To ask how much you spend on DC clothes?

We do hand me downs, charity shops, Dunnes (don’t know if you have them in the uk?), h and m or or Penneys. We’d only buy things like coats or school uniforms in Next or m and s

Op I tend to buy from Next for both my kids, the oldest is really slim built and other stuff falls off him. However I don't think I've ever spent £300 in one go.

T-shirt bundles of 3 or 5 for £20ish
Same with joggers and shorts
Couple of hoodies

I normally aim for them to have a couple of weeks worth of clothes, but that might also include some stuff that's last years maybe getting neat but will do before we go away and some stuff that will do so I can get what we took away washed.

I bought 7 rompers for DGS for £35 from Next a couple of weeks ago which I didn’t think was too bad.

I was talking to DS2 about t-shirts being £1.80 each in Primark which isn’t more than you need to pay when they will be getting trashed when DGS weaning and in the garden, and he replied “yeah, but you can buy 4 t-shirts for a pound on Vinted.”

They get some new bits, mainly what me and DDIL’s mum buys, and a lot from Vinted.

£300 seems a lot in one go for just summer clothes. They're only two and will probably grow out of it quickly... I'd just go to Primark personally and pick up a few t shirts and shorts.

No I never spent that much on a my son at that age. He was at nursery 4 days a week and the clothes just got trashed!

I always bought second hand off vinted for his nursery wardrobe, I would pick Next bundles as they don't seem to shrink like supermarket/primark clothes and last for ages.

On top of this, I would just top up on a few bits for weekends /days off nursery, but spent no where near £300.

I do underwear and shoes new but otherwise day wear from supermarkets or bundles or charity shop. Sister had 3 boys so she spent more per item but then passed most of it down the line so got three lots of wear from each item. £300 seems a lot to me and I wouldn't spend that much.

If you can afford it, why not? I probably spend $500 or so twice a year on DS. I prefer things that are better quality and will wash well. I want him to feel comfortable in his clothes and to have clothes he likes.

I get a mixture of hand me downs from friends & Vinted. I never buy new clothes (bar knickers). My DD is 8 & I’ll need all the money for when she’s a teen so I’m frugal now!

Same for me. Vinted bar underwear. I also get my docs/birks new but all clothes second hand.

Just kitted out DD9 for summer. Nice eBay bundle of shorts, T-shirts and dresses for £20. Summer coat on vinted was £5. Sandals and swimsuit from tesco £25. All set.

Far too much IMHO

3 teens
shoes alone are 3-500 a year. each. <sigh>

I think that sounds pretty much right by my estimations.
We used to do a seasonal shop for the dds when they were small enough to grow out of stuff every year (they’re now 18 and 19 and they’ve hopefully stopped growing pretty much!). We usually went to H&M, Next and Gap Kids and spent £400 give or take in the spring and then again in the autumn. So around £200 per kid at each shop. All these years later and £300 for one dc doesn’t sound wildly crazy.

I tend never to buy a full season of outfits in one go. I would never spend £300 in one month. I would buy some leggings and tops then a few weeks later or the following month buy a couple of dresses and a coat etc. M&S is my favourite for kids clothes- quality is good, lovely bright colours, wash well, nice prints. I buy the odd bit in (massively expensive) JoJo. Summer dresses often from next.

Id go to primark for summer bits to be honest (mine are older and I think it’s worth spending a bit now and I pass them down)

but not for little kiddies - no

I would also say it depends what you’re going to do with it after as to whether or not it is too much to spend. I find supermarket clothes a false economy because they have very poor resale value. People just won’t pay much for second hand Asda/Sainsburys stuff. However I have bought some quite expensive brands on Vinted and sold them on again when outgrown for the same or sometimes even more than I’ve paid for them. For example a £15 asda Toddlers coat you will struggle to get more than £3 for when you sell on again second hand. However I have bought Engel or Merino wool snowsuits for £30-40 second hand (£80ish new) but then got that back again when selling on.

Very frugal here. Benefitted for years from an older cousin but otherwise 80-90% of their clothes are second hand. All passed down between them. Charity shops are my idea of heaven, have had so many amazing bargains over the years. Most shoes are bought new. I reckon I probably spend for three of them under £200 each per year including Ng coats and shoes. Having three ds helps. Eldest is now 13 and getting choosier but I still get bargains. Got some ,nike high tops recently with the labels on for £16!

DD4 is in hand me downs, charity shop, Facebook marketplace and jumble sale clothes.

Got a big bin bag of 3-4 clothes for £10. Sold the ones that weren't to my taste for £30.

She ends up in Next, JoJo Maman, Blue Zoo, Frugi, Ralph Lauren etc as well as supermarket brands. Had a Rachel Riley dress once for about £3.

Only things I will buy new are socks and pants and shoes.

She has had brand new clothes, but things like dresses from H&M in the sale for £2.50 or something.

Pretty much use all hand downs from family and friends so only really buy shoes, pants and socks and the odd thing so not sure really. Sounds like a lot though. I agree with PP about looking for stuff in supermarkets - I like morrisons stuff

I find next too expensive; £300 would be more than I think is reasonable. H&M summer dresses are great in my experience for girls, TU at Sainsbury’s is good quality, odd few bits from primark.

3 DCs here - Probably close to £500 twice a year then top ups throughout (where do all the socks go!!)
That's not including jackets, hats and trainers etc.

I buy all mine on Vinted other than shoes and underwear. I don’t think I’d spend anywhere near £300 per child per season though, that would be like £600+ per year?

There’s some stuff that I think is maybe worth buying new such as leggings, little ones wear them so much that you get the use out of them. But I never buy stuff like denim jackets or dresses or nice outfits etc brand new. It’s just not worth it. You can buy all that stuff from Vinted for a couple of quid each instead of say £18 for a jacket brand new.

I buy bundles on FB marketplace, quite often get a whole load for £30 so all in about £60-£90 will do the year. Then it gets passed down to her sister that's a yr younger ;-)

For babies and toddlers I have found some treasures from the supermarkets - namely Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Asda.

DD1 is 5 now so buy most of hers from next, Zara and mango their pricing is all very similar and they all wash really well. I’ve been abit gutted when DD1 has ruined something pretty as I’d envisioned DD2 wearing it when she grows but nevermind! Zara and next do a sale where you can gets really good bits for the following year etc.

Sizing varies so much that I never need a whole new season at once (e.g. he's 5 and a half, but some 4-5 stuff still fits), but then DS doesn't wear dresses/skirts/tights/hair accessories.

£300 seems a lot! I usually get shoes for max £25 in Clarks/Start Rite sale and trainers from places like Sports Direct for £15. I buy the next year's coat in the spring sales. The rest is supermarkets, Vinted new with tags or a bit of Primark/H&M.

Now he's in school uniform I find I barely need anything else though.