HELP HELP HELP NEED HELP :O

[steffipoo]

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Alrighty folks... need some input...

Can you please if you may help me out with idea on clothing items that would make it easier not only to dress themselves but also to modify the clothing. can you state your childs age and what you would like to see.... thanks have only 2 days ... will explain at a later date. (((HUGS)))) steff

[Emilysmom]

Steff:
Not sure if this is what you need, but I'll tell you the things that have been most difficult for Emily. (I'm hoping YOU are going to come up with things that will help, because I don't have great ideas.....just the problems!)

Buttons (especially SMALL ones!) have always been hard
Something to make it easier to understand the Right vs Left shoes!! (I have resorted to putting a R and L inside Emily's shoes!)
Some way to make it easy to understand the front vs back of girls' panties!!! I mean, my girl has a 50/50 chance of getting them on correctly but invariably wears them backward with a wedgie!
Those have been her biggest issues.
Susan

[steffipoo]

lol thanks susan thats exactly what I'm looking for

[steffipoo]

yea anything u have problems with folks or would make life easier

[meghans_mom]

definitely buttons and those metal hooks (that close pants)....even smaller zippers (on pants)...although I dont know if the pant-zippers are merely laziness :-D
(she can close zippers but i dont think she can start them off)

anything other than a large (1/2 dollar shaped) button....
things that are left & right (shoes, socks)...sometimes socks go on upside down in they are not "well defined" (heel from top)
shoe tying, of course....
Meghan is 6 1/2

thats all i can think of for now....laurie

[Pat]

Pants..John-John likes the elastic waist pants. If it has elastic half way around w/ a button or clasp & he can pull them up w/o undoing the button or clasp they're okay with him. If not "too big" his statement for not going to wear that.

Shirts... He will do button down shirts, knows it church day, but I do the buttons. He doesn't tuck shirts in, that's mom's job, acceptable on Sundays, but not t-shirts.

Shoes.. the only ones he put on by himself are his Crocs. He gets right & left correct. When buying sneakers the first pair he was shown was the lace ones. He called them ball shoes (he liked them), so when shown the velcro ones he did not want them because he had already decided he liked the others. I was hoping for the velcro ones. John-John said "too big" & I knew that battle was not going to be worth fighting every time! He might have been able to do the velcro ones.

Socks.. are hard, can't do yet, need to be stretchier or something

He knows to look for tags & that the tags go in the back. He also does the clasps on his life jacket w/o help. I guess he learned that from his car seat LOL
John-John will be 8 years old in a month.
Pat

[hannahph]

We have the worst time with shoes. Hannah is eight. Once she grew out of the toddler sizes(she now wears a girls size 1) the shoes became very different. A lot of them seem to have a heal to them(not great with her balance) they have lots of straps that she finds difficult, and her feet are wide and it is impossible to get her feet in them. I often have to shop for weeks to find her one pair of shoes that work for her and that she can handle by herself.

[mydsgirl]

Emma is six. She can pull up elastic waste pants and skirts but I never know if they are going to be on forward or backward. She can put on slippers but does not no that they are for different feet. She can't do zippers on pants and can not do buttons.

Doesn't help that this year the school district adaopted a uniform policy which require belts. lol The teachers will definitely have to help her as she is not completely potty trained yet.

[Connie]

Steph,

Collin (now 7) still has trouble with buttons and zippers on pants. He can do some snaps though. He prefers pants that he can pull up and down.

His favorite shoes are his dress slip shoes or his croc's

Connie

[Kristin]

Age 8, girl. Adjustable waist pants. We need larger buttons or easier snaps at the top of pants. Larger zipper handles on coats. A greater selection of wide width shoes that don't have to be tied or buckled. (That toe gap makes her toes cramped in regular shoes.)

Don't know if this helps, but I have the worst time finding age-appriopriate clothing in smaller sizes. She will be a 4th grader, but wears a size 6X (about the size of your average 1st grader). It can be difficult to find clothing that isn''t filled with Disney characters, or other things aimed at younger children, and dress her like her peers. Her capris also look like high-water pants because of her short legs.

[steffipoo]

Kristin.... yes the age appropriate is a biggie for me. I think all kids no matter what size small or BIG like my girl should have adorable age appropriate clothes. GREAT input its very much appreciated. (((HUGS))) steff

[laurasnowbird]

I agree with the comment about adjustable waist pants. Ethan is so skinny that things just fall off him....and it takes much trial and effort to fit him. Not pleasant for anyone involved.

He's grown into a size 4 in length, but man, his waist is just tiny. Maybe a velcro closure on jeans? Wouldnt' that be awesome? LOL! Labeling for the FRONT of underwear....

[Valerie]

Susan, maybe Emily is trying to tell you she wants some thongs. ;D

[AndAnd]

My son Andrew is nine and can zip just a little but not button or snap or tie shoes. He is thin so I have been able to buy him pants that do snap and zip but because he is thin he can just pull them on. That will get increasingly harder though. He is a size 6 and the shorts and pants are starting to have buttons more than snaps. I was thinking about taking the buttons off and sewing velcro on them for the snaps. Haven't tried it yet. I did find a pair of Gymboree shorts that had velcro instead of a snap. I just don't want him to have to wear pull on pants the rest of his life! I have been able to find cute shoes from Stride Rite with velcro that don't look babyish since he is practically a man (so he says) but at $50 a pair that is getting expensive since he wears out the bottom of his shoes at the inside of the heel so badly that he gets holes in them and I have to throw them away after three or four months and they look totally new on the top.

I saw a young man with DS at a tea room, he was working there, and he was dressed in a long sleeve dress shirt and his Mother had folded the shirt about half way down the sleeve and sewn it so that there was a part of the sleeve that was double and about 4 inche wide overlap. Andrew's arms are short but since we live in the south he doesn't wear long sleeves too often and so far we have not had that problem. He is about the size of a five to six year old and most clothes still fit him. I don't look forward to the day that I will have to hem all of his pants but I think it will eventually come. Hope this helps.

Andrea

[Jackie]

Emily has always hated to bucke, tie, fasten ...her shoes and will go to all sorts of lengths to just slide them on.

I agree with buttons...especially at the waist on jeans...those were always hard for Em when she was younger.

Also we need some sort of bra for narrow shoulders ...and one that is easy to put on.

Jackie