The Cutest Things She Will Never Wear

Now is it when the old witch speaks: Let us be happy that your daughter outgrew those clothes. That means she is healthy. To **** with the clothes! Clothes ( and all material things) are not worth a penny as compared to your having your baby safe and sound. The family should have known better, but everyone expreses their wishes in one way or another. Maybe what they meant when they bought those clothes was something like "I am giving her the energy to grow and put on wiight". Isn´t it a miracle that she outgrew those clothes?

Dearest,When my youngest daughter was little, she saw picky to eat and very skinny. I was very worried. I took ther to the doctor and he said that he prefered a healthy skinny child than a child that was overweight because then the children have problems later. I used to eat porridge in the morning. I know it´s old fashioned, but there you put just the amount of sugar she needs and not more and it has a lot of carbohidrates. I loved rice pudding too and its very easy to make (and unexpensive).

You are a very kind and wise witch, my dear Marguicha. I love how you turned a negative thing into such a positive. I cherish that about you, especially when you have really serious concerns of your own at the moment. I am truly thankful that you took the time to help me out with my little annoyance issues. Really, this does annoy me, but it is probably more of an outlet to keep my mind off of other things at the moment. I know that they did not mean it in the positive manner that you have suggested, but I will pretend that they did, because I really like that thought. It really is a miracle that she has now outgrown those clothes. She eats a ton of food, but it is still difficult to get her to put on weight not only because she has an extremely high metabolism but also because she is very active. The healthy food that we give her also is not high enough in calories, so we have to give her treats to help her put on some weight, which is actually a positive thing, because she loves her special treats. I am so blessed to have you as a friend, because you force me to see the positive even when I want to focus on the negative.

Oops :-)

Maybe the next time I will just hand back the clothes that are miles too big, and ask the person that gave them to her to hang onto them until they actually fit. That way, at least they will not sit in my basement gathering dust for two years, and maybe they will have a better memory than me, and I actually will get them back when I need them, and she will actually get the chance to wear them.

Yes, I have done that myself with my oldest daughter. I would buy something on clearance knowing that her birthday or a holiday was coming up and put it away for "safe keeping". Unfortunately, it was so safe that even I could not find it until much later when it was either out of season or too small for her. Fortunately, that was just one or two outfits, but this recent one was a whole tote full of clothes.

The thing that really frustrates me is that these clothes were bought for my little one two years ago, and she is just now a little too big for them now. That is why they were put in storage, and we eventually forgot that we even had them. Certain people in the family insist on buying our little one the same size clothes as other children in the family that are around the same age. Unfortunately, all children (even if they are the same age) are not the same size. They apparently can't grasp this concept, because we just got a few more outfits for her that are size 4T. This time, I will try to leave a note for myself, so that in a few years I will know that she has a couple outfits before she gets too big to wear these, too.

Yep as they get older it is harder to remember about clothes in closets and such.

Angie! It is great to see you on here! I am so glad that I am not the only one that has done this. I was really beginning to think that I was the only one that this had happened to, and I was really starting to feel like a dunce. I mean, I know that way back when she was a baby we put some stuff away for her, and we would check it from time to time to find out whether or not she had grown into it, and then make sure that if it fit it was also appropriate for the current season. After two years, though, I had a lot of other things on my mind, and both my husband and I had totally forgotten about these clothes.

We forgot about them, because they were given to her two years ago, and we have been waiting for her to "fit into them" all this time! Since you don't have any children, I will try explaining this using sizes that you might be able to relate to. When she got these clothes, she was wearing lets say a boy's size large, for example. These clothes would then be equivalent to a man's size medium, which is a huge size difference. It took her almost two years to grow enough to fit into the clothes, which we had tried to explain to the people that bought them for her way back when, but they would not listen to us.

I got it---she could have lost in those clothes then---

Exactly! Her entire body could have fit into one of the legs on a pair of the jeans (rather like putting her into a sack), and then we would have had the other leg to carry around another baby if we wanted.

Yes, that is totally understandable and a very good idea. Usually, little ones grow so fast that they have outgrown the newborn sizes in a blink of an eye (or at least it seems that fast), and then they have outgrown the 0-3 months sizes in a matter of weeks, so having some 3-6 month sizes from the start is a wonderful idea. When the child is between six months and a year old, however, and still wearing a very small size, then why would people go out and get a bunch of outfits that are 18 months to 24 months sizes? That is way too big, especially since some of them even asked what size she was wearing. I guess that maybe they thought we told them the wrong size or something, but they knew that she was just a peanut (very small).

Getting a size bigger than what they are wearing is not only understandable but also a good idea, because as you say they will "get the wear out of the clothes". I am definitely not arguing or disagreeing with that at all. In fact, buying 3-6 months clothes for a newborn is even understandable. However, buying several outfits sized 18 months for a newborn is quite a different story, especially since you have absolutely no idea how long it will take that baby to fit into the clothes or what season it will be when they are actually able to wear them (some clothes can be worn all year around if you add a sweater or heavy stockings or whatever, but some clothes are definitely not appropriate in certain weather). That is more what I am talking about than buying a size too big. When you starting getting into 2T, 3T, 4T, etc., then it is another problem entirely, unless the clothes have adjustable waistbands, because you can roll up the cuffs if the pants are too long, but if the pants are too big around they will just fall off when the child stands up. It is the same with the tops. You can roll up the sleeves if the arms are too long, but then you have the tops that fall off the shoulders or dip down way too low if they are too big. My little one still wears onesies, so you can't see anything if the tops dip down or fall off the shoulder, but it just does not look right dressing her like that not to mention that it is a lot easier for her to get caught on things and get hurt.

Yes, I totally agree that getting a little large is good, because they do usually grow so fast. In fact, when someone asks I will tell them that she is currently taking size "thus and such" but will fit into size "blah, blah, blah" as long as it has an adjustable waistband, because she is so skinny. If the clothes do not have an adjustable waistband, however, then they literally fall off of her when she stands up and starts to walk, which has tripped her more than once. What I don't understand is when I go into such detail about the size my child wears and what will happen if she tries to wear sizes that are too big, why people apparently still think that I do not know what I am talking about regarding my own child and buy things way too big anyway. Oh, I think that the outfits that you made (both the original ones and the smocked shepherd suits) sound simply adorable! I think it is very cute that you thought that you were going to have a "little" girl, and "she" turned out to be a very large baby boy. It is great that you found a good home for the "little girl" outfits, though, since they definitely sound too cute to just put away and not be used.

If you don't want to call me PA, then Purple works just fine. Yes, I do not think that a lot of adults grow out of clothes that quickly, although teenagers can grow out of not only clothes but also shoes very fast. I think that with adults some people buy things a little big thinking that they can take them in or a little small thinking that they will lose a little weight and fit into it perfectly. That does not always work, though. I could give the clothes away. However, I do not know anyone at the moment that has a little girl that will fit into these clothes. My little one is smaller than all her cousins and the other little girls, even the ones that were born after her. Besides, these clothes are brand new and adorable. I am saving many of the cute outfits from my little one, because I do not want to buy a whole new wardrobe when I have the next one, especially since it costs a lot of money and we still have a lot of perfectly good and cute clothes (some of them have never even been worn yet). It would really be nice if my child could wear them, but if not then I will save them for when my oldest one has children. Besides, if I have a boy, then he will just have a lot of explaining to do when we bring out pictures of him as a baby dressed in "little girl's clothes".