To think that leggings and a t shirt do not an outfit make?

[TheSpokenNerd]

My DH sometimes gets our DD2 ready for nursery and allows her to choose her clothing...fine...I do too sometimes...BUT she's 4 and her only choice is always the same.

Leggings and a t shirt.

I don't mind if it's a long t shirt but she puts her in ones that skim the waistband of the leggings which to my mind looks like an unfinished outfit.

I think leggings look ok with a LONG line tunic top, a dress or a skirt (at a push) and if they MUST be worn with a t shirt then it should be a long one.

H can't see my point. I think it looks like pyjamas! ANd ungainly too somehow.

He says she can wear whatever she is comfy in...I agree...but also think we need to make the outfits into something half respectable and the things he's putting on her aren't!

FGS

Lot of 'wind up' threads here of late.

FAIL

I know exactly what you mean and I do not like that look - it looks scruffy. BUT you do see it on a lot of tiny tots and they always look really happy and comfy and able to run around and roll about to their hearts content.

It's when you see it on grown women it's more concerning, I once worked with a well padded lady who tucked her waistlength sweatshirt jumper into her thin black leggings, it was 50 shades of hideousness.

I wouldn't worry about DD, maybe coax her into thinking about what looks good and persuade her to wear a skirt if her top doesn't cover her bottom?

My daughter wears cropped leggings and a t shirt most days if it's hot - she's also 4. Lots of the other girls seem to wear similar. I'm not mad about leggings, but she won't wear shorts, so at least if she wears leggings she's cooler than in trousers.

I don't see the point of putting dresses or skirts over them - personally I think it looks a bit daft. Why not just wear a dress with no leggings underneath, if you want to wear a dress?

Or if you want to wear leggings, it's fine to just wear leggings and a t shirt. They are practical and fine for little girls.

Grown women are a completely different story, and I fully agree with your rules with regard to them. But not for a 4 year old -they don't tend to have huge arses that they need to cover up with a floaty tunic top

Seriously?
She's FOUR. Who gives a balls what she wears?

SoleSource what is a wind up thread and why o why would someone put one on? From me, a possibly naive but well intentioned MNer.

I think the same when DP dresses our DD like that, but try to button my lip... Looks a bit less disproportionate now that she's out of nappies. Comfort is probably more important at that age.

Fine in kids. Cute & comfy. Give your DH a break!

Tops that cover the camel toe definitely essential for adults though!

My dd dresses herself for nursery, she is 3. As long as it's vaguely suitable for the weather anything goes.
Dp is a sahd and generally does all the clothes sorting.
What a non issue!

Be grateful that your dh didn't send your dd to nursery actually in pyjamas. He thought it was a tracksuit. I was in hospital having ds at the time. When he brought her in to see me in pyjamas with hair that hadn't been brushed for 3 days I had to laugh.

Lighten up. If shes clean and happy, it doesn't matter. Even if it was pyjamas it would be fine.

And my ds loves wearing leggings too - they aren't just ok for girls

I'd prefer a longer t-shirt too. Maybe just leave out a pile of leggings/appropriate t-shirts and let her choose from that given that that's her preference anywayl

....in an adult wearing very thin leggings with her knickers showing through, yes. In a four year old....not so much.

What HaveALittle just said!

Well, that's what I wore today. Of course, I never left the house..,

She's 4

Leggings and a tshirt are fine, and can look lovely i think, but I agree it should be a long tshirt. Short tshirts and leggings look scruffy and half dressed to me.

oh

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I hope this is a wind up

OK, clicked on this thinking it was going to be about grown women on the school run in horrible too-thin leggings and t-shirts.

But it's not, your DD is 4! What's wrong with comfortable?

I have a DD aged 3.5. Today she went to preschool wearing... tshirt and leggings.

I don't give a shit about what other people's children wear, to be honest, although it's usually obvious when a child has dressed itself and at four that is something to be applauded.

When adult women wear a t-shirt and leggings I am transported back to the early nineties, and not in a good way. Particularly since it's always cheap leggings so cheap in fact that it is possible to read the label thhough them and nothing at all is left to the imagination.

You possibly wouldn't like some of my DD's combos then.

Pink swimming costume teamed with tiara and grey starry leggings comes to mind......Or the orange squirly top and leopard print skirt.....

Got her mum's dress sense

I think leggings and a t shirt at four years old is fine.

I think the fashion for leggings and a dress is patistani influence.

Oh alright then. That's me told! It is NOT a wind up thread whoever said that!

sheesh. I will let her wear what she wants then!

my dd aged 4 sometimes wears what I have put out, and sometimes chooses herself. She ends up in eyewatering combinations of colour and pattern. We do talk about what goes with what, partly so she doesn't look quite so ridiculous, and partly so she begins to learn some co-ordination sense. There are some things kids wear that I don't like, just not my taste, but I remind myself (constantly) that she is her own person and is allowed to choosed what she wants to wear.

I would much prefer her to go to nursery in her pink and black dress up dance tutu with her blue and pink stripey peppa pig cardigan, blue hello kitty socks and trainers (I tried really hard not to look embarrassed at how ridiculous she looked) rather than dictate what she wears.

When one sees a 4yo dressed eccentrically one tends to assume his/her father dressed him/her. No reflection on the mother.