That's it! She can't grow anymore!
coasterqueen wrote: Dh and I were talking last night about what to get Kylie for her birthday and I mentioned that she is in need of clothes. Yesterday she put on a pair of capris that in the spring were just a bit above her ankle, but yesterday they were much higher. She came to me and said "um, mom, these pants don't fit anymore. are these Megan's?"  I had to explain that they were hers, that she's just grown a bit since Spring.
Anyways, I was out looking on the internet and the fall "styles" and nope, I'm sorry, my daughter can NOT grow anymore. The styles are just way too TRASHY IMO for her to be wearing at her age.  Maybe it's time I learn how to sew my own clothes. Now I see why my mother made some of mine. 
Shame on designers!  Seriously, why do we have to make children look more grown up than they should be? 
MyBlueEyedBabies replied: I agree... Katy is apparently tall so she has been in regular 4's for a while. I agree about a lot of the designes being trashy so we mainly shop at stores like Childrens Place where they believe that kids should remain kids. I actually told the manager I liked their panties because they actually cover everything (this was right after walking thru Sears and seeing what looked like a shiney metalic-esk thong type thing in the little girls dept.)
She has also been taking shirts into Kassies room because she realized that a lot of them were no longer covering her.
coasterqueen replied: I like Children's Place too, when their stuff is on sale and cheap.  I also like their underwear because they cover everything. Kylie also liked them a TON better than any other underwear so I bought several packages for her.
I like some things at Gymboree - more little girl like, but I refuse to pay their prices.
Hillbilly Housewife replied: You know what I tend to do a lot? Buy something a size or two too big... roll up the edges and sew them in place, by hand (since i don't now how to use a machine...). Nobody's the wiser.
When she starts growing out of it...I unsew the edge and put a nice fabric ribbon or a lace ribbon over the edge, to cover the discoloration.
I've done a few shirts for her this way, as well as a couple pairs of pants. It doesn't work as well with Zach's clothes though... although I did find some nice camouflage type edging ribbon at Fabricland that I may pick up.
A&A'smommy replied: I don't understand it either and I know people who think its cute and put it on their kids I'm just like whatever its NOT for us!!!
Momof3inMe replied: I have always liked the stuff at Old Navy,and when they are on sale they are a good price. I know what you mean about the new styles.
3_call_me_mama replied: I know! I hate the trashy syles out there!
we did some fall shopping through lands end and llbean online. They have outlets on their sites. Great deals on a lot of stuff if you haev teh patience to look. Also sears carries lands end instore and the preices are reasonable IMO. Far cheaper than gymboree 
My2Beauties replied: I always thought Sears had nice decent little girls clothes too. I find a lot of kids clothes a little too revealing nowadays too. Yesterday I saw a girl, who couldn't have been no older than 8 or 9, walking down the street, unsupervised, with about 3 or 4 other little girls in a really short skirt and a top that revealed her entire stomach all the way up to the bottom of her breast line, it might as well have been a bikini, but it wasn't it was an outfit. Desiree even said she is way too young to be wearing that, I said I better not ever catch you wearing something that revealing unless you're at a pool wearing your bathing suit. I mean it was hideous, I wouldn't even wear it, I have some belly shirts that are like mid-riffs that might show the belly button but not that just flat out show my entire stomach and I'm an adult! Honey just wait until she gets to be Desiree's age and if she's built anywhere near Desiree, (she has to wear juniors and adult clothes now  ) it really gets hard to shop for them. I am appalled by some of the shirts and the sayings on them too. I'm so glad Desiree's mom and I are on the same page about clothes when it comes to her! I couldn't let her walk around with some of the stuff I see. Oh and I saw the thong panties for little girls too - absolutely and totally absurd and just awful, there is no way on this earth my child will wear a thong until she is about 17 or 18 years old and I still might have something to say about it then 
Maddie&EthansMom replied: Yep, I know exactly what you mean. I buy Maddie's clothes at Gymboree and Kelly's Kids (on sale). I've had good luck with Target and Old Navy this year, too. But for the most part I like the little girl look. The problem is that she is into fashion and has her own idea of what she wants to wear. I'm just more thankful (the older she gets) that we send her to a private school with a specific dress code. It makes it so much easier b/c I don't have to buy a lot of 'street' clothes and I dont' have the issue with 'what to wear' every morning.
redchief replied:
Thank you, Karen. I can't believe what parents are putting on their kids these days. I wouldn't let my teens go out dressed like that, let alone a little girl. Maybe if all of us stop buying that garbage, they'll get it and start making more sensible kids' clothes. There's no reason an 8 year old should ever look like she's out man-shopping.
kimberley replied: lol i feel your pain. i really like being able to shop for cute girl stuff finally but some of the bigger stuff is totally trashy. who buys this stuff???
Kaitlin'smom replied:  sorry but what 3 or 4 yr old would wear a thong? Kait gets annoyed when she has a wedgie, I really dont think she woudl stand for it ALL the time. I agree some of the way theses kids dress it awful. I normaly shop for most of her clothes with Old Navy, some come from Wal-Mart (usually MIL who some how get them for $1 or $2) and I have even gotten cute stuff at K-Mart.
coasterqueen replied: What got me is the other day I was out and saw padded bras for young girls. Maybe I'm clueless because I have too much upstairs to need padding, but why do little girls needed padded bras??????
Kaitlin'smom replied:
  thats crazy.......why?
Brias3 replied: Aliyah's really into "fashion" for her age too but I won't let her wear half the stuff she eyes in stores. I've found that Gap Kids and Children's Place still have decent stuff. Old Navy as well. Once in awhile, H and M has good stuff for a great price- especially tops. I used to love Petit Bateau when we were in Europe but it was usually really pricey (I had to look for sales) and now its absurd for me to pay shipping to order online from there so we've stuck to things we find here.
Limited Too is mostly out of the question for us, even though Aliyah ALWAYS wants to go in when we pass it in the mall
AlexsPajamaMama replied:
LLBean is a very nice place, great quality....and it isn't too far from where I live
Maddie&EthansMom replied:
I think this has been a topic before, but I didn't think you could buy a training bra that wasn't padded. All of mine were and not b/c I wanted it to look like I had more but b/c of the pain when you are first getting bb's.  Not sure the padding helps that much, but it's something.
coasterqueen replied:
Well I wasn't in a training bra for very long  but I never had a padded one and I don't remember any of my friends having them (who needed them ) at that age.
Must be a new thing.
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