Outerwear for Toddler Girls – Toddler Girls Outerwear

My kids always have several Corky coats each season, so I’ve sort of become a pseudo expert in the sizing of these great coats. First of all the coats are always generously cut, fit very true to size and almost always have a roll-up cuff that lets you get extended wear with the coat. My rule of thumb when buying children’s outerwear is to always go up one size from the size clothes that my child is wearing in August and September. All kids will grow into the size quickly and you won’t be stuck trying to find a new kids coat at the end of February!

For instance, when my girls were wearing 2T clothes in August, the time a lot of people buy new girls coats to get the best styles, they looked adorable bundled up in their slightly oversized 3T Corky coats and matching hats at the end of October. But, by early April the Corky coats still looked great on them, but I sure was making good use of those four inch roll down cuffs! This strategy has worked well for me from when my girls were infants, right through their toddler and girly years, and all the way up to size fourteen.

Here in New England, it gets cold fast right at the end of October and can stay very cold right through April. The coat you buy in August needs to fit your child for nine months! When your child tries on the coat when you buy it remember, your child is probably wearing a light weight summer outfit and as it gets cold they will be wearing bulky sweaters, turtle necks and jumpers.

You can look through websites for size charts and they are fairly useful. But in the end it comes down to a judgment call on what size toddler coat to buy. The best measurement to go by is sleeve length because this is the part of the coat a child will outgrow. Once the sleeves are too short you need a new coat. Now if say a swing coat becomes a little shorter as the season progress that’s okay you won’t need to buy a new coat. Also, if you’ve bought a generously cut boutique coat you won’t need to worry about the coat not fitting across the chest. It’s those short sleeves that will always be the problem!

I have three girls and my experience with Corky coats started fourteen years ago when my oldest daughter wore a twelve month swing coat and popover hat that would result with strangers stopping us to ask where we bought the coat. If I had to guess, I’d imagine that I’ve bought more than 100 Corky coats over the years. I can say, whenever I bought a Corky coat one size larger than the clothes that my children wore in August and September, I was never disappointed with the sizing. I hope you find this of thumb helpful.