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!

Oh.

DD is 2yrs 5mo and potty training. Leggings are far easier to pull down and up than jeans or trouses, so we've been wearing them pretty much every day with a t-shirt.

So shoot me.

Ah, the classic mumsnet "My DH does something slightly differently to me therefore he is doing it wrong" thread.

I want my dc's to primarily be comfy & able to run around unselfconsciously in what they wear BUT... personally I'm not a fan of the short t shirt & leggings look. For me its a dress & leggings or t shirt with skirt/shorts & leggings.

I have a wooden name plaque with four pegs on each of my dd's walls. On each peg is a complete days set of clothes so my dh has no excuse!

Do people really care that much what their kids wear?

God help you all when they're 13.

And how do you get away with infantalizing your DP's like that? Do they just do what they're told too?

dd is 3, shes wearing rainbow striped leggings a pyjama top that she loves because it has a kitten on it and crocs, she chose and is happy, im happy because shes happy and i didnt ave to force her to wear clothes

but as a mum of 4 im now at the stage where if somethings not dangerous it doesnt matter..

I don't "infantalize" my DH thank you Hathor FAR from it. I am moaning about his choices...you will note that he is a capable man as I said, he shops for the DDs clothes himself as often as I do....he is far more involved in their lives on that level than most men.

When my DD is 13, she will have been taught the basics of how to wear clothes well....what style she chooses will to a large part be up to her...but she will still be a child...so I will get final say until she has a Saturday job and can buy her own sometimes.

I don't "infantalize" my DH thank you Hathor FAR from it. I am moaning about his choices...you will note that he is a capable man as I said, he shops for the DDs clothes himself as often as I do....he is far more involved in their lives on that level than most men.

When my DD is 13, she will have been taught the basics of how to wear clothes well....what style she chooses will to a large part be up to her...but she will still be a child...so I will get final say until she has a Saturday job and can buy her own sometimes.

A) buy her better quality leggins!

B) your comments about 13 year olds.....ha ha ha. You have no idea! (Even if she leaves the house dressed as you approve, doesn't mean she will still look like that 10 minutes later.)

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Keep that post til she's 13.

Remember it.

And watch it come back to haunt you.

you are saying your choices are better than his.

you are implying that your choices trump his.

Hardly treating him and his choices as an equal is it?

Leggings are just wrong.

shes 4 ! Get a grip.

:o at your fantasty 13 year old!

Good luck with that!

Oh and being "inelegant" is what being 4 years old is all about, she has the rest of her life to conform to social niceties. This is the only time in her life when running around just in wellies and pants is socially acceptable!

@teaching a 13 yr old how to wear clothes well

I also opened this thinking we were talking adult outfit
She's 4, get a grip & let her wear what she likes-you'll have plenty of time for concern about her outfits when she is a teenager & wearing next to nothing, save the anxiety for then

I agree - for an adult, no, for a four year old, fine. Whatever is comfy and practical for running around and playing, she'll have plenty of time when she's older to worry about looking 'respectable' or 'elegant'!

CMOT My DS likes leggings too :) BTW Where were those brightly coloured jersey trousers from I remember you linking to a few months back?

Nappyaddict, ds's fave ones were from Stardust, but they only do black/white and red/white now

He does have some fabulous coloured skinny jeans currently - one red pair (Next girls) , and one green pair (Joules), and jodphurs are unisex, so has purple, gold, and green ones.

Oooh yes had never thought of jodphurs. I went onto a website called Ziggys that you linked to previously but it didn't work.

No, their real shop closed a while back which was sad

It's not a look I'm very fond of, either, but I think there is little dignity to lose in the clothing choices of a four year old. I'm having plenty of clothing battles with my ten year-old similar to this though. I can't help wondering if I'd been a little fussier when she was little she might be closer to "gettig it."