be okay, again if you chose carefully.

AliceMum09 · 14/05/2014 23:16

Great, thank you both for the suggestions :-)

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