Finding Clothes for a larger 11 year old

Gigglepig

aliasojo wrote: »

Just to clarify...you do know your opinion about the child's weight wasn't asked for?

I'm not sure if you got confused about the actual topic or you just didn't care and thought your opinion was important enough to warrant posting, despite it not being relevant to the question that was actually asked?

I think my opinion is pretty fit for MSE - remember the mantra of whether you really need the things you are thinking about buying? Well I stuck my neck out to say divert money/time/attention from clothes shopping to dealing with the root cause. Not intended to cause offense.

aliasojo

Gigglepig wrote: »

I think my opinion is pretty fit for MSE - remember the mantra of whether you really need the things you are thinking about buying? Well I stuck my neck out to say divert money/time/attention from clothes shopping to dealing with the root cause. Not intended to cause offense.

Well with respect, I would work on my interpretation if I were you.

There is a world of difference between questioning the wisdom of buying something because of cost, and sticking your (unhelpful) neb in about something that is personal and is not even being discussed.

Gigglepig

Spendless wrote: »

Gigglepig - What do you want her to wear during these few weeks whilst she loses weight if her current clothes don't fit.:huh:

I guess she is wearing something right now, so would just stick with those for another 3-4 weeks? Or if you really desperate now, look for basics that would work just as well if her weight changed, and see if she could borrow some clothes from you or an older sister?

Spendless

Gigglepig wrote: »

I guess she is wearing something right now, so would just stick with those for another 3-4 weeks? Or if you really desperate now, look for basics that would work just as well if her weight changed, and see if she could borrow some clothes from you or an older sister?

Oh right, one of those options is buying new clothes that you need, just like the OP asked.:rotfl:

Gigglepig

aliasojo wrote: »

Well with respect, I would work on my interpretation if I were you.

There is a world of difference between questioning the wisdom of buying something because of cost, and sticking your (unhelpful) neb in about something that is personal and is not even being discussed.

I suggested a different focus, i.e. diverting time/effort/shopping budget to high energy activities and healthy food, with a view to fitting in the current wardrobe rather than buying a new one. If you don't think that is a helpful suggestion that is fine, by posting on here one usually gets many different suggestions and opinions and one won't like them all.

Fairly frequently, people go off on a tangent on this forum when they see a "background" issue in the post. Child obesity is not necessarilty just a "personal issue" like you say - some people think letting young children get very overweight is a form of neglect.

LEJC

I now have a 16 year old who when they were 11 was quite easily fitting into adult sized clothes...not wholly because he was "fat" but more to do with the fact that his body was developing...and yes we went though a stage where his middle expanded at a greater rate than he grew taller.

I think its very unfair to call any child over weight without seeing them...and in the absence of the OP neither posting a pic or indeed even sharing their daughters height/weight/measurments with the forum its wrong of anyone to make comments on weight loss etc,however MSE intentioned they are!

OP...fashions for girls do centre around leggings and floaty tunic print tops or gypsy style elasticated skirts..and actually quite good places for them at a reasonable price are places like TU at sainsburys,Georoge at asda,matalan and to a point tk maxx

My 16 year old took a few years to even out with his height/weight ratio and is now no more active than he was then,probably eats much the same sort of diet etc etc...but is a foot or more taller and much more comfortable in his body.

Gigglepig

LEJC - OP said in her first post that the child is overweight

moomoomama27

I have same problem in a way! My 10 year old isn't really overweight, she just has an odd shape! Broad torso ( breasts developing) very tall ( 5ft) yet skinny arms and legs!

Hand m size 14+ are great for tops, and I have had much success with m&co size 13+ for trousers and shorts! So e size 6s are good (tops mainly). I find new look generation 9-15 quite good.


Stick to jeggings or treggings as they are almost always elasticated, and then find longer tunic type tops to go with them, a bolero cardi cuts the middle section, and gives a slimmer appearance if she's self conscience!

LEJC

Gigglepig wrote: »

LEJC - OP said in her first post that the child is overweight

I appreciate that...but the OP doesnt quantify by how much...or indeed tell us their interpretation of the word overweight.

If I look at the healthy living stats charts and plot my height/weight then its perfectly possible that I may fall into that banding,but in reality I'm perfectly happy with my size etc etc...

define over weight....that might be a few pounds it could be a few stone...I do think that perhaps there may have been assumptions made to the term overweight

pops5588

LEJC wrote: »

define over weight....that might be a few pounds it could be a few stone...I do think that perhaps there may have been assumptions made to the term overweight

I agree. Also when I was 11 I had started developing very early and struggled with fitting into tops purely because they didn't accommodate for boobs of any kind. I wasn't overweight, I was maybe a bit chubby but when I moved up into secondary school PE became a much bigger part of the curriculum, I enjoyed sport, I grew into my skin a bit and it just kind of sorted itself. I certainly wasn't neglected, as Gigglepig seems to suggest?