A bigger size of small
Nov. 18th | Posted by Nicky
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The girls have really grown since we got them – in size, and in nature. They are up to a 7 shoe size, and almost always size three tops… but the pants! Wow, there’s a trouble. They broke through the knees of three pairs of jeans, leaving us with two decent pairs. So we went jeans shopping… five hours over two days later (thank goodness they like to shop!) we found two pairs of jeans, and one pair of shorts that fit. All the size 2s are too huge on the waist, even with the elastic buttons. The two we did get are cinched up size 2s – but at $25 a pop (Mexx and Polo – I know, I know! but they fit!) yikes. Our girls are so petite.
The funny thing was the shorts though. We found them in Winners and I thought they were a size 3. They were fleece-lined and I thought “what cute little lederhosen-like shorts – they’d be awesome over tights.” So Sugar tried them on and they fit like a dream. I had them all the way to the till before I realized they weren’t size 3 shorts… they are 3-6 month old pants. Good heavens. They must be saggy in the bum for diapers or something. But what the heck – we bought them anyway.
So you can see them on our models. It is amazing. In four? months they have grown from baby/toddlers who acted and talked like baby toddlers (and were treated more like big babies in ET – they were the smallest in the older kids home) to preschoolers, in thought processing, language, emotional control, artistic ability and even physicality. Pretty astounding.
4 months?! That is absolutely shocking! In some ways it feels like you were just in ET, but looking back at those first pictures of the girls…they have grown so much!
I love the “shorts”, by the way! So cute!
It’s amazing what good nutrition can do. My son changed 3 shoe sizes in the first months home. He is also thin, but tall so here in Italy I have to buy size 7 pants that are too wide but fit just right in length. Canadian size 6 pants are too big on him….even with the elastics and buttons, but spot on with length. He still wears size 6-7 t-shirts but long-sleeved t-shirts in size 6 are too short on the arms. In 3 years he’s gone from a European shoe size 26 to 33 going on 34. He’s gone from 15 kgs to 25 kgs and grown from 99 cm to 121 cm…my baby is no longer a baby.
Wow! In EVERY picture, your girls just sparkle! They are so cute! Congrats on the sucessful shopping trip! They look great!
Alysia
It’s so great to see your girls doing so well! They seem to have a very similar build to William, who is also having trouble finding pants that fit… everything is either too short, or too big in the waist/butt. He grew 5.5 cm in the first 3 months home, and he’s become such a fearless outgoing little guy. He’s definitely not the baby we brought back to the Weygoss. You wouldn’t recognize him!