TODAY I WAS A CHINESE MOTHER

The Chinese are known for bundling their children up in many, many layers.

Today I was a Chinese mother. Alice wore:

• a nappy
• a pair of tights
• a pair of thermal leggings
• a pair of trousers
  
• a pair of socks
• a vest
• a thermal vest
• a top
• a fleece hoodie

When she went out, I added:

• a fleece
• fleece wrist warmers
• fleece mittens
• fleece neck warmer
• waterproof dungarees
• a soft gillet
• a waterproof coat
• a fleece pompom hat
  
• a pair of sparkly wellies
  

(I somehow feel that that list should be sung to the tune of 'The 12 Days of Christmas!')

The top coat is a double one - soft gillet zipped into the spotty waterproof layer. Alice has a top by the same company, the top is age 3 and it's skin-tight, so I took advice from GMJ and ordered age 6 - by the time Alice had all those clothes on it barely did up (although most of the time it still has plenty of growing room)!

EDITED TO ADD:
J asked, 'Could she move?'
Yes, she could move but she couldn't get up when she fell over (think beached whale!)