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the eric update - day 415: the case of the ever expanding pants!

while we try not be overly neurotic about odin's weight gains and really are quite impressed with the fact that he weighs over 20 pounds ( 9 kilos ), we'd be lying if we didn't admit that we probably spend more time talking about how his clothes fit than your average parent of a "full term" infant.

and we likely talk more about this pair of jeans than any other article of clothing because not only are they obnoxiously large on him given their 6-12 month sizing, but they apparently are growing!

over the past few months, each time we put them on him, they improbably fit him worse than they did the last time we tried and we can only conclude that they're made from some sort of space age fabric that for reasons unknown has never been used to make any adult pants that i've ever worn.

at the rate they're lengthening and widening, we figure that we may never have to buy him another pair of jeans again!

and yes, of course we're thinking of cutting off small swatches of the pants and putting them in petri dishes to see if we can grow new pairs to sell on ebay.

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8/23/2005 09:05:00 PM 4 comments

4 Comments:

You should try Old Navy for jeans. They are also sized a bit weird, and two jeans with the same size might be totally different lenghts, but that's the only place I can find jeans for my stringbean of a baby.

By amy, at 11:01 AM

I like Childrens Place jeans the best. And they are fairly well priced at 2 pairs for $25. They fit us the best in length and waist with cloth diapers. (Magdalena is now 19 months old, 22# and about 30" tall.)

By Suzanne, at 11:25 AM

I have expanding pants too. Washing and drying seem to return them to their normal size, most of the time. They fit great at 8am and nearly fall off by 8pm. Not sure if it's a bug or a feature. I guess that depends on how much I eat for dinner.

By ClumberKim, at 2:34 PM

kim: "I have expanding pants too. Washing and drying seem to return them to their normal size, most of the time. They fit great at 8am and nearly fall off by 8pm. Not sure if it's a bug or a feature. I guess that depends on how much I eat for dinner."

odd, mine do exactly the opposite! they fit great at 8a.m. and are definately not ready to fall off by 8 p.m., but i do suspect that it might be related to how much i ate for dinner :-)

By e3, at 11:16 AM

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