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Aug 29, 2010 23:35:08 GMT -5
Post by samanthajosmom_12 on Aug 29, 2010 23:35:08 GMT -5
looking for clothes is a pain for her. try them on the have to go home cut them and make them fit in the length and sleves . or have to shortnen everything.
where do you all get clothes and do you have the same problems. sue
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Aug 30, 2010 8:40:26 GMT -5
Post by mollysmomma on Aug 30, 2010 8:40:26 GMT -5
mollyis officially a 'tween' on the top...on the bottom? still big girl...although she wont wear ANYTHING that's not fleece! So I've bought every color of every fleece short...LONG fleece shorts that can be found...i feel your pain
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Aug 30, 2010 9:08:38 GMT -5
Post by Googsmom aka Jennifer on Aug 30, 2010 9:08:38 GMT -5
Sue {{{{HUGS}}}} I'm always looking for just the right fit of clothes. Brook is still little so it's a bit easier. We only do short sleved shirts b/c the long sleves are way to long. Sometimes I find jeans that fit just right and get a few pairs. Now the style here is the cut up pants so it's been easier this year b/c we just cut off the bottoms and the strings hang all over and match the rest of the pant LOL. I have found that the kapri pants/shorts things are good for Brooker. They make perfect pants
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Aug 30, 2010 12:34:30 GMT -5
Post by mg12061 on Aug 30, 2010 12:34:30 GMT -5
We have a terrible time finding clothes!!! Some different reasons than most of you do. We do find things to be a bit long(we have a lot of capris leggings and skorts). Sleeves I just roll up a bit but we do do a lot of short sleeves or 3/4 sleeves. When shopping for Kathleen I also have to be sure it has elastic waist becuase she can't do the zippers etc with jsut one hand. We need it to be stretchy fabric because it needs to fit over her leg brace which goes up to her thigh. I don't get skirts only skorts(with elastic waiste of course) so she doesn't have to worry about how she's sitting and I don't have to worry about the fit over her brace. I have found lots of skorts and when I find one I buy 1 in every color. We buy a lot of "athletic" type stretchy capris and leggings. Shirts are a real problem because I need to be sure the neck isn't too wide or it will not stay on her left shoulder , her left arm is smaller than her right and kind of droops (all from her strokes). We have to have sneakers that fit over her braces and don't tie. I found a nike pair that fits and bought 2 pair last year (it has elastic straps rather than ties or velcro). We need thin knee high socks to wear under her leg braces so her leg doesn't sweat against the plastic. I think that's our list of restrictions... Maybe some of these ideas will help someone else. Mary G
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Aug 30, 2010 18:16:59 GMT -5
Post by lespring on Aug 30, 2010 18:16:59 GMT -5
For those who's girls are getting older, about 3 years ago I started buying jeans in Kohls petite women's department. Angela isn't able to do fasteners (no buttons, or snaps, and only some zippers. Her fine motor skill are her biggest struggle.) Anyway, Kohls carries Croft and Barrow's brand of petite women's jeans, which have an elastic waist, and have a little bigger seat, which works nice for some of our girls who have a little junk in the trunk! The "short petite" fits a 24 inch inseam! That is very short! (Angela is only 4 ft 9) Right now Angela wears a women's size 4 short petite. They fit her very nicely, and they don't look like old lady pants on her. Sometimes our girls are a little bigger in the hips than other girls their age, so these work quite nicely!
I also use her waiver funds to get some clothes altered and have the zippers/snaps/buttons removed and replaced with HEAVY velcro so she can be independent at school. This works well too, but if your girl has a tummy, as Angela did most of last year, when they sit sometimes their tummy will pop the velcro, which is why you have to use the HEAVY and WIDE vecro! (we use 2 inch wide stuff!). Also in the alterations with regular jeans we usually end up having about 18 inches taken off the length in order for them to fit her. LOL
Our goal is complete independence while at school, but once in awhile I find something thatis ADORABLE, just not practical for her to wear for school. So sometimes I save the more stylish stuff for when we're out together as a family and I can help her out in the bathroom if needed, much to her annoyance.
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Aug 31, 2010 11:50:30 GMT -5
Post by kg91207 on Aug 31, 2010 11:50:30 GMT -5
We can't do a lot of long sleeves for Kaelyn either. for pants, The Children's Place really makes pants, and shirts, that seem to be in the right proportions for Kaelyn. I like the adjustable waist bands too. Can't do a lot of Old Navy clothes, they just don't fit right. Baby Gap is pretty good, but I only buy clearance items from them!
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Sept 2, 2010 0:26:01 GMT -5
Post by samanthajosmom_12 on Sept 2, 2010 0:26:01 GMT -5
thank you for your responses. i am going to khols this weekend to look for jeans so i will take your replies to heart when looking this weekend,. thank you so much. sue
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Sept 2, 2010 13:15:22 GMT -5
Post by Chris too on Sept 2, 2010 13:15:22 GMT -5
Let us know how it goes, Sue Leah, I hadn't seen the new pics of Angela - she is such a pretty girl! Thanks too for the tip about Kohls - I need some new jeans - LOL!
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Sept 5, 2010 16:53:30 GMT -5
Post by Kaylis on Sept 5, 2010 16:53:30 GMT -5
In some ways I envy parents of girls with Ds. Capris would be just the right length on Mikah, but would look weird usually because he's a boy. He's wearing loose-cut 4's (but their waists are usually too tight), or rolled up 5's. I've come to love the pants with the elastic and buttons inside for adjusting -- they seem to fit the best. His thighs, though, aren't particularly short. Shirts are a huge problem because he's got extra short upper arms, a very deep chest (for a six year old) that he gets from his father, and fairly narrow shoulders. Like most everybody who's posted, we do short-sleeved shirts most of the time, even though they have to be big everywhere else to fit his chest. At least he has a long torso so they don't hang down really far. Button-up dress shirts are rare, of course, but how many 6 year olds, particularly chocolate addicts like Mikah, are put in dress shirts that often. Mostly I just shop thrift stores or Goodwill for shirts since they all end up stained much too soon. When he gets older, and hopefully less messy, I figure I'll be shopping for shirts on the few web sites I've found that cater to people with short arms. I wish I could remember the names of the one's I've found, but with a bit of searching they should show up. Good luck.
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