And he is. Chubby. Everywhere. But especially in the leg/buns area.
It's adorable and kissable and squeezable and we wouldn't change it for anything.
But it does pose a bit of a problem when trying to wear pants.
He's spent most of his life just wearing onesies. And that worked because we lived in the desert for most of his life so while everyone else was trying to keep their babies warm, we were trying to figure out ways to keep him from being so sweaty at night and while in his car seat. Then we moved to NJ and onesies still worked because it's summer and who needs pants in the summer if you can get away without them?
I even made him a pair of leg warmers for those cooler days, but they don't really stay on with the way he wiggles his legs.
But pants are cute. And so on cooler days I would try to put him in pants. And that is where our problems happen. Elastic waist pants usually don't make it past his thighs. I'm not kidding. We've gone up to size 24 months and they get stuck on his thighs, like me trying to wiggle into my pre-pregnancy jeans. Solution? Pants that have elastic waists and zippers!
Or one-piece outfits!
So we try them. They get over his legs and snap under his belly and look adorable. So I sit him up so he can admire his pants and whoops! he falls right over. So I sit him up again, and whoops! Falls right over. The waist of the pants interferes with sitting!!
Where does that leave us? Pants-less.
I decided I needed to swoop in and save the day by making him some pants. I found a pattern on-line that said it was for a tall, skinny three-year old (that should be more than enough to fit a chubby eight-month old, right?) and make a mock pair by cutting up an old shirt (Go Sooners!). The pants came together very easily and looked pretty comfy. The problem?
They still get stuck on his chubba thighs. I might have read the pattern wrong and needed to enlarge it? Or maybe her three-year old is really skinny (and not as tall as she thinks?). We've already established that I think Teddimundo is as big around as his five-year old cousin.
Either way we're back to the drawing board. Really just back to the sewing machine. I'm sure we can figure out the pattern.
(Erica, does Josh want some OU pants?)
7 comments:
Poor little pantless baby!
Maybe it's time for low fat milk. :)
EP: Not if that means I have to cut back on my ice cream intake!
But they are just such cute chubbies!
Poor Teddy! Maybe I should send a sample of 3T and you can see if those fit around him. (Although a lot of 3 year old's are skinnier than babies.) You know we're always up for indoctrinating our kids with alma mater paraphernalia.
I think where you went wrong was using a pattern for a "skinny" kid. Go find a pattern for a chunky kid. Or take a regular pattern and just add a couple of inches when you cut.
Maybe he should start wearing kilts? They have pleats--lots of extra room!
Yeah, I'm thinking short chunky 3-year-old ought to give you the right size pants!
Nonetheless, this is a good read and comes with good photos -- especially the last one.
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