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Dwarfism awareness with Halloween spirit - adapting clothing


Some Halloween spirit for you while also covering some dwarfism awareness.

Husband got the kids some Halloween costumes yesterday - every year we discuss ideas to so as a family and then inevitably we end up buying from the supermarket. One year we'll get round to making some fun themed costumes but not this one!

He'd brought back a skeleton baby grow for our son. It's a size 12-18m which is pretty much ideal when it comes to torso length (despite being 2.5 years old his disproportionate form of dwarfism - achondroplasia - means his limbs grow slower than his average height peers which means clothes take extra planning) and it is only a little long in the sleeve. The trousers are a no go though as the bottoms he has that fit are either 6-9 or 9-12 months. 

Worth noting that just like average height kids all grow differently so do kids with achondroplasia, their height and limb lengths can vary greatly so what fits Elis just now won't necessarily work for another achondroplastic the same age.

Anyway the trouser legs were WAY too long when he tried on his costume yesterday and he just kept tripping over the attached sock bits. This isn't the first time we've had this problem, I've been chopping socks off baby grows since he was a newborn. So out came the scissors - problem was once I had cut the feet off he was furious as he could see they had the skeleton feet on. One of his sisters kept trying to convince him to use them as gloves instead but he was having none of it. 

Luckily I came up with a plan to turn them into slippers that was quick and easy. I used a couple of the girls' hair elastics and sewed them into the top of the socks (there was no way they were staying up without some help unfortunately). And hey presto he had a pair of skeleton slippers to go with his outfit. Delighted doesn't even cover it.

I don't have to alter a lot at the moment but it does happen and I've covered altering clothes in a previous post:


And here's some of my favourite brands that I've found I don't need to spend any time changing because they just seem to fit so many sizes in one go:



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