How to Properly Measure Your Toddler for Clothes

Making sure that your toddler’s clothing is well fitted is optimital for their mobility and comfort. Age-based sizing systems often tend to be unreliable due to the differences in growth rates, and sizes of children. The goal of this guide is to aid you in accurately measuring your toddler for clothing, making sure that the fit is right regardless of the brand and style.

 

Apprehending Toddler Clothing Sizes

The range of toddler clothing sizes is from 2T to 5T, marked as T for toddler. Positional growth also impacts the rate at which children grow. For example, a child’s measurements will determine whether they should be given a 2T designed for a two-year-old child.

 

There’s also a need to distinguish the differences between 24 months and 2T. While both are designed for children across the age of two, roomier, diaper-friendly 24-month sizes tend to differ with 2T purchases meant for non-diapered children.

 

Essential Measurements for Toddlers

In as much as the listed measurements aim at certain goals, the most useful of them all is:

• Height: Using a wall, measure your child’s height, starting at the head and ending on the floor.
• Chest: To measure the chest, wrap the measuring tape around the fullest part of the chest above the breasts and just underneath the arms while making sure the tape is neither tight nor loose.
• Waist: To measure the waist, measure around the natural waistline which is also slightly above the belly button.
• Hips: For hips, measure the widest part of the hips and buttocks.
• Inseam: From the crotch to the bottom of the ankle and the rest of the thigh is the inseam and calf is the ankle.
• Sleeve Length: With the arm in a relaxed position, from the shoulder down to just before the wrist bone is below the wrist bones.
• Dress Length: For dresses, measure the from the top of the shoulder to the desired hemline.

 

The results should be obtained in the most natural manner, with a flexible measuring tape, keeping the child in a standing position, so as to ensure accuracy.

 

Teaching Children About Accurate Measurements

• Use a Baribly Flexible Soft Measuring Tape: This type of measuring tape allowes for precision that is unrivaled.
• Measure Over Lightweight Clothing: To ensure precision, the subject – which in this case is the child should be barely dressed.
• Set the level: Taking the floor as the reference point ensures placement of measuring tape at parallel height.
• Without Snugging: The measuring tape should not be so tight that it packs skin.
• Two Measurements: It is guaranteed the more the measurements are checked the more accurate they get.

 

Tips for Measuring Active Toddlers

We all know toddlers cannot sit still, and this brings trouble while measuring their body parts. To help you out, we came up with a few tips:

 

• Turn It Into A Game Event: Change measuring into an activity that is fun. For instance, measuring with a soft measuring tape that the child can fiddle with can help alleviate anxiety.
• Use a Wall: To mark the height, let your child face a wall and then cap the height that they achieve while standing. After that, you can measure the height from the floor to the marked cap.
• Body Tracing: Place your kid on one side of the paper face down and get a sizable piece of paper. Tracing can easily be done for the child with the help of your hands without too much difficulty because it’s comfortable, which can make accuracy difficult. It is then possible to measure the outline in question to get the desired outcome.
• Measure During Sleep: For toddlers who are somewhat active, measuring them while they are asleep might make the most sense. However, it will be key that they are not disturbed.

 

Navigating Brand Size Charts

Every single brand has its own distinct styles and this leads to severe inconsistency of clothing sizes across brands. While some may run big or small compared to others, it remains very important to always check their size chart beforehand. Take for instance the people over at PatPat, they provide more than enough detailed size charts that link their clothing over their measurements.

 

When it comes to international brands, keep in mind that their sizing can vary greatly. For example, European sizes often use a child’s height as the primary measurement. Converting your child’s height to centimeters can improve your shopping experience with these brands.

 

Fit and Growth Consideration

Growth is nearing for toddlers, so further consider growth when selecting sizes.

 

• Give Growth Room: Enabling children to choose slightly larger sizes can help extend the lifespan of the clothing.
• Changeable Growth Features: Cuffs or waist bands may have boosters.
• Layering: The garment can be worn top so it will not restrict movement.

 

Final Remarks

Step in selecting clothing that needs to be done is measuring your child. By concentrating on measurements rather than age, the chances of inaccurate measurements are low which helps improve choices. As a result, parents are able to reduce spending on shopping, and toddlers receive unrestricted, movable garments.

 

Each and every child is different in terms of growth rate. Keeping tabs on your child’s measurements every month along with their brand-specific sizing guide will make navigating through the wide world of toddlers clothing sizes smoother.

 

For visual representation on how to measure your child, you can check this video: