Now to pants:

Forget it… No more blue jeans… Unless you are the best tailor ever. For the first frame, I bought about five pairs of sweats and altered them to fit the frame. [Again, please see the How To section.] It is time consuming and if you do not have a sewing machine buy em… I did a lot of looking and for little kids it is very hard to find tear-away pants like the basketball players wear (button all the way from waist to ankle). I finally found them through a company called Online Sports: They carry something called a Youth Breakaway Nylon Pant made by Holloway Sportswear. These pants have become a lifesaver and are around $35 a pair. A little pricey but by far the easy way to go. Your child will thank you for it. The only thing is it takes a while to get them. It seems as if everything is on constant back order. Therefore, as soon as you know you are going to have the surgery order them that night. Oh and if the season is right you may find that basketball short might fit over the frame they tend to be wider legged. With the long leg cast we were able to go back to blue jeans except for some pairs that were the “skinny “ jean type, but most fit easily and were comfortable for him to wear.