Dear H&M

I just don't know what to do with you.

 Upon countless trips to your stores I've noticed a trend. After perusing through the ladies and men clothes I always end up in your beyond cute baby/toddler/kids section {which most of the time has it's own floor. Oy vey}. I stand there and marvel at all the adorable wee wear. Stylish, cozy AND inexpensive. I manage to round up a ready-to-wear outfit complete with accessories and shoes for the price of just a pair of pants else where. I thank you for making it so easy for me to get my husbands permission to buy cute clothes, but there's a slight issue.

I don't know if there was an error with the conversion from the metric system to U.S units or if Europeans have much larger children {kidding} but every single item we have purchased for Maisie has been massive. Since going to one of your stores required a special trip downtown, it was too much work to exchange the inexpensive clothing, so they were folded and placed in a dresser drawer with hopes that one day she will fit into them. Now, I know Maisie is a lot smaller than the average toddler, but I already bought a size down to compensate. There is no excuse H&M. No excuse at all why your clothes are this large. I suggest you look into it.

 I have provided evidence below:

Now H&M, I love this knit sweater {left}. I commend you for your taste, but can you guess what size it is? The yellow sweater on the right is from Old Navy and in a 18-24 month size {this may or may not help you}.

hah! Wouldn't have guess that right? 6-9 months!? You have got to be joking.

Maisie just now wears this sweater (she's 21 months old) and we still have to roll up the sleeves 2 or 3 times.

Here she is wearing it a couple months ago at Central Park.

 The shirt on top is from Target in a size 12 months. The gray polka-dot shirt on the bottom is an H&M tee in size 9-12 months. When Maisie wears one of these of your tees it looks like she is wearing a pillow case.
Maisie is saying "What the heck H&M. What the heck!"

 These did come in handy when Maisie was sick and her fever was so high {because of the ventilation}, but they are too huge for every day wear. To prove this: Maisie's friend Holly {who's 11 months older than Maisie) came over to play last week and she accidentally spilled some water on her shirt so I put one of these on her while I put her shirt in the dryer and it fit perfectly. She is over 2 1/2 years old!! Now that's just crazy.

These are not all the clothes that were ill fitted from your stores. These are only the ones I chose to make an example of. I think we are just now starting to figure out what size she actually wears in your clothing. This leopard cardi is a size 9-12 months and fits her great.

You win H&M because I know your cute and fun designs and cheap prices will keep me coming back, but nonetheless this is a problem that should be addressed. I would be 1000x more likely to sport the puppy-dog-pretty-please-eyes-and-pout if I knew they would actually fit.

I hope you read these words in the manor they were intended, as constructive criticism.

-Sincerely,

An H&M loving mama who wants her child to look less like a stylish bum.