https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 23:17:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-kids-close-together-in-age#post-2819660 Tue, 01 May 2018 14:57:38 +0000 Mrs. Train 2819660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes for a very long time my three boys wore the same size. It hurt everytime we had to bump up a size in clothes because I needed three times the amount if I wanted to be able to make it through the week. My friends who had young boys loved it when min outgrew clothes I had tons to spare!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-kids-close-together-in-age#post-2819613 Tue, 01 May 2018 12:29:36 +0000 LAZB 2819613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids are 20 months apart and g/b, so no clothes sharing, but this winter they were both in 18 month pants. My daughter is just really thin, so they were too short, but fit around the waist. She’s grown a lot though, so now she’s in bigger sizes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-kids-close-together-in-age#post-2819611 Tue, 01 May 2018 12:26:22 +0000 Alba4 2819611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My boys are almost 3 years apart, but can share some items. My oldest is lean and above average height. My youngest is a beast... very strong and solid (37 lbs and not even 2!). They can both get away with wearing 4T shirts although they are short on my oldest and long on the youngest. They mostly share hats and mittens, but I don’t see them sharing other clothing too much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-kids-close-together-in-age#post-2819534 Tue, 01 May 2018 08:06:57 +0000 DesertDreams88 2819534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If they were the same gender and could share the same size, I think that would be so convenient. I'd just have one big dresser and closet and they'd have to share it all. One change of clothes in the car, "diaper" bag, day care, etc</p> <p>ETA: I guess you're bummed your have to buy more clothes and couldn't pass clothes down between DS1 to DS2? I could see that. Maybe ok at it as a chance to downsize how many clothes they rotate through? </p> <p>Maybe I am biased though, because between hand-me-downs and family gifts, we have WAY too many clothes and I am always purging. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-kids-close-together-in-age#post-2819517 Mon, 30 Apr 2018 22:19:54 +0000 PinkElephant 2819517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 and DD2 are 4 next week and 6 in June. I don't intentionally have them share clothes, but the can definitely both fit in the same range of sizes. Underwear/socks regularly get confused when grandmas or aunties help me with laundry. We've got playground shorts and scooters/skirts ranging in size from 2-5 that pretty much either girl can wear; and dresses that are cut so that they work at any length also sometimes float back and forth between their closets anywhere from size 2-3 all the way up to 6/6x. Short sleeve tops there is also some overlap since most of DD1's height is in her legs, not her torso.</p> <p>They're about 5-6 inches apart in height, and only 2 lbs different in weight. DD1 is extremely slim and super leggy; DD2 is slim to average and more equally proportioned. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-kids-close-together-in-age#post-2819420 Mon, 30 Apr 2018 14:17:43 +0000 gingerbebe 2819420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our boys are 20 months apart (2 and 3.5) and its definitely getting harder to tell the clothes apart. DS1 is super tall and thin, so we end up having to size up his shirts quite a bit (long torso problems). DS2 is a little stockier so he can wear 2T shirts just fine, although he still needs 24 month pants (ugh I hate that awkward size phase).</p> <p>I think it would be easier to have the boys wear the same clothes because then I wouldn't have to keep track of tiny shorts and socks and what not. They are starting to fight over things, so I'd probably just buy doubles of everything and be done with it. </p> <p>One thing I've noticed anyway is that as my boys get older, they thrash their clothes harder and nothing lasts as long. So the ability to pass down clothes isn't as much of an issue as time goes on (unless I wanted DS2 to always wear dingy stained or ripped clothes, which I don't). I'm having to buy more new clothes for DS2 as time goes on, so I'm just trying to do my best to buy the clothes as cheaply as possible and then hopefully we'll reach a point where they can share clothes soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-kids-close-together-in-age#post-2819398 Mon, 30 Apr 2018 13:13:48 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2819398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not me, but my friends girls are 22 months apart. Almost 3 and almost 5 and they both wear a size 4 and share a lot of items! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-kids-close-together-in-age#post-2819389 Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:57:40 +0000 meganmp 2819389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have twins so it's different, but it hasn't seemed to be a problem to have that many clothes in the same size. In all honesty, it makes it easier because they can share clothes, so we probably have 1.5 times the clothes of one kid even though my children are different sexes- they share pants a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-kids-close-together-in-age#post-2819387 Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:53:09 +0000 RonjaL7 2819387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine are different genders but 1 year apart and have worn eachothers coats, hats, mittens, socks, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-kids-close-together-in-age#post-2819365 Mon, 30 Apr 2018 11:15:32 +0000 Anagram 2819365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine are 2 and 4, so they aren't that close in age---but my oldest is just built so much slimmer. She's not particularly tiny, but she's just very "slim". My youngest is short and stocky and just bigger boned. So my oldest is wearing 4's and 5s, and my youngest is wearing 3s and 4. Width wise, they are about the same, but they are 7 inches difference in height.</p> <p>I actually got swimsuits and switched the girls' swim bottoms because the size 4 was way too big for DD1 and the size 3 was kind of tight on DD2 with a swim diaper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-kids-close-together-in-age#post-2819364 Mon, 30 Apr 2018 11:09:37 +0000 skipra 2819364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 4 and 5.5 they definitely can share, especially shorts. But now the big thing is that the second my oldest outgrows something I can immediately hand it down, no need to store it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-kids-close-together-in-age#post-2819354 Mon, 30 Apr 2018 10:46:16 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 2819354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I keep thinking this will happen but then it doesn’t. They certainly CAN share clothes but for the best fit they are one size apart. For reference they are 5 and 6.5. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-kids-close-together-in-age#post-2819350 Mon, 30 Apr 2018 10:30:10 +0000 Adira 2819350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not YET, but I'm thinking it might happen. My oldest is a peanut and my youngest is average. Currently they are 3 and 5. My youngest is wearing 3T shirts and 2T pants and my oldest is wearing 4T/5T shirts and 3T pants. I suspect in a couple years, they might be the same size! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-kids-close-together-in-age#post-2819347 Mon, 30 Apr 2018 10:17:40 +0000 raspberries 2819347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>...was there a point where they started wearing the same size clothes? How old were they?</p> <p>DS1 will be 3 in July and is just now fitting into most 2T clothes. DS2 is just over a year and about to move into 24mo clothes. I'm thinking they'll both be in 2T come fall, and I'm not looking forward to having double the clothes in the same size! </p>