Help me figure out the size of costume to buy!

MissLauraQ

Willow will be about 11 months at Halloween - I put her in 12 months clothes now.

Do I buy the 6-12 month size and pray it's not tight?

Or Do I buy the 12-18 months and see her swimming in it?

indigo91804

Are you planning to go out with her and layer her up on Halloween? Or could you buy both and send one back? I rather L and L's costumes be on the bigger side so I can layer them underneath.

cwhip77

I ordered a size up when we bought ours the other day... I think it's cute when babies are kind of swimming in a costume, makes them look more tiny. 

TaKhLakH

I would go with the 6-12.  Usually coats and stuff like that run bigger.

cmcmillan

I would go by her weight.  Mason is only 24 lbs, so right between the two sizes so I bought both and ended up returning both, one too big one too small.  It's especially hard with the length.  I found old navy didn't work so we went with gap which has a 12-18 months size which fit just right.

BethS2006

I guess it all depends.  Target had cute (inexpensive!) bunting type costumes for 15 dollars... labeled 0-9mo...  so i bought them.  We'll be lucky if Gabe still fits in it when we get back from San Diego... seriously?  he's not even 3 months!