I am going pants shopping this coming week for our Little Liam Fellow...AND...I'm at a crossroads on the whole sizing thing. Cause you know, he's tall. SHOCKER!
But the whole height thing doesn't balance out with the weight measurements on the sizing charts & I do NOT want to be left with pants hanging off his buttocks cause he's skinny!
The 12-18 month lengths are too short (only up to 31") but the weight is right. The 18-24 month size is perfect for length but WAY OVER on weight (most starting at 26 lbs.).
I'm not going out to buy more pants. This is a one shot deal here. So do I buy the right length or the right weight? He's only about 22-23 lbs. so that is a huge difference there...
Should I get a tape measure out & see how long his legs are in case his height is in his torso?
Why are there no dressing rooms for Toddlers?
**note to self: when you open Boys Boys Boys Clothing line, make sure you have fitting rooms available**
Showing posts with label height. Show all posts
Showing posts with label height. Show all posts
Friday, September 21, 2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
He's not THAT tall, is he?
I went to a play-date today with my Mommies Group - events I normally do not attend because they are always scheduled at the start of his nap time cause that's what works best for the coordinator (but I digress) - I went today because Liam must go outside multiple times a day & it drives me crazy with the taking of my hand to each and every door only to find them still locked (but, again, I digress).
So we went to this really cool park just about 10 minutes from home with swings & slides (which he loves - on both counts) and stuff for him to twirl & spin (also, something he loves) but EVERYONE commented on HOW TALL HE IS. And how well he walks & that he's almost running and in comparison to everyone else there he is but is he really THAT tall? Granted, he's probably 33" by now and everything but I have never had so many people (about 99% of everyone we see) tell me HOW TALL HE IS.
There's a little boy there who is 3 MONTHS older than Liam and 1) isn't walking yet & 2) about 5 inches shorter. There's other boys who are closer to two years old and barely taller than him & also not walking as well. Or talking as well. Or listening as well - when I say, "can you hold Mama's hand, please?", he does it. When I say "slow down you're on a hill", he slows down.
But I'm honestly starting to get a complex about all of this. I feel defensive when I respond about his height. I say silly things like "I don't know where he gets it from" or "but he's real thin so maybe he just looks taller". Now, reason tells me not to be defensive and maybe these women are just making small talk but it's constant, I get it everywhere, all the time. Just kind of weirds me out - like am I raising some mutant Argentine giant? Cause that one basketball player from Argentina? Yeah, he's the only one ever to exist. And it's not like my family hails from Giant Land of the Great White, you know?
Yes, I know I need to get over it but it still kind of makes me furrow my brow a bit these days.
So we went to this really cool park just about 10 minutes from home with swings & slides (which he loves - on both counts) and stuff for him to twirl & spin (also, something he loves) but EVERYONE commented on HOW TALL HE IS. And how well he walks & that he's almost running and in comparison to everyone else there he is but is he really THAT tall? Granted, he's probably 33" by now and everything but I have never had so many people (about 99% of everyone we see) tell me HOW TALL HE IS.
There's a little boy there who is 3 MONTHS older than Liam and 1) isn't walking yet & 2) about 5 inches shorter. There's other boys who are closer to two years old and barely taller than him & also not walking as well. Or talking as well. Or listening as well - when I say, "can you hold Mama's hand, please?", he does it. When I say "slow down you're on a hill", he slows down.
But I'm honestly starting to get a complex about all of this. I feel defensive when I respond about his height. I say silly things like "I don't know where he gets it from" or "but he's real thin so maybe he just looks taller". Now, reason tells me not to be defensive and maybe these women are just making small talk but it's constant, I get it everywhere, all the time. Just kind of weirds me out - like am I raising some mutant Argentine giant? Cause that one basketball player from Argentina? Yeah, he's the only one ever to exist. And it's not like my family hails from Giant Land of the Great White, you know?
Yes, I know I need to get over it but it still kind of makes me furrow my brow a bit these days.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
School Started!
Toddlin' Time was in effect today!
Continuing the conversation from the comments about clothes - Liam got complimented on his outfit *numerous* times this morning AND believe it or not, Dada dressed him up. Matching & everything ;)
Nana ~ he had on his striped Monkey Business shirt with the blue shorts from Gymboree - very cute indeed!
Now that we've gotten our First Day of School Outfit discussion out of the way, let me tell you about the class...
There were FOUR LIAMS IN IT. FOUR. I have not ever met another Liam (since ours was born) and there were FOUR of them right there. Three of them were blond, mine is not. One of them spelled it Lliam - in Argentina his family would pronounce that Jiam. None had Robert as their middle name. They ALL responded to anyone saying Liam at any given time. I took to calling My Liam - Fellow. Only ONE Liam responds to that :)
This boy of mine? Yeah, he's "spirited". He was still the only one running around making sure they touched everything (door stoppers included) & screamed the whole time. I was told he has a "bubble-ly personality" - I think I need a Mommy Thesaurus for that one cause I'm not quite sure what that meant. He's not rough or mean or a bully BUT he is still learning his "limits" on who can be touched (not EVERY Mommy will allow him to use them to climb up on to stand up) & how they can be touched (not EVERY baby enjoys being petted like a Kitty). So I'm running after him 100% of the time. I asked The Lliam Mommy who this class really intended to give the "work-out" to at one point when I noticed her wiping the sweat off her brow too. He's sharing pretty well, as can be expected for a 14 month old so that's promising to see.
I know that they do the songs & mellow out stuff at the end to mellow them out and have a cool down period but part of me wishes they would do that first cause it's hard enough to get Liam to sit still a book these days LET ALONE after he's been running around on fire for the past 35 minutes!
He's also the tallest in the class - way taller than any of the 18 month olds. By at least 3 inches. No one could believe he was as young as he is for how tall he is & how WELL HE WALKS. A lot of kids didn't need running after cause they rarely strayed from Mommy's side - yeah not mine. Seriously, I work up sweats chasing him around just to make sure he isn't wounding himself not necessarily because he's such a FAST walker/runner but because he doesn't hesitate and once he's on his way somewhere, he's really, no fooling around, on his way there.
Of course, I'm so happy I signed him (I mean US) up for this, he loves it & I think he's going to gain some [more] confidence by using their equipment that is designed for the rough & tumble tumblings of our Little Boy.
Now, if I could convince the lady to put a safety lock on the DOOR, I wouldn't have to race him to it every time he remembers it's there!
Continuing the conversation from the comments about clothes - Liam got complimented on his outfit *numerous* times this morning AND believe it or not, Dada dressed him up. Matching & everything ;)
Nana ~ he had on his striped Monkey Business shirt with the blue shorts from Gymboree - very cute indeed!
Now that we've gotten our First Day of School Outfit discussion out of the way, let me tell you about the class...
There were FOUR LIAMS IN IT. FOUR. I have not ever met another Liam (since ours was born) and there were FOUR of them right there. Three of them were blond, mine is not. One of them spelled it Lliam - in Argentina his family would pronounce that Jiam. None had Robert as their middle name. They ALL responded to anyone saying Liam at any given time. I took to calling My Liam - Fellow. Only ONE Liam responds to that :)
This boy of mine? Yeah, he's "spirited". He was still the only one running around making sure they touched everything (door stoppers included) & screamed the whole time. I was told he has a "bubble-ly personality" - I think I need a Mommy Thesaurus for that one cause I'm not quite sure what that meant. He's not rough or mean or a bully BUT he is still learning his "limits" on who can be touched (not EVERY Mommy will allow him to use them to climb up on to stand up) & how they can be touched (not EVERY baby enjoys being petted like a Kitty). So I'm running after him 100% of the time. I asked The Lliam Mommy who this class really intended to give the "work-out" to at one point when I noticed her wiping the sweat off her brow too. He's sharing pretty well, as can be expected for a 14 month old so that's promising to see.
I know that they do the songs & mellow out stuff at the end to mellow them out and have a cool down period but part of me wishes they would do that first cause it's hard enough to get Liam to sit still a book these days LET ALONE after he's been running around on fire for the past 35 minutes!
He's also the tallest in the class - way taller than any of the 18 month olds. By at least 3 inches. No one could believe he was as young as he is for how tall he is & how WELL HE WALKS. A lot of kids didn't need running after cause they rarely strayed from Mommy's side - yeah not mine. Seriously, I work up sweats chasing him around just to make sure he isn't wounding himself not necessarily because he's such a FAST walker/runner but because he doesn't hesitate and once he's on his way somewhere, he's really, no fooling around, on his way there.
Of course, I'm so happy I signed him (I mean US) up for this, he loves it & I think he's going to gain some [more] confidence by using their equipment that is designed for the rough & tumble tumblings of our Little Boy.
Now, if I could convince the lady to put a safety lock on the DOOR, I wouldn't have to race him to it every time he remembers it's there!
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Vandalizin' for Prosperity
Last night as we were making a video of Liam walking backwards, playing soccer and grabbing his belly (it's rather long but will be uploaded to dropshots in one hot second), I commented that Liam was already 1/2 way up Matias' thighs, height wise. This lead us to make our own growth chart on the kitchen wall :) You'll see how tall he is & I just cannot get over it! And maybe he's normal & I'm just not used to it but I think it's a TOTAL trip that when standing he comes up that high on Daddy.
We might actually purchase a growth chart for his room, but neither of us hesitated when we talked about just marking up our rented wall - with pencil, of course.
We might actually purchase a growth chart for his room, but neither of us hesitated when we talked about just marking up our rented wall - with pencil, of course.
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