How to determine the size of the baby’s clothes?

In the first years of a child’s life very often have to update his wardrobe. This happens for two main reasons: the child is growing rapidly and parents are not able to choose the right size of clothes. Often, mothers do not know how to determine the size of the baby’s clothes, and they buy either end-to-end or outgrowth. So it turns out that at first the child bought the item is great, it looks ridiculous, and for the next season the baby grows out of it. Thus, both a child without a new thing and money were wasted. The solution to this problem is the right size, when the clothes do not hamper the movements of the child, looks perfect on him. In this article, we will tell you how to determine the size of clothes for a child so that he always looks “straight away”.

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How to determine the size of clothes for children?

If your child has a standard figure for his age, then you can easily pick up clothes, focusing on the age category. With age, individual features of the body structure emerge in children: leg length, chest width, thinness, fullness, height. Therefore, it is necessary to take into account weight, chest and waist circumference, hip circumference.

Important! Often for accuracy, additional metric data is needed: the length of the step seam, the length of the sleeve, or the circumference of the neck.

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Dimensional tables of different countries

To indicate the sizes of children's clothing, there are various markings: alphabetic, digital, dual. Some metric data may coincide completely, and some differ by 1 or 2 cm.

Important! Often, branded manufacturers introduce their own markings with a detailed description of the dimensions of the children's body of different ages.

Consider the main dimensional nets that can be found on product tags in children's clothing stores.

Important! As a rule, a dimensional grid for crumbs up to 2 years is served separately. Sometimes a segment of teenage clothing from 146 cm and above stands out from the general grid.

Russian size chart. Features:

• Clothing size on this grid is determined by age. A specific figure corresponds to each age interval. The emphasis is on the circumference of the hips or chest and the growth of the child. Regarding gender, it is up to 6-7 years old.
• The smallest size of children's clothing corresponds to the number 18. It corresponds to a height of 50 to 56 cm, a girth of 40 and hips of 42 cm. Approximately these parameters have babies from 0 to 2 months.
• Starting from size 30, which corresponds to the age of 6-7 years, the same size for boys and girls, due to the structural features of the male and female skeleton, contains different parameters.

Important! When choosing clothes for this size grid, you should pay more attention to the parameter “chest circumference”. Growth in this case does not always coincide with other actual parameters of the child, therefore it is not a reliable assistant.

Features of the European size chart:

• Figures of European sizes determine the weight and height of the child. For example, if 50 is written on the label of the wardrobe item, it means that the jacket or trousers will fit the child, with a weight of 3-4 kg and a height of 45-50 cm.
• The increase in size goes with an interval of 6 cm: 50, 56, 62, 68, 74 and so on.

Important! In the European grid, the size of the clothes coincides with the growth of the baby.

American size chart

Most often, mothers and fathers are faced with American sizes when ordering children's new things through online stores. How to determine the size of the baby’s clothes? There is absolutely nothing complicated in this grid, if you look at it a little.

According to US standards, clothing for children and adolescents is divided into three categories according to size:

• Baby - clothes for babies from 0 to 1 year. The sizes of such things are indicated by months (the age of the baby) - 0M, 3M, 6M, 9M, 12M.
• Toddler - things for children from 2 to 4 years. On the label are indicated by the following markings: 2T, 3T, 4T.
• Infant - from 5 to 18 years. Marking of such clothes is ХS, S, M, L, ХL.

Important! Children, no matter from which country and what nationality, are growing rapidly. In babies up to a year, the most intensive growth is observed. During this period, baby crumbs can change 5 sizes of clothes. Such swiftness will no longer be in any age segment, because during the year a child can grow by 3, 5, 7, and sometimes even more centimeters, depending on heredity. Therefore, for this period it is better to buy only the most necessary things, since in six months they may already be small.

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What should you pay special attention to when choosing children's clothing?

• It is worth considering that dimensional grids display a standard, averaged version, and children can vary greatly in volume with the same height.
• Many manufacturers take into account the gender of the child, in addition to generally accepted completeness.
• If the manufacturer has its own marking, then a size chart must be given, where the product length, chest or waist circumference, age are indicated.
• In Russia and Europe, clothing manufacturers are mainly focused on the growth of the baby. But Russian products are designed for thinner babies, and European - for more complete ones.
• Factory items from China, due to their cheapness, are becoming more and more popular. It is worth considering that for babies in China there are only 4 sizes.
• In Chinese, American and English products, clothing sizes up to two years of age are usually designated as months: 12, 18, 24.

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How to determine the size of clothes for a child? Taking measurements

The key to a successful purchase is the correct measurement. It is recommended to remove them before each purchase of new clothes, since even in a week your child can grow up and change.

Height:

• If your baby is less than 2 years old, then you need to put it on a flat surface and measure the distance from the crown to the heel with a centimeter tape.
• If the baby is more than two years old, then place it evenly at the doorway, lower the ruler on the head so that one of its edges rests against the wall, and put a mark with a pencil. After that, measure the distance from the floor to the mark. This will be the growth of your child, which will help determine the size of clothes.

Important! The height of the child should be measured without taking into account the height of the shoe sole. Therefore, it is better for the baby to become barefoot against the wall.

Chest circumference

Measured in the widest part of the chest over the laundry. A centimeter tape should pass under the armpits, along the protrusion of the shoulder blades and chest, freely, but not hanging down.

Important! Clothing size is equal to two chest circumference.

Waist circumference

Ask the baby so that he does not retract his stomach, use a measuring tape to measure the waist, not tightening it too tight, but also preventing sagging.

Important! In some cases, this measurement can cause difficulties, since not all children have a clearly defined waist. To correctly determine the level of the waist, you can tie a tight braid around the belt and give him a little walk or sit. The braid in the process will become at the right level, after which you can easily measure the volume of the waist.

Hip girth

With a measuring tape, wrap the buttocks of the child.

The length of the sleeve

Measured from the shoulder joint to the wrist on the outside. In this case, ask the child to bend his elbow a little. The centimeter tape should fit snugly to the surface of the hand.

Leg length

This parameter is equal to the distance from the inguinal zone to the ankle of the foot.

Important! Some manufacturers on the tag indicate the length of the leg - it is equal to the distance from the waist of the pants to the ankles.

Neck circumference

Loosely put a tape around your neck.

Head circumference

This parameter is important when buying a headgear. A centimeter tape should extend from the middle of the forehead to the protruding places around the head.

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Useful recommendations when choosing children's clothing:

• If you can bring your child with you to the store for trying on, use it. So you can protect yourself from unnecessary money spending and pick up a child a really good thing that he likes and will fit.
• When measuring a jacket, ask the child to raise his hands up. If at the same time the sleeves dropped below the wrist, and the lower back was bare, then ask the seller for the same model, but larger.
• When buying a jumpsuit, make sure that the straps in it are adjustable. Thus, you will have a small margin for growth. The leg of the overalls should not crawl on the floor while walking or bully when the child crouches. This rule also applies to pants.
• If you like the selected model of outerwear, but the child claims that he is uncomfortable in it, you should not convince the baby and persuade him to buy. It is better to choose a kit that suits both you and the child.
• If the baby is still too small to take him on a fitting, then in this case the measurements taken from him will come to your aid.
• It is not recommended to take clothes intended for wearing in the cold season, one size larger, since the manufacturers have already taken into account the fact that they will be wearing sweaters, tights and other underwear.
• When choosing winter kits, pay attention to the heat-shielding properties. Manufacturers very often indicate on the tags the maximum permissible temperature at which the child will feel comfortable in clothes.

Important! Remember that overheating a baby is much more dangerous than overcooling. Therefore, choosing winter clothes, you need to take into account all the nuances of the climate and the activity of the child.

• If the child's parameters are in the middle between the readings of two sizes in the dimensional grid, then give preference to a larger size.

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If you want your baby to always look beautiful, neat and comfortable in clothes, you need to know how to determine the size of the baby’s clothes. First of all, you need to consider not only the baby's age, but also its metric parameters. The most important indicator is its accurate growth. The older the child, the more important other parameters become: chest circumference, hip and waist size. It should be understood that the standard values ​​are indicated in the dimensional tables of any sample. Therefore, you do not need to trust them implicitly. Using the useful tips from the article, you can easily take the measurements from the child correctly and you can buy only those things that really fit the baby.