Finding Clothes for a larger 11 year old

vanessav

I can sympathize. My DD is 9 1/2 and built like her rugby-loving Dad - muscular thighs, round bottom, broad chest (and a bit of a spare tyre, whcih we too are working on). Last year I visited my SIL in Minnesota and the Target supermarket had a fabulous range called 'Circo'. I only wish I had bought more. It is worth keeping an eye on ebay for this range. The size for your daughter's age would fit.
In the UK, I have found New Look teen stuff quite good and M and S larger size school uniform. For tops we have to get short or 3/4 length sleeves as full length sleeves are too long for tops that fit her everywhere else!

moomoomama27

Gigglepig wrote: »

Who said anything about a FEW days out? Obviously habits will need to change, and spending weekends for example hiking instead of shopping could be a start. Signing up for plenty of after school activities and changing to a healthier diet could also be costly, but if there is a weight issue money would better spent dealing with that than on clothes.
if the family changes their diet and activity levels right now, it is very possible to drop a dress size (and presumably fit into existing clothes) in a few weeks. ( The weight loss would then probably be slower after a while. )
If children's clothing does not fit, it sounds like the girl is more than a tad overweight - buying a new wardrobe would not be a priority if it were me, and I don't think it sends the right signals to facilitate the problem rather than deal with it. Others may be of a different opinion, this is mine. If money is no object perhaps things are different, but if you need to budget I would prioritise spending on activities and healthy food rather than wardrobe.

Well done for the most judgemental post of the week!


I'm a PT and my daughter is chubby, she eats a great balanced diet, of course gets plenty of exercise, but is developing fast, her torso doesn't match the rest of her, it's broad, big breasts growing in and chub on the belly!


I guess the OP should make her daughter go out naked and not accommodate the fact the child needs clothing! How do you know the OP is not spending time helping her daughters problem with weight, she already said it was being targeted!!

LEJC

pops5588 wrote: »

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.

Thank you...you've picked up on the other point that the OP made,so it saves me from editing my post to include it also.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

What sort of size are we talking about here?

It has a bearing on the best places to buy clothes.

Personally, I find Primark perfectly adequate - and lots of their stuff goes up to size 20 - even though I'm a smaller than that now :J


When something costs a fiver, it's not too painful to take it home and alter it to fit properly. If it cost £35 like a lot of the places seem to charge for almost everything, then it would be more galling.

Gigglepig

I agree with you LEjC overweight could be anything. The way I read OP's post was that it was enough to be a problem.

Please don't get me wrong - if current clothes don't fit because of being taller/awkward shape/athletic then of course I'd suggest to buy new ones. But if it is due to overweight (which is how I read the first post) i would hang on in there for a it longer and try to change the weight not the wardrobe. (Assuming that she is not walking around naked right now, yes?)

I do however think moominmamma idea to look for leggings and tunic style tops is really good, these might fit just as well before and after weight loss.

dibuzz

Its a difficult age for clothes, kids all grow at different rates and in different proportions.
I've had a son who was tall and skinny (ever tried finding shool pants with a 24" waist and 34" inside leg?) and one who was short for his age and tubby.
They were both very hard to buy clothes for in different ways but are now more or less the same size as adults.
We always found Matalan and good but wherever we bought from things needed to be altered in some way.

I think OP is doing well by not making a big fuss about her child's weight but trying to help her and make sure she feels comfortable in her clothes in the meantime.

LEJC

Gigglepig wrote: »

. The way I read OP's post was that it was enough to be a problem.

Please don't get me wrong - if current clothes don't fit because of being taller/awkward shape/athletic then of course I'd suggest to buy new ones.

Then may I suggest that you re read the OP's post....she clearly does say that its a problem to find suitably fitting clothes for her daughter because of her growth...she just didnt choose to start he post with those words.

But...considering that she has also asked for suggestions of where to buy an accomodating size of clothes and I've already thrown a few suggestions into the mix...its hardly productive or helpful for the OP to continue to read posts regarding the issue of weight going forward in the thread...

Notsosharp

Thank you everyone for your useful posts, I shall go on all these places and have a look tonight.

She does have clothes that fit now but they are all summer clothes and it's getting chillier now (well it is here anyway!) and she needs at least some jumpers and longer trousers.

I am not too concerned about her weight; provided I don't get her get any heavier then over time she will "grow into it". I don't want to put her on a diet as such, my mum did it with me but it really has mucked up my relationship with food for life and I wouldn't want that for my DD.

Because I wasn't "allowed" so many different types of food for so long of course the minute I was outwith my mum's control I ate all these foods and I ballooned!

Her boobs are getting bigger all the time and one top that will fit this week might not fit the month after so she's growing constantly.

I am so very glad to hear I'm not the only person struggling with finding clothes for this age!

Seanymph

clothes are never one size fits all - my step daughter was big, and things didn't fit and my daughter was short - and things didn't fit!

It's about shopping about and finding what suits that particular person, it's hard though.

I found all mine went out around the middle before they grew upwards too - it's just an expensive time!

paulineb_2

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:

Victory - I thought bhs generous fit was just school uniform? Do they do other clothes in this too?

Agreed, what is she supposed to do in the meantime?