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I will beg, steal or borrow if my DS's trousers stay up. Any skinny boy tips welcome!

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MamaGhoul · 07/10/2006 13:42

...and don't say braces. He's not tommy cooper.

or belts - don't like idea of all the fabric being squished into his belly.

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MamaGhoul · 07/10/2006 13:43

Tommy cooper???? that would be Bobby Ball

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MamaGhoul · 07/10/2006 13:43

maybe tommy c did wear braces after all...

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MamaGhoul · 07/10/2006 13:44

..which would make everything but the OP utter nonsense of course.

HE's 2 btw

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CreepyJess · 07/10/2006 13:46

Well sorry but my DS wears braces.. I buy him trendy ones in lots of colours from Ebay. He is 6 and mainly gets around by crawling due to CP, so he loses his trousers a lot if I don't take measures to prevent it. He doesn't look particularly Tommy Coopierish I don't think..

Also, Tesco, Vertbaudet and some others now, do those trousers with the elastic-and-button-hole things at the inside of the waistband, one each side of the body. You can draw them in invisibly. These work quite well for DS too.

SamhainWitch · 07/10/2006 13:46

Trousers from Primark.

So far I have been impressed to find that most of their trousers have adjustable waistbands, right up to the 9-10 age group.

DarkAlleyBongo · 07/10/2006 13:46

mothercare school trousers have adjustable waist bands. My ds is the same.

Gobbledispook · 07/10/2006 13:46

M&S and Next have trousers and jeans with adjustable waist (like maternity ones )

CreepyJess · 07/10/2006 13:47

(hmm that would be why DS does not look like TC. I guess he could be called a 'bit Bobby Ballish' .. but that would be one of the nicer things he gets called so I don't care..

cod · 07/10/2006 13:47

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Gobbledispook · 07/10/2006 13:49

true that fishter - ds's have new pairs of M&S jeans on today

Ds1 is 5.5 and he has age 3-4 on
Ds1 is nearly 4 and he has age 3 on

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MamaGhoul · 07/10/2006 13:49

ta

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misdee · 07/10/2006 13:49

cloth nappies.

put a disposable on dd3 and all of her trousers fall down.

LIZS · 07/10/2006 13:49

Gap and h and m also do adjustable waists. h and m also do skinny elasticated belts for around £2

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MamaGhoul · 07/10/2006 13:51

lol misdee - I'm hoping to geth im out of nappies, not in new ones!

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cod · 07/10/2006 13:54

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cod · 07/10/2006 13:55

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MamaGhoul · 07/10/2006 13:57

he is super skinny

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cod · 07/10/2006 13:58

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MamaGhoul · 07/10/2006 13:58

shrink them then !

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wanderingstar · 10/10/2006 14:14

I find Gap sizing is narrowish. Hence if you use their adjustable elastic trousers, they don't bag too much round the waist, unlike, say, the H&M ones which also have adjustable waistbands, but are a wider cut. Also Mini Boden.

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