Ugh, don't get me started on clothing sizes! DD is 8, almost 9 now and a proper little beanpole. She's also quite tall which means she needs a larger size to accomodate her height but needs belts to hold them up because otherwise they fall straight down. She's settling around a 10-12 in most things these days.

But there really is very little consistency in any of the sizes in shops, it can vary so much even with the same brands that the only way to get stuff fitting correctly is to try things on before buying them. Or take them back when they don't fit. Shoes are just as bad with a selection of anything from size 12 to 3 in our cupboards for the same child.

Would be nice if they introduced uniform sizing standards.