How to determine the size of a child's clothing?

In the first years of a child's life, it is very often necessary to update his wardrobe. This happens for two main reasons: the child is growing rapidly and parents do not know how to choose the right size of clothes. Often, mothers do not know how to determine the size of a child's clothes, and buy either end-to-end or to grow. So it turns out that first the child bought a thing is great, it looks ridiculous on it, and for the next season the crumb from it grows. Thus, and the child without a new thing, and the money was wasted. The solution to this problem is a properly sized size, when the clothes do not fetter the movements of the child, it looks perfect on it. In this article we will tell you how to determine the size of clothes for a child, so that he always looks "with needles."

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How to determine the size of clothes for children?

If your child has a standard figure for his years, you can easily pick up clothes, focusing on the age category. With age, the individual features of the body structure appear in children: the length of the legs, the width of the chest, thinness, fatigue, growth. Therefore, it is necessary to take into account weight, circumference of the chest and waist, girth of the hips.

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

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Size charts of different countries

There are various markings for the design of children's clothing: alphabetic, digital, double. Some metric data may coincide completely, and some may differ by 1 or 2 cm.

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

Let's consider the basic dimensional nets, which can be found on the tags of goods in children's clothing stores.

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

Russian dimension table. Features:

• The size of clothes on this grid is determined by age. A certain number corresponds to each age interval. The emphasis is on the girth of the hips or chest and the growth of the child. Regarding sex, then up to 6-7 years, it is not principled.
• The smallest size of children's clothing corresponds to the number 18. It corresponds to the growth from 50 to 56 cm, chest girth 40 and hips to 42 cm. About such parameters have kids from 0 to 2 months.
• Starting at size 30, which corresponds to the age of 6-7 years, the same size for boys and girls due to the peculiarities of the structure of the male and female skeleton, contains different parameters.

Important! When choosing clothes for a given size grid, you should pay more attention to the parameter "chest girth".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 dimensional table:

• Figures of European sizes determine the weight and height of the child. For example, if 50 is written on the label of the wardrobe, it means that the jacket or trousers will fit the child, with a weight of 3-4 kg and an increase 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 clothing coincides with the growth of the baby.

American size table

Most often with American sizes, moms and dads clash when ordering children's updates through online stores. How to determine the size of a child's clothing? There is absolutely nothing complicated in this grid, if you understand it a little.

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

• 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. The label is marked with the following markings: 2T, 3T, 4T.
• Infant - from 5 to 18 years. Marking of such clothes - XS, S, M, L, XL.

Important! Children, no matter from what country and what nationality, grow quickly. In children up to one year the most intensive growth is observed. During this period, baby crumbs can change 5 sizes of clothes. Such rapidity will no longer be in any age range, because within a year a child can grow by 3, 5, 7, and sometimes more than centimeters, depending on heredity. Therefore, for this period it is better to buy only the most necessary things, since in half a year they may be already small.

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

• It should be noted that dimensional grids display a standard, averaged version, and children can vary greatly in volume with the same growth.
• Many manufacturers take into account the sex of the child, in addition to the conventional fullness.
• If the manufacturer has his own marking, then a table of sizes must be given where it is indicated the length of the product, the circumference of the chest or waist, and the age.
• In Russia and in Europe, clothing manufacturers are mainly focused on the growth of the baby. But Russian products are designed for skinny kids, and European products are designed for more complete ones.
• Factory things from China because of their cheapness are increasingly becoming popular. It should be noted that for babies in China only 4 sizes.
• In Chinese, American and British products clothing size before the age of two months is usually denoted by 12, 18, 24.

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How to determine the size of clothes on the baby? Removal of

measurements The key to a successful purchase is the correct removal of measurements. It is recommended to remove them before each purchase of new clothes, because even within a week your child can grow and change.

Height:

• If your crumbs less than 2 years, then you need to put it on a flat surface and measure with a tape length from head to heels.
• If baby more than two years, then put it exactly in the doorway, on the lower line of the head so that its one edge rests against the wall, and mark with a pencil. Then measure the distance from the floor to the mark. This will be the growth of your child, which will help determine the size of clothing.

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 at the wall.

Chest circumference

Measured in the widest part of the chest over the laundry. A centimeter tape should pass under the arms, over the shoulder of the shoulder blades and chest, freely, but not dangling.

Important! The size of the clothes is equal to the girth of the chest divided by two.

Waist

Ask the kid, so he is not drawn in the stomach with a tape measure waist, without tightening it too tight, but also avoiding sagging.

Important! In some cases, this measurement may cause difficulties, since not all children have a waist clearly marked. To correctly determine the level of the waist, you can tie the child to the waist with a tight braid and give him a little to walk or sit. Tape in the process of this will be at the right level, after which you can easily measure the waist.

Girth of the thighs

With a centimeter tape wrap the baby's buttocks.

Sleeve length

Measured from the shoulder joint to the wrist on the outside. Ask the child to bend the elbow slightly. The centimeter tape should fit tightly to the surface of the hand.

Length of pants

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

Important! Some manufacturers on the tag indicate the length of the foot - it is equal to the distance from the waistband of the pants to the ankle.

Neck Girth

Loose a centimeter tape around the neck.

Head circumference

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

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Useful recommendations when choosing children's clothing:

• If you can bring your child to the store for fitting, use it. So you can save yourself from unnecessary spending money and pick up a really good thing for the child, which he likes and will fit.
• While measuring a jacket, ask the child to raise his hands up. If the sleeves are lowered below the wrist and the lower back is bare, then ask the seller the same model, but a larger one.
• When buying a jumpsuit, make sure that the straps in it are adjustable. Thus, you will have a small margin for growth. The top of the overalls should not be crawled on the floor during walking, or heaved heavily when the child crouches. This rule applies to pants.
• If you like a well-chosen model of outerwear, but the child claims that it is uncomfortable in it, you should not change your mind and incline to buy. It is better to choose a kit that suits you and the child.
• If the baby is too small to take it for fitting, then in this case the measurements taken from him will come to you.
• It is not recommended to take clothing intended for wearing in the cold season, by a larger size, since the manufacturers have already taken into account the fact that it will be worn on a sweater, tights and other underwear.
• When choosing winter sets, pay attention to the heat-shielding properties. Producers very often indicate on the tags the maximum permissible temperature at which the child will feel comfortable in clothes.

Important! Remember that overdoing the baby is 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 midway between the two dimensions in the dimension grid, then give preference to the larger size.

If you want your baby to always look beautiful, neat and comfortable in clothes, then you need to know how to determine the size of the child's clothes. First of all, you need to take into account not only the age of the baby, but also its metric parameters. The most important indicator is its exact growth. The older the child, the more important the other parameters become: the circumference of the breast, the volume of the hips and waist. It is worthwhile to understand that standard sizes are indicated in the dimensional tables of any sample. So you do not need to trust them without question. Using useful tips from the article, you can easily remove the measurements from the child and you can buy only those things that really fit him.