Protected: Why teensy clothes don’t fit Madison
This is a picture from her swimming lessons at her ill-fated preschool. In the first picture, the little boy to the left of her was the biggest kid in the class and as you can see, Madison is bigger. (The boy’s dad was like 7 feet tall.)
In the second picture (from their pumpkin picking field trip) you can see her sitting next to one of the oldest kids in the class. The little girl to her right was pretty much the same size as almost every other little girl at preschool and she’s also six months older than Madison. It gives you a better idea of how much bigger and taller she is than other kids her age. (As always, click to make the pictures bigger!)
This can also give you an idea of why people have a hard time remembering that Madison is only three. Coupled with terrifically clear speech (she was easily the best talker in the class and interpreted for the other kids some), it’s easy to assume she’s older than she is. (Lately people ask her if she’s five.)
In any case, you can see how those skinny flares just aren’t going to work on her. (These aren’t the cutest of her preschool pics but they’re the only ones without other people’s children’s faces in them so they’ll have to do!) Edited to add: I’ve probably told you all this but Jessica played middleschool football on the boys’ team. Clearly my girly can kick your girly’s ass. After all, she can pretty much take down her seven years older brother!!!
My niece was always the biggest kid, and she didn’t have great verbal skills. As a baby she had a ton of hair. So when she was 15 months old she looked 3, so people would ask my sister if she was developmentally delayed because of the speech.
Madison is built just like her. I wish the flares weren’t out there. I wish little kids dressed like little kids instead of little teenagers. How do flares not get caught in bike chains of kids just learning to ride?
My kids always wore Hanna, Gymboree and Gap- either used or heavily discounted.
I did end up buying her another Hanna playdress with leggings. They’re on sale and cherry red, which is great on her. I figure, I know that she loves to wear the dresses (because she loves stripes), I know that they fit and will continue to fit because the 110s are big on her although she’s too big for 100, and I know that they won’t wear out before she grows out of them. That made it worth the $40. That’ll be her “soft package” present when Noah opens his t-shirts.
yup. we have discussed. as a mother who gave birth to a 12 lb son, i feel your pain. he is not even 10 yet (will be in January) and he tall and weighs 100 lbs. Big, meaty kid. Not fat but thick. People put him in middle school when he is only in fourth.
Little Man is 3′ tall at age 2. He towers over the kids in his daycare group. We not only try to shop on sale but since he grows so fast we also don’t buy a lot of clothes. He has enough for about 1 1/2 weeks or so. Then we don’t have quite so many to build up or go through each time he has a growth spurt.
Cute pics!
My daughter is small (38% percentile for height). She’s six, and I bet Madison is as big as her. She has a big friend, and her friend’s pants are always scooching down, or the fly comes unzipped. The low rise jeans do fit my daughter, but we have to be extra careful to buy long enough shirts. It’s a pain.
But she doesn’t care. As long as they don’t impede her running as fast as she can any kind of pants are okay with her.
I was always the tallest/thickest in class until about age 13 when the boys started overtaking me. I’m now on the tall end of average at 174cm.
At my primary school graduation I was about 1.5 heads taller than everyone else, and having put me on the edge of the group for the official photo everyone assumed I was the teacher!!