i have disocvered dh and i agree very firmly on a VERY serious issue

[FluffyMummy123]

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[OrmIrian]

I would extend that to anyone in trousers that are too short. No, no, no!

[harpsichordcarrier]

oh yes me too
in theory
but what if they are the only pair clean and it is 8.27 am??

[FluffyMummy123]

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[harpsichordcarrier]

hard core

[TheFallenMadonna]

[dirtygertiefromnumber30]

wow. impressive mr cod. my dh dressed ds t'other day in dd's teeshirt, tomato sauce stained hoody and the most crumpled pair of linen trousers youve ever seen. he thought he looked fine.

[FluffyMummy123]

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[Iota]

marginally too short = not a big problem

finishing round the ankle = big problem

[FluffyMummy123]

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[OrmIrian]

My eldest wouldn't wear them anyway. He is into 'emo' apparently and everything has to be too big.

And having been confident that my 5 yr old didn't care what he wore (apart from a penchant for clothes with Scooby Doo on them) I had a nasty shock this morning when he point blank refused to put on the second spare school jumper that mum got him from a second hand shop. He threw himself on the floor and howled. Which I thought was an overreaction. But DS#1 sided with him .

[Iota]

the joy of having boys a couple of years apart:

ds1 (8) appears in trousers finishing mid shin - has squeezed into age 4-5 trousers belonging to ds1

ds2 appears in a white mini-dress - has put on ds1's polo shirt

I blame the mother who puts the wrong clothes in the wrong cupboard

[OrmIrian]

It's not hard to do iota! When they all wear white shirts, grey trousers and the same coloured jumpers.

[FluffyMummy123]

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[largeginandtonic]

It is a pet hate of mine, i would sponge dirty ones too. One twin comes down regularly dressed in too short trousers, his twin brother wears them and they are fine.

I feel like i spend my life saying "get upstairs and change those trousers"

Shorts season soon, phew.

[Iota]

yes OrmIrian - and a very good reason NEVER to buy your children the same items of ordinary clothing

[mustrunmore]

God, I wish. When I took my Mumon hol last year, we arrived back just as dh was returning from picking ds1 from nursery.... ds1 (4) wearing ds2's trousers (18months)

[fishie]

entirely agree. funny isn't it, i think it makes them look undignified, must be teh feet. too small tops don't have the same effect at all, in fact quite cute.

[OrmIrian]

Indeed iota. I bought some Asda underpants for them both. Same set, same colours

[Iota]

oh no - ds1 is in Debenhams pants, ds2 is in M&S pants

[Niecie]

I had to put DS1 in short trousers yesterday. He sat on the floor put his shoes and there was a big flash of red underpants. The seam had gone from the zip round to the back. It was 8.40am so I told him he would just have to sit with his legs together all day so as not to scare anybody. He was horrified and said he had to sit crossed legged, cos his teacher said so!

No choice since the only other pair he had were too small. Thankfully not the whole expanse of ankle was on show.

Mustrunmore - am impressed your 4 y.o. can get into an 18mth old's trousers at all. My 4 y.o can't - rugby player thighs, bless him.

[mustrunmore]

He's very dinky!

[VictorianSqualor]

DS's favourite jeans are aged 2, he is 3.4 and not exactly short. They look almost like three quarter lengths, nearly every day I have to sa he can't wear them.