Touched by Nature Girls, Toddler, Baby and Womens Organic Cotton Short-Sleeve and Long-Sleeve Dresses

I read a million reviews on this dress to decide if I should go with the 12 to 18 or 18 to 24 months. Ultimately I decided on the 12 to 18 because I didn’t want it looking all big and frumpy. Happy with my decision for my 15 month old. And yes the tag says 18 months I think the description on the website is just a recommendation if my daughter was under 12 months then 9 to 12 months might be better. She wears 24 months and most of Carters. After I wash I will update but I definitely will hang dry as I do most of her clothes. Very soft and color is as expected.

UPDATE
Minimal shrinkage after washing. Still looks great after several washes. Arms are nice and long so if it gets too short she can still wear it with leggings. Very happy with my purchase.

These are the most comfortable and lovely dresses that never fade and maintain their new look and feel for a very long duration. I purchased a short sleeve style initially at Winners a year ago and tried to find them again. I was delighted to discover these! They were purchased for an eight and ten year old who have a very good selection of clothing, but, they prefer to use these on a regular basis because of how incredibly comfortable and beautiful they are.

ADORABLE dresses but on the first wash per manufactures instruction, the dresses shrunk by at least two sizes; from dresses to tunic tops. I bought tights to go with the dresses and now I will have to buy leggings. I buy A LOT of clothes on-line and have never experienced shrinkage like this. How do I get my money back???

This problem happened with both the navy/black bow and the pink/red bow. [The white (uncolored) bows are fine.] Washed in COLD water, gentle cycle, regular detergent. Both times the dye from the bow in the center of the waist band bled onto the surrounding fabric of the dress, ruining it. The stain will not come out!!! I suggest if you want to keep the dress, CUT THE BOW OFF PRIOR TO WASHING FOR THE FIRST TIME!!! I’ve had many Touched by Nature garments in the past, and loved them all – great fit, quality and price – but this is very disappointing!!! I don’t know how in the world these made it past quality control???

My daughter is in 12-18 months- which is the size I ordered. It was pretty big on her, so I washed it and it shrunk up a little, but they probably won’t fit her properly until she is actually 18 months old. These are beautiful dresses though, very soft and stretchy! The seams aren’t rough at all, and they are nice and long (good for taller babies!)

I ordered 5 sets of 2 of these dresses in different colors (for a total of 10) for my 21 month old daughter. Thats my spring/summer shopping for her main wardrobe DONE in ONE $53 purchase. She already has an innate sense of profound inner beauty and she’s been runway walking everywhere and GLOWING because these dresses express the inner beauty and grace on the outside.

And think about it, folks. It’s an awesome hack. That’s only 10 items to keep up with, wash, etc. No decisions, just grab these on rotation, slip one over their head and that’s you DONE with it. They are lovely feminine dresses so your kid rocks out looking great, and girly but they are super airy, easy to play in and give your kid better sun coverage than other spring/summer clothes. PLUS it saves YOU a lot of money & BANDWIDTH.

I’m using our cloth diapers again and wanted something lovely & loose that she could play in that gave me easy access to changing her & wouldn’t cause compression leaks. My girl is a heavy wetter. Whether it’s cloth or disposable diapers, clothing that compresses diapers at the crotch creates a need for more diaper changes when it wasn’t otherwise really necessary and LEAKS. And, because these dresses are loose fit around the nether bits they dont require a wardrobe change every time they spring a leak.

I could have put her in tshirts and leg warmers for cooler times or sun coverage but we live in Texas and the leg warmers are gonna give sun coverage but be too hot in summer.

Cloth diapers can also serve as cute shorts or bloomers and dont need covering up and these hang low enough to cover up the plainer disposables but do not inhibit climbing and PLAY. You save money, time and bandwidth in every way, with these. My daughter park tested them yesterday. She was scrambling same as usual with no wardrobe hitches. These dresses GET OUT OF THEIR WAY when they play. They might frustrate mobility for crawlers but it might be the same that the dress gets out of their way too. Maybe start with one set and see how it works first unless someone else has weighed in on the practical logistics for them.

That was my biggest concern about this purchase. My daughter is a high energy explorer and if her movements or ability to play are hampered she’s not going to be happy and she’d declare herself and see to it I was too until her needs were met. As soon as she had one on and sprung into action that being settled, so BOOM! 👊🏻👍🏻

I got the 18-24 months and the front lower hem falls to just below her knees. The hem scoops down a touch more in back. Fits just right now, and they will continue to through the season as she grows. My daughter is on the smaller side of her age group.

Also, I had these in my cart and set my phone down to do something for her & my daughter got my phone and placed the order, herself, somehow. Precocious little stinker. Parents BEWARE! That being said I might have over thought it, self doubted more and gotten paralysis of analysis. I figured that was just us completely on the same page and her pulling the executive trigger on her vote. She said YES to the DRESSES! 🤣

I’ll also add that I’m a very single mom and I have ADD and a pituitary adenoma that affects me in myriad ways. ANYTHING that saves me money, energy and bandwidth and doesn’t require as much decision making or focus or room for error is me doing myself and her a service. Im all about forward thinking and hacks and doing things my tomorrow self will THANK ME for. She’s my 5th and my other kids are all grown. I have a 5 month old granddaughter. It was only in hindsight of raising my others that I could AFFORD to register everything I did for my kids and now I’m doing it again with a 2 year old at 44. I’ve always put a lot of thought into things but it’s really become NECESSARY that I do now and that I’m KIND to myself in these things, yeah? Guess what? EVERY MOM needs and deserves that and because of that I say GET THESE! And even if you aren’t on a budget as tight as mine is existentially or financially these are a SOLID INVESTMENT with many happy benefits and returns and thanks to all the thought I put into it you don’t HAVE TO. 😉 Buy with confidence or just hand your toddler the phone and THEY WILL! 🤣🥳

Thank you Touched By Nature. These are AWESOOOME & AFFORDABLE game changers for us parents and our girls.