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preschooler's pants
Are preschoolers intrinsically hard on pant's knees or is mine unique?
3 out of 7 days in the past week, my 4.5 year old has put holes in the knees of her pants. Now in the defense of the pants, most of them are two years old (this is the second year of her wearing these pants). I guess I need to figure out where to buy pants again. Karen G |
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I would imagine that most preschoolers probably spend a lot of time on
their knees. I can vividly remember that as a young girl all my pants had colorful patches on the knees that my mom had sewed on. At the time, I thought they were cool! Anna Karen G wrote: Are preschoolers intrinsically hard on pant's knees or is mine unique? 3 out of 7 days in the past week, my 4.5 year old has put holes in the knees of her pants. Now in the defense of the pants, most of them are two years old (this is the second year of her wearing these pants). I guess I need to figure out where to buy pants again. Karen G |
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In article , Karen G says...
Are preschoolers intrinsically hard on pant's knees or is mine unique? 3 out of 7 days in the past week, my 4.5 year old has put holes in the knees of her pants. Now in the defense of the pants, most of them are two years old (this is the second year of her wearing these pants). I guess I need to figure out where to buy pants again. Karen G Two words: Land's End. Banty |
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Karen G wrote: Are preschoolers intrinsically hard on pant's knees or is mine unique? 3 out of 7 days in the past week, my 4.5 year old has put holes in the knees of her pants. Now in the defense of the pants, most of them are two years old (this is the second year of her wearing these pants). I guess I need to figure out where to buy pants again. Karen G Sounds normal. I used to put iron on patches on the insides of their pants at the knees. That way they didn't show, but added some strength -- and when they did first start to go through the material, the pants would hold together enough to hang on to for playing in. I also sometimes patched them, but I don't think that's popular anymore. meh -- Children won't care how much you know until they know how much you care |
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Karen G wrote: Are preschoolers intrinsically hard on pant's knees or is mine unique? 3 out of 7 days in the past week, my 4.5 year old has put holes in the knees of her pants. Now in the defense of the pants, most of them are two years old (this is the second year of her wearing these pants). At least with boys, preschool is just the beginning. My 10yo has holes in the knees of most of his new school jeans already. sigh.... Up through size 3 or so, jeans seemed to last through two or three boys. After that, I'm lucky if they last the season. --Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01) |
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Banty wrote: Two words: Land's End. Are they really more sturdy? Someone else told me Gap jeans last well, but Ryan has put holes in his in no time. --Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01) |
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In article , Robyn Kozierok says...
In article , Banty wrote: Two words: Land's End. Are they really more sturdy? Someone else told me Gap jeans last well, but Ryan has put holes in his in no time. --Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01) What Land's End offers are pants which are double-kneed as well as being made of tough fabric. We like the 'cargo climbers', which have the double-knee incorporated with the whole style pretty well. Banty |
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Banty wrote: What Land's End offers are pants which are double-kneed as well as being made of tough fabric. We like the 'cargo climbers', which have the double-knee incorporated with the whole style pretty well. I guess the question is whether or not the fabric is really any tougher than other jeans, because the double-knees don't really gain me much. They boys don't care if their jeans have holes in them; *I* care about them going to school in holey jeans, and it seems that the pants would look just as unpresentable if they had double knees so the holes were "only" on the outer layer. And of course, with no sales on, they cost more than twice what Wranglers cost at KMart, so they'd have to last more than twice as long for me to feel the money was well-spent. How adjustable is the waist with the built-in belt? Very few styles come in slim, which is the best fit for all my boys. --Robyn |
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In article , Karen G wrote:
Are preschoolers intrinsically hard on pant's knees or is mine unique? 3 out of 7 days in the past week, my 4.5 year old has put holes in the knees of her pants. Now in the defense of the pants, most of them are two years old (this is the second year of her wearing these pants). Preschoolers vary enormously on how hard they are on clothes. In defense of the kids, more damage is done to cloth in washing machines than by the kids---they just add the final stress that tears clothes worn out by washing. "Stone-washed" clothes are particularly fragile, as cellulases have been added in the manufacturing process to digest the cotton fibers and make them behave like worn-out cloth. Bleach is also very hard on cellulose fibers (cotton and linen). I don't think my now 7-year-old son has ever torn the knees of any of his pants. I attribute this to three things: 1) He's not very active, prefering reading to most forms of physical activity. He gets exercise by walking and riding the Trail-a-bike, neither of which is particularly hard on clothes. 2) We have a gentle washing machine (one of the newer front loaders) and use small amounts of mild detergent and no bleach. 3) He's gotten a lot of hand-me-downs from cousins, so does not wear the same pants over and over. When I was a child I wore out a lot of knees in pants---I had very bony knees that put a lot of stress on the pants. Even into my college years I wore out a lot of knees. Nowadays, my pants are more likely to fail at the bottom cuffs, or in a line just below the seat where the edge of the seat of my recumbent bike rubs against the pants when I pedal. -- Kevin Karplus http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~karplus life member (LAB, Adventure Cycling, American Youth Hostels) Effective Cycling Instructor #218-ck (lapsed) Professor of Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz Undergraduate and Graduate Director, Bioinformatics Affiliations for identification only. |
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