Parents of toddler's make clothes last longer

Alleycat

I buy dungarees that have turn ups so when the legs are a bit too short, I can unpick the stitching and let them down a bit more. If the body gets a bit tight, with the buttons, just move them down a bit. Dd has long legs so this helps a lot.

I've also kept out her summer trousers from last year to use as cropped trousers this year.

Juicy_Tube

We were away over Xmas in sunnier climes. My LO is wearing the tee-shirts now with long-sleeved bodies underneath too. They look great and also bright and colourful for this time of year:D

JT x

Carmina_Piranha_3

i buy t-shirts and shorts big enough to fit the following year too :rotfl: mind you my eldest son is tiny and never grows. don't know if it will work with the toddler! i have undone the elastic on his tesco joggers though - the ones they sold a year or two ago that were gathered at the ankle - loosening the elastic means they are still slightly gathered but become an inch or so longer

jopsey

So im not that much of a tight a**e after all (lol)
This is my first child and most of my family/friends have little girls so have never knew about this.

I have been down the primark/ethel austin route and evev Asda which for some reason never fits my boy or shrink when I wash them, I like next for him but last year he really seemed to jump sizes really quickly and not get the wear out of some stuff ( maybe I bought too much in sale )thats why I played around with them.

Any more tips greatly recieved.

rio

I used to cut the press stud bit of babygroes off together with a length of the material, edge the long sides and then sew the two short edges together so that you get a piece of material about three inches long with one set of the press studs at each end. I then used to use these to secure other babygros. My LO is very long bodied so I found that whilst the babygro would still fit it would no longer go over his nappy and do up in the middle. I saved pounds by doing this. Also now he is at school I buy his uniform for the next age range, turn the cuffs and bottoms up, and then let them down again when he has grown a bit. I get two years wear out of it that way.

new_mum_again

LOL I thought i was the only one who done things like that! I even cut the toes off my babies babygros as their feet grow quicker than their legs put a pair of socks on and they are fine, I detest spending money on kids clothes they will grow out of in a couple of months, saying that my dd is so dinky shes 5 and some of her clothes are 2-3 I have a suitcase of clothes in the loft (sale stuff!!) waiting for her to grow into!:D

amandada

any advance on cutting the toes out of jellyshoes?:o

Carmina_Piranha_3

lol!

has anyone used these vest extenders? or made their own i suppose. http://www.kittykins.co.uk/accessories/type/11/brand/baby+bee

most of the tips here i used for my eldest but not for my youngest because he's such a big child - stocky i think they call it lol! his chest, shoulders, arms grow out of his clothes before the rest of him does and he needs the next size up.

Snaggles

I cut DS's jeans and combats off every year to make shorts for him, he is tall and skinny, so he grows too tall for them very quickly, but this way I get double the wear (at least) from them. He's in size 7-8 jeans (with a belt to hold them up), but he still has size 4-5 shorts that fit him.

ka7e

I used to buy nighties for my daughter that were sized 2 or 3 years older than her age. They started off as floor length and she wore them until they were "shortie" nighties. I was sorting through her laundry recently and found some "big" pants that she had in primary school, she now wears them with a T-shirt to bed - she's 18 next week!