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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is sometimes worth it to buy quality clothes if they can be worn a long time.  I have a slow-growing kid (she's tiny) so I've gotten up to 5 years out of certain items.  She had this one cardigan sweater that lasted from 18 months to age 5-6.  First it was slightly big, then it fit, then it fit as a shrunken cardigan with 3/4 length sleeves.  It looked good the whole time -- I called it the magic sweater.  It was Petit Bateau by the way.  For a girl, the longest lasting items have been cardigan sweaters and certain styles of dress (shift dress was a dress then a tunic).  If your kid has younger siblings to pass clothes too, that's another good reason to buy quality.

I found Tea has really gone down in quality -- the prints look very worn after a few washings.  Hanna seems the same to me.
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So, you want your kid to wear ill-fitting clothes so that you can justify the higher price? That doesn't make sense either. [/quote]

Yeah sorry PP but there's no way that stuff looked anything but too small.[/quote]

Ok, if that's what you want to think.  I liked the way it looked, so did others who complimented her.[/quote]

I have petit bateau outfits that have fit my baby from 3 months to about 10 months.  she did a lot of growing, but I think the brand is styled so it fits a broader range.  So, when she was younger, the dress sleeves were cuffed, now the sleeves look 3/4, but it fits normally everywhere else so it doesn't look too small or constrict her.  But this probably wouldn't work for a baby with different proportions (my kid is very long, but a little thin for her height, fwiw).  [/quote]
6-7 months is not out of the realm of possibility for fit, however, since the season/temperature changes during that time, I generally do not dress my children in the clothing from January (cold) when it is August (hot).  For a young child I would not count on more than 3-4 months actual (fit/season appropriate) use.  If you want to save it for another kid, great, but there is no way that one kid is wearing the same outfit for 4-5 years. [/quote]

I am that poster whose kid wore the sweater for 4-5 years.  I didn't mean to suggest that this is something most people should be able to do.  I was just saying why I buy certain quality items (and that magic sweater was a handmedown).  FWIW, my DD is quite small and thin for her age and has a very short torso.  When she grows, she apparently grows only length-wise in her arms and legs.  She's 8 now and wears size 8 pants, but can fit in size 5-6 tops (unless I buy bigger and use them as tunics  :wink: )  Most items (pants in particular) last only 1 maybe 2 years.  [/quote]

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