"tall and slim" toddler boy's clothing?

Anyone know of any brands of Toddler pants that tend to run slim/tall?
DS (2.25) has such a skinny waste and long legs that most 2Ts are about
2 inches short, and the 3Ts are a tiny bit long but fall off his waste.
His shoulders are wide and his tummy seems a bit thick; he's now
wearing 4T shirts. Funny kid! Maybe he will be a swimmer...

toypup...

If you buy 2's instead of 2T's they should be longer and skinnier.
Children's Place boy's pants seem to all be adjustable waisted. If he's
very slim, like DS used to be, Baby Gap had size slim adjustable waist
pants.

-L....

Thanks to everyone who replied. Looks like I may have to break down
and visit Baby Gap, and some of the other stores I avoid due to
politics! :-O :-)
-L.

Michelle J. Haines...

We have that problem, too. Overalls help, or my MIL makes/alters a
lot of their clothes. :/

Michelle
Flutist

Thanks for any input!

Banty...

I had a tall skinny boy and the solution was the Land's End "climber" pants with
elastic waists that can be cinched to whatever size is needed.

-L.

karlisa...

Levi Strauss and Old Navy are two brands I can think of that carry
jeans for toddlers with an adjustable waistband. This is a problem for
us as well, because Mick is such a skinny boy. I just put darts in his
pants, though.

lisa
micksmom

Clisby...

Baby Gap has pants with adjustable waistbands - on each side of the
waistband (inside) is a piece of elastic with buttonholes and a button;
you pull it as tight as you need and fasten it to the button. I know
Gap is kind of expensive, but at least they fit. (And Gap has pretty
good sales, IME).

Stephanie...

Children's place has pants with these elastics and buttons that allow you to
cynch them down. My DS, with the same scene as yours, had good luck with
them. Also I think Osh Kosh B'Gosh has a slim size.

toto...

Has anyone found girl's skirts with the same kind of sizing? Dgd is
very skinny, but likes to wear girly clothes at 3.5. She needs a size
4 or 5 length depending on the brands, but can fit a size 2 waist.

Ericka Kammerer...

I haven't seen many girls' clothes that come in
slims, but I have seen a number of girls' skirts that
came with the button elastic adjustable waist. Also,
for summer you can often find drawstring waists. If
you get a skirt with an encased elastic waist, you can
usually snip open the casing and tighten up the elastic.

toto...

Unfortunately, that's not true when they sew the elastic
into the casings with triple seams. I hate trying to adjust
them when the sewing goes all the way through.

Ericka Kammerer...

True, you have to find the ones where the
elastic is loose in the casing. I can usually find
those, though, with some looking.

Just avoid the skirts with no casing and no adjustment,
like knit skirts that zip and don't have an elastic
waist. I noticed recently that Gap seemed to have
quite a few drawstring skirts out, and Gymboree has
button elastic in most of the skirts with fitted
waists (and encased elastic for most of the others).

toto...

Haven't see the drawstring ones, but that sounds like
something to look for here.

Ericka Kammerer...

Yeah--I love how flexible a drawstring is ;-)
Those have saved the boys many a time, except DS1
tends to knot them *really* tight and then he can't
get out of them ;-) But, his pants aren't falling
off his skinny little hips!

Michelle J. Haines...

But, hey, WHAT is WITH the trend of -pretend- drawstrings? Hey, let's
dangle a string at the very front of your pants that looks like a
drawstring, but is totally useless in actually keeping your pants up!
That's a fabulous idea! It makes me cranky.

bizby40...

Yeah, not to mention that if your to-shirt actually hangs below the
waistline, those pretend drawstrings create unsightly bumps.

bizby40...

that's "t-shirt" (dang spell-checker!)

Ericka Kammerer...

Yeah, let's add an entrapment hazard for no
good reason ;-) Maybe it's just supposed to be a cat
toy... I'm always really cranky if I don't check
closely and pick something up thinking it actually
has a drawstring only to find out it's fake. My
skinny minis need that darned drawstring to keep
their pants up!

Banty...

I find it more a feature of Cheap Stuff that doo dads and doohickeys are added
to dress the item up. Non-usable pockets, puckered up piping, and other dumb
things.

Banty (Land's End. Has what you need, and no dumb doohickeys.)

Barbara...

DH likes Land's End, but I find them a bit overpriced for One's
clothes.

But .... since Lyn was looking for things for her tall slender son, I
should point out that I did buy LE pants for One -- once. He's a bit
on the tall side, but with a solid build -- no fat on him, but broad
shoulders, etc. In the length he needed, LE pants simply fell down off
him.

Ericka Kammerer...

They do have slims, which are quite slim. They also
have many pants for boys that they will hem to order, so you
can order by waist size and get whatever length you need.

Best wishes,
Ericka

I'll add OshKosh to the list, though, as a brand that tends to run
longer and narrower. What about Hanna Andersson -- I can't recall
their fit.

Ericka Kammerer...

We do a lot of business with Lands End and I'm
generally very happy with their stuff. Still, the boys
like the windpants at The Children's Place, and they
work great for playing outside and coverups for dance
clothes and such, but sometimes they have real
drawstrings and sometimes they don't. Similarly
with other things. Shame on me for not checking
closely, but sometimes they look just like the
last batch that had real drawstrings and I just
don't think to look as carefully as I should.

Best wishes,
Ericka

Circe...

Tell me, do they have you on commission ?

Best wishes,
Ericka

Michelle
Flutist

Best wishes,
Ericka

Best wishes,
Ericka

toto...

Thanks, Erica.

Irene...

I think Carter's has these, too. I also have found they run slim - at
least, they didn't fit ds during his major pudgy tummy phase.

Nan...

My ds was the same way. I was able to find Wranglers at Sears in the
slim sizes for him.