Toddler clothes have way cooler prints and patterns than any adult clothing.

They can only wear it for such a short time that it's hard to justify a lot of it. My littlest one doubled in size overnight and he went from 9 month to 18 month clothes. He wore 12 month stuff for like a week.

Exactly. It's so cool and so fleeting.

I haunted sales and always bought a size or two up, and then just had it in the closet when she was ready. But it's SOOO easy to want everything because it's so cute! And now she's a teen and won't wear anything that I pick out, and only wants to be in hoodies all the time (really! Hoodies over dresses! Hoodies over everything!). But it's fun while it lasts.

My brother & partner just had their first child, and he keeps buying tiny soccer kits for his son. Online shopping is dangerous for parents with young children!

I'm a fan of Farm Rio for adult fruit themed clothes and ThredUp for second hand child clothes that are sometimes fruit themed. :)

I have a small box of clothes from when my children were little - my daughter, now 14, still likes to look at it from time to time and reminisce 🥹. Most of it is from Boden which has adorable kids' clothes, and they also sometimes (too rarely!) make fruit and animal sweaters for adults

I channeled my daughter when I bought a swimsuit with strawberries all over it. I’m trying to channel kids clothes to get more joy in my fashion in general.

As a runner myself I always found BOA Running shorts and Chicknleg running shorts to have fun patterns. Last I checked both had at least a strawberry pattern to meet your fruit needs.

For my daughter's first 7 years, I bought lightly or never used clothing bundles on eBay (10-25 pieces). Even with having to ship them to us internationally, we would save hundreds of dollars on clothes that often came with the tag on! The styles were brilliant, often from the trendiest kiddo brands, and more often than not, had a fun cohesive theme or at least were seasonally paired. This does take away the fun of online shopping in some ways, but it also meant that I never ever patrolled those sites, releasing me from the impulse angst.

Of course, I then spent a lot of my savings on baby slings to match our outfits. ;)

We have an amazing resale store in Philly called Nesting House. Whenever my toddler is outgrowing clothes I bring all the good old clothes over for them to put up for sale and then buy fresh ones for no more than $5 a piece. Because the things I bring in often sell I get a small credit and often end up spending no more than $10 every time I go and walk away with an armful. Don't know if there's a store like it near you but it's worth looking.