Re: Bad to the bone!

melinda wrote:

I've got a skin boy as well, but as he's only 4 (and a half)
elastic holds his stuff up quite well and he's quite happy
to wear shorts and trousers that mum makes :-) at least for now.
He can still wear trousers I made him just before he turn 2 - as
shorts, but they are wearing out now the first bits of clothing
he's worn out rather than grown out of.

It is amazing just how much wear you can get out of trousers when they only grow upwards, not outwards. DS2 is wider (but still skinny) than DS1 even though he is 2 1/4 years younger.

Lizzy

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