thinking its much cheaper to clothe boys than girls

[carriedababi]

trying to kit my dd out for autum and winter.

shes a tall 3 year old.

bloody hell the cheaper shops like tescos and matalan, don't half sell some horrible clotes for girls, by that i mean things that aare far too grown up and liz mcdonald for a 3 year old.

i wanted pink and white long sleeved tees, matalan had some, but they are had a big cut out bit on the back with two big bow, exposing some of the back.

also things like all over sequined leggings.

so to buy the clothes i want for my dd i am forced to buy from dearer shops

wear as the boys clothes, i know theres only so much you can do with boys clothes, but are all lovely dinosaur tee and stuff, i think you could clothe them fairly easiily from tescos matalan etc

Only have one DS so can´t comment on the price but have to say that the girls section is always bigger with more choice (too much pink though, I would hate dressing a girl always in the same colour). I hate dressing my DS in dull greys, blacks and navey blues, and often that is all there is! Last time I went to Tescos there was a good choice of brightly coloured tshirts for boys (Had trouble restraing myself). I like plain trousers, but love bright fun tops.

I have one of each and totally agree that girls clothes are a nightmare - they are nowhere near as practical and all seem to be partywear type things rather than warm and/ or comfortable.

Jjandthebean i love debenhams but the thing i hate about next for my 20mth old dd, is that they bring out the same style every year, but just different colour/ pattern..

undercova when i read that, i was counting all dd's shoes.. and ds has 1 pair of shoes & 1 pair of trainers. same for clothes etc

I can never find anything in John Lewis for my DS - they don't seem to have a section for size 2yo boys.. ??

I think the selection for whichever gender I don't need to buy clothes for is always better....

Anyway, DS is getting a bit more aware of what is 'for boys' at 4, but used to get upset that DD (now 2.9) had tops with flowers or princesses on and he didn't, because 'but I LIKE flowers' (and I have pictures of him dressed as a fairy princess or something and looking very pleased with himself). It is however difficult to persuade DD to wear anything other than the Thomas tshirts she inherited from big brother (and she has a big wardrobe, almost all inherited from somewhere).

There seems to be far more variety in adult wardrobes than is permitted for children - men wear pink shirts, etc, you don't see them for boys. Odd.

Sorry, went off on a bit of a tangent really.

I think JL have baby boy stuff up to 18-24 months, then "big boy" sizes start at 2-3yrs.

Someone actually buys Baker Baby stuff? I looked at a top yesterday and it was £17.50. For a one year old!

I can dress all 4 of my boys for the same amount that it takes for my 1 daughter. But thats because she has to have the matching tights, scarf, hat and coat!

We get all our stuff from freecycle They look as good as new though.

I think in general it does cost more for a dd tha a ds (and I only have a ds!). This is because there are more permutations of clothing available - for example, in winter most boys will wear t-shirts/shirts, teamed with trousers, plus some sort of jumper/sweatshirt. Girls will wear tops/blouses, teamed with trousers, or leggings, or skirts, or maybe dresses (either over tights or leggings) plus some sort of jumper/sweatshirt/cardigan. So the boys only need socks, but the girls will need the option of socks or tights/leggings.

In the summer, the boys will have mostly t-shirts with either shorts or trousers. And jumpers/sweatshirts. The girls will have a choice of t-shirts with shorts, trousers, leggings or skirts, or also dresses. And jumpers/sweatshirts/cardigans.

So there is far more choice of styles for girls generally, and it's easier to spend more money because of that.

I mainly chazza shop it, so much more girl stuff there and at car boots. think people buy more for their girls thus more expensive.

SoMuch - I would say I have the opposite problem. We get endless hand-me-downs, and it is always tempting to keep too many because you keep some trousers, dresses, leggings etc. So dd has a drawer stuffed full of clothes, from which she wears the same two pairs of trousers and three t-shirts.

Cost - so far I have needed to buy school uniform, and winter coats for smart, very little else, & dd is 8 now.

SanctiMoanyArse - forgot to factor in sports shoes for boys! DS is only 18mo so have that yet to come (sigh).

HOWEVER have recently had to buy DD a new pair of ballet shoes and tap shoes (which are about as expensive as school shoes !), so its swings and roundabouts!

I think its easier to buy clothes for girls than boys, Trying to find some nice winter tops for ds has been hell this year got some boden ones and John Lewis but half the stuff is out of stock just had to order a mac from London.

My son is 14 and he is bloody expensive to cloth.

He likes DC hooded shirts, Duck and cover hooded shirts, Fenchurch Jeans, Nike 6.0.th list goes on! I think we have spent over £200 on him in the last 6 weeks (not including BMX parts, phone top ups, train fares, entrance to Ran city at a fiver a time, food money etc etc!!!!!)

I'm quite pleased he is interested in his appearence and makes an effort before he goes through the dooe but he hasn't grapsed the fact that shower gel is supposed to last more than two days!!!!

Crikey Thesecondcoming you make her sound like an Amy Winehouse lookalike!!

I'm glad DS is just expensive I can cope with that!!

The problem I find is that the shops seem to sell completely different types of clothes for boys and girls.
I was shopping with my friend once who wanted to buy a lightweight waterproof coat for her toddler son. Nothing in any shop we looked in but there were billions of pink /floral/glittery macs and jackets for girls.
I want
to buy a hooded top for 2 year old DD, just standard sweater material pull on over the head with hood to keep warm. There are loads around for boys, none for girls (well not quite true, I found a lovely on in Joules, but I'm not about to pay that kind of money). OK, fine I can just get her a boys one (once I find one that is not sludge coloured). But it makes no sense. Why wouldn't a girl need a sweatshirt with a hood? Why wouldn't a boy need a coat? Do they live in different climates? Really annoys me that there is not more unisex clothing available for toddlers.

I have found it so easy to dress boys.
When they were little George and Next were fine. For all their outdoor stuff like waterproof coats I had Regatta for everyday, get trashed with mates and Berghaus and North Face for more 'serious' stuff, you know hill walking, climbing and so on.

As they have got older (14 and 10) they have got their own tastes so just tell me what they want which is easy for me.

DS2 is happy in Qicksilver, Billabong and Animal while DS1 wants Duck and Cover and the whole of the DC range + every colour in the Nike 6.0 range!

Having boy/girl twins, I can verify that clothing girls is much more expensive. This has nothing to do with her demands and is purely down to my habit of wanting to buy her lovely stuff that I secretly wish I could wear(obviously in a larger size). DS gets the odd pair of jeans and Ben 10 pants if he's lucky. However, in my defence, I do make her stuff last - she's 5 and still in some shorts I bought her when she was 2 (she's skinny and they do admittedly look like hot-pants now).

FFS, girls can wear a hoody from the "boys" section...its only more expensive when you obesess about getting pink and glittery flouncy crap.

sillybilly.

next only opened near me in the last year so not experienced that yet.

Finding nice things for boys is a nightmare. I haven't really bought DS much for this winter yet - he's got a couple of pairs of boden trousers that still fit well from last year, and some jojomaman dungarees. My Mum knits all his jumpers so I've chosen the patterns and colours for those but I need to get some more trousers and some tops.

John Lewis and Jojomaman are about the best I think, and I buy him things from Sainsbury's for park/toddlers/garden.