Things you must know about my youngest son:

• He looks smaller than he should for his age. He will use this youthful appearance to get away with anything. ANYTHING.
  
  
• He enjoys throwing away things. This is helpful when there are wrappers laying around, not helpful when you need to find your phone.
  
  
• He's learning about potties. Keep the lid closed and he's less likely to flush random objects.
  
  
• He has perfected his baby ninja moves, especially going limp as a protest against the evils of grown up commands.
  
  
• He has not perfected the trust fall and if you say "Time to change your diaper" he will promptly fall backwards onto the floor even if you are nowhere near him and it's a hard wooden surface.
  
  
• He is 15 months old and I dressed him in 3-6 month pants today. Pants that fit. I doubt that babies are concerned about their waistlines and requesting vanity sizes.

I was worried that my 15 month old is frequently wearing 6-9 month size clothes until I heard about vanity sizing. I can find no other explanation for the fact that my nearly 3 year old has pants exactly the same size that are labeled 18 months, 24 months and 3T. This is just confusing and creates endless laundry conflicts for my husband when he has to put away clothes for an 18 month old and 6 month old who don't live here.

Even more disturbing is the fact that my mother in law gave me belts for both kids that she made by punching a couple of extra holes in belts that came off of skirts she bought for herself. Now we're sharing clothes between Grandma and the 15 month old?? Or are manufacturers taking "One Size Fits All" as a challenge to prove their products are true to their word?

I say we get rid of sizing numbers altogether and just print the measurements on the garments. Inches or cm, whatever makes you feel better. Or we can go back to Garanimals and match the Rhinos... to the appropriate sports gear? I'm still confused: the rhino doesn't wear any pants.