Flower Girls Growing?

Kids grow fast. My girls are flower girls in my wedding. I bought dresses over the summer and prayed they wouldn’t outgrow them. It was super stressful. If you want them to all coordinate, I’d wait until a month or two before. I will purchase dresses for my sister’s wedding (that my girls are also in) two months before.

View Quoted Comment I guess so! I know little kids grow like weeds but I guess I just didn't think that at their ages they would grow enough in 4 months to outgrow a dress.

As a mom, I'd say especially at their ages they could potentially have a sudden growth-spurt (particularly the 11 year old, but really either). If you buy the dresses big/long on them now, it would probably work out okay (or, they could end up needing alterations...), but I'd trust the parents on this. One of daughter's flower girl's is 8.5 yrs old. Her mom took her to DB to try on dresses and have her measured before they ordered, and in the less that 3 months it took for the dress to come in, she grew enough that they had to exchange the dress for the next size up....

The good news for you is that in two months, after Christmas sales will be in full-swing, so even if you need to choose something new, there will likely be lots of lower-cost options to pick from. Unless you're choosing a FG dress that exactly matches BM dress colors or something specific like that, it's pretty easy to find two girls' dresses that will work as FG dresses.

View Quoted Comment Unfortunately, growth spurts happen. I never purchase anything more than $20 way ahead of time because it may not fit. Trust the parents. And I suggest being open minded when it comes to dresses. At that age they are already body and self conscious.

Our 2 daughters will be our flower girls and as much as I would like to buy their dresses now that I have mine, I know they won't be the same size in August and I'd rather not try to estimate.
Save the information for the dress you found and wait just to make sure the sizes are just right. I hope the parents don't want you to wait too long. 2 months before should be ok to purchase.

Ok, similar problem with my two flower girls. They are both 5 &6 and growing so much. My wedding is a bit further out but I've already found the dresses I wanted for them too. I had to have a heart to heart with my maid of honor because I was stressing so much over it! she told me to be patient. So I'm going to say the same for you, It'll be there most likely and it's not the end of the world.... Even though you want those, if you have to find another.

At that age, they should not grow enough to not fit into the dress. My flower girls at 4 and 5 and I bought their dresses two months in advance. They will be fine. They will not grow that much

My daughter almost 9, had a pre-camp physical, in the first week of June, and shots and back to school stuff last week in August. 5" in height, 22 pounds, in 12 weeks. Still slender though shoulders bigger across, and ribs, and hip bones stuck out where bone growth too fast for rest to fill in. In Oct, 10 pounds more, no taller, she looks good. Only one of our older 3 had slow steady growth, the other boy and girl, spurts. It is fast at certain inches. And kids that age, 8 lbs and 2 inches can be a full size change around chest, arm and leg length. 6 weeks to 2 months max. For advance purchase. Age 4-6, lots of times they grow a few inches taller without their chest measurement going up more than an inch, so over 4 months, everything fits if you did not buy it tight to begin with.

LET THEM WAIT! Trust the parents. Because they’re the parents, and because their your future in laws. You going around them and questioning their judgement about their kids’ sizes will only make you look bad to them. I appreciate your stress, but you have to let this one go.
In the meantime, to alleviate stress, maybe look around for a back up option or two that you’d be okay with in the event that the original does happen to go out of stock. Try to remember that there’s always another dress, and it will work out even if it does go out of stock. (I promise you in the grand scheme of things if you have to compromise on the dress, it’s still going to end up better than slighting your sibs-in-law)

There's a lot of dresses on Amazon in that price range. I've picked mine out and it's even harder because I have one FG from my side and one from his, on opposite sides of the country. I'm struggling but I decided to wait until super close to the wedding. They are available on Prime and have the free return, so I may even buy each girl 2 dresses to make sure it will fit, and they can just mail back the one that doesn't. If it goes out of stock, I'm confidant that I can find something else that will work, but I'm just not that picky about what it will be.

When I had planned a wedding before I actually brought my daughter and her cousin flower girl dresses a size up. However now for my wedding I am just waiting because unlike the bridesmaids I want the flower girls in the same dress at least 2 of them. I have 2 under 5 and two over 5 yrs old.

I would offer to pay for them so you can order them sooner, but I'd still wait until around January for sizing. So I'd find a few back up options in case it goes out of stock.

I agree I would definitely offer to pay for the dresses

Like many suggested, I would offer to pay for them. I brought my girls' dresses 6 months in advance but I ordered them one size up and they fit perfectly.

If the parents r saying wait why would u go against what they r telling u? They know their children. Im not having my 9yr old daughters custom dress made until 4 weeks before the wedding. Obviously u dont have children so please just do what their parents r saying.

Well you can pay for all of th but if they outgrow them it does no good. From what you said it is more of a growing issue then they can afford it. If you pay and they grow you are out the money. I think you are stuck waiting. You said you are not that picky so why not wait so no o es money gets waisted.

Thank you everyone for your advice! I hear ya'll loud and clear. I guess I'll just have to give it another month or two and keep an eye on the dress I want. Honestly by that point if the dress is out of stock I may just see if the parents want to just go find something for the girls themselves.