School tights

Mr_Lahey

My daughter is 5 and quite petite for her age. I have been buying her 5 - 6 tights which really are the next size up, and for whatever reason after a about 2 weeks they don't fit her anymore.

I have bought from: Next, Asda, Tesco & Sainsburys. She is costing me a small fortune, does anyone have the slightest clue what i am doing wrong..

:beer:

laurz

do you tumble dry?

Mr_Lahey

laurz wrote: »

do you tumble dry?

Yeah i wash on 30 degrees then stick everything in the drier.

jeffgeorge

Hi,

Are they shrinking? My 4 year olds from m and s bought last september, bout 5 pairs still fit? They go in tumble dryer and washer too.

Maybe try handwashing them? Or try the white long socks or trousers??

ubamother

even if they're not shrinking, I used to find tumbledrying seemed to thicken, even felt, the material a little. This made them too stiff to stretch properly so they seemed smaller

McKneff

Buy them 4 sizes up, then tumble dry them.:rotfl:

Mr_Lahey

Thanks for the replies.

Ill get some M&S ones and if i still have the problem ill have to remember to sling them over the radiator!

McKneff

I am petite and i get 100 denier wooly ones at Primark for £2 and they last right over the winter and beyond.

Elliesmum

Hi there

For winter I put my 6 year old in a mixture of long grey socks and grey/black tights (obviously not together :rotfl:)

I always dry tights on the airer pulling them out before I hang them up.

EM x

Tealady_2

My daughter is petite as well. I found the Primark ones really good and DD prefered them to the M&S ones. They washed and lasted just as well as the more expensive ones. I never tumble dried them though. Good luck

lauren_1

My daughter is 8 now and i've always had to but 3 or 4 years up as they always seem to shrink after their first wash.