IMPORTANT - When using this guide, please see the information below the chart. All guides are approximate!
CHILD'S HEIGHT | CHILD'S APPROXIMATE AGE |
56 cms | 0/3 months or newborn |
62 cms | 3/6 months or 3 months |
68 cms | 6/9 or 6/12 months or 6 months |
74 cms | 9/12 months or 9 months |
80 cms | 12/18 months or 12 months |
86 cms | 18/24 months or 18 months |
92 cms | 2/3 years or 2 years |
98 cms | 3/4 years or 3 years |
104 cms | 4/5 years or 4 years |
110 cms | 5/6 years or 5 years |
116 cms | 6/7 years or 6 years |
122 cms | 7/8 years or 7 years |
128 cms | 8/9 years or 8 years |
134 cms | 9/10 years or 9 years |
140 cms | 10/11 years or 10 years |
146 cms | 11/12 years or 11 years |
152 cms | 12/13 years or 12 years |
164 cms | 14/15 years or 14 years |
176 cms | 16/17 years or 16 years |
Most european children's wear companies on the Continent use height as an age/size guide.
Now you and I both know that children are not all the same height at the same age (just like adults are not all the same height) but we have found that this method works best for us.
To find what size you need to buy, measure the height of your child (please don't guess as an inch can make a huge difference on a baby or toddler).
If you don't have a wall chart then the most acurate way is to stand your child against a wall and put a rule (or slim stick etc) on top of their head and mark the wall (oops! not on the wallpaper) and then measure the wall rather than the wriggling child.