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AIBU regarding kids clothes...

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Shelby2010 · 30/04/2014 10:55

Help! I think I've been taken over by aliens, I was browsing the children's clothes at the shops yesterday and had the overwhelming urge to buy matching outfits for my DDs (ages 3yrs & 6mths). The only mitigation I have is that the tops were very pretty and at least they weren't pink.

Am IBU and am I going to turn into Maria Von Trapp & start converting curtains? If my DH finds out he will probably disown me. Advice needed.

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Salazar · 30/04/2014 14:28

I only have one atm but I am going to avoid this at all costs, only because of my experiences in childhood where all the photos of my sister and I look like the twins in the shining.

I don't want my kids to scare me any more than they already do.

MumofWombat · 30/04/2014 14:28

One of my friends dresses her boys (12months difference in age) in either the same tops or at least the same colour. She reckons its so much easier to look for them both at soft play/playgrounds etc this way.
She has said that if they complain she'll stop!

ForeskinHyena · 30/04/2014 14:34

There is a 5 year age gap between my boys so I only ever did the matchy thing with pjs as ds1 would have hated being dressed like his baby brother.

It is quite cute seeing ds2 in the bigger hand me down version and then dd wearing the smaller ones.

deakymom · 30/04/2014 14:40

i sometimes buy my boys matching tshirts

deakymom · 30/04/2014 14:42

actually i used to match my daughter to me if we were going out it was easier if she got lost to remember what she was wearing

BellaVida · 30/04/2014 14:51

Nothing wrong with matching outfits. I have 2 DD and 2 DS. It's just easier if I see something nice to buy 2 the same in different sizes for either pair! Also, when we go out, or on holiday, I match them all for colour- it helps me keep track of them!

pookamoo · 30/04/2014 17:34

DD2 (2) has a nice jumper that I really like. I saw the same style in a larger size at our NCT nearly new sale, and bought it so she could grow into it. However, DD1 (5) saw it, and snaffled it as it fits her! They like matching!

susiey · 30/04/2014 17:55

I have 3 dd's 8,3 and nearly 2 and they have 1 matching dress ( not worn at same time usually) then we have 3 dresses that they wear to weddings etc that are the same style but different colours . They look sweet and most importantly sometimes want to match as soon as they say otherwise they won't have to.
So answer is only on special occasions!

NoodleOodle · 30/04/2014 18:04

I used to buy matching clothes for me and DD.

JonathanGirl · 30/04/2014 18:12

My DC absolutely love wearing matching outfits. They are 6 and 3, and I let them choose their own outfit each day - they often try their hardest to dress the same, or as similar as possible.
They have a few items that are identical. Usually because they have both needed something, and there hasn't been much choice available, or because they have begged me to have the same thing. I try to encourage the same thing in different colours, but then we have an argument over who gets to have the pink one
I don't mind, and matching makes them happy. As long as they aren't still doing it when they are adults.

ebwy · 30/04/2014 18:23

my 3 year old loves when I dress him in the same as his 1 year old brother. It doesn't happen often because mostly I dress them in second hand clothes.

minionmadness · 30/04/2014 18:34

I am one of 4 sisters and there are photo's from our childhood where we are all dressed in matching outfits!! My twin sisters were always dressed the same.

When I found out I was expecting twins myself I vowed never to dress them in matching outfits and never have.

TeWiSavesTheDay · 30/04/2014 18:54

I never thought I would but now DD2 has arrived I get the terrible urge to buy DD1 (5) and DD2 (6mths) matching dresses - plus a shirt in the same fabric for DS (2).

So far I have only bought one set of matching summer dresses. And dd1 was ridiculously happy...

MrsMook · 30/04/2014 19:04

I frequently can't identify my DNs because they're too matchy in clothes, hair and face.

I won't vow that I'll never do it to my DSs but being too miserly to buy a new set of outfits for DS2 helps!

devoniandarling · 30/04/2014 19:11

My girls are 11 and 4. They have several matching outfits! They like to match.

My boys are 7 and 6. I often buy them the same t-shirts. There Isn't so much choice for boys anyway so they end up having similar or the same shorts and trousers a lot too!

HerRoyalNotness · 30/04/2014 19:12

I quite often, by accident, dress myself and 2 DSs in matching or complementing colours.

I can see how tempting it would be to buy the same outfits for boys' as there is hardly anything around that I like, so extra difficult to find 2 sets of clothes I like. I think they only have 1 pair of trousers the same, but in different colours and they've not worn them at the same time.

WhispersOfWickedness · 30/04/2014 19:18

I have a DS and a DD so can't do this often

I did inadvertently send them both to Preschool dressed the same once though, red long sleeved top and brown cords

ZingWatermelon · 01/05/2014 00:25

I'm confused

is this an actual problem OP or you are just being silly?

why do you worry about it? if you want them to match just do it - but surely you don't need me to tell you that

sugarandspite · 01/05/2014 00:45

I actually remember being about 9 and having matching swimming costumes with my mum on holiday. They were beautiful navy with gold glittery bits on like stars in the sky

I was so proud of our matching swimmers. Can't quite see me doing that with my giant boys though!

NeedsAsockamnesty · 01/05/2014 00:46

For the last few months my two youngest (ds 2y and dd 6 months) have worm matching jumpers even worse they are these

totoknitsshop.com/product-category/our-collections/farm-animal-sweaters/

Animal ones.

Ericaequites · 01/05/2014 03:14

Stretch lace makes bows for bald babies possible. Cut a 14-15 inch length, and sew the ends together. Sew on or hot glue a bow or flower.
I make my cousins 7 & 5 matching outfits because Noam Chomsky says I must not. It will suppress their identity, he claims. I am very eccentric, and went to a school with three hundred other girls dressed like me. I still hate bottle green.

Marylou62 · 01/05/2014 07:19

Thank God I was the only girl!! I do love this picture though and in my DM defence, we were at a wedding!

JonathanGirl · 01/05/2014 09:16

As an aside, how do parents "dress" children who are older than about 3? I can't imagine telling a 10 year old what they have to wear

OK, I buy the clothes initially, but it wouldn't be worth the arguments and hours of negotiation in our house to try to dictate which outfit my DC wear on a given day. As long as it is clean and weather appropriate, it is up to them to choose.

soaccidentprone · 01/05/2014 09:22

Only once have I done this. We were going to a friends evening wedding reception. It was very hot and both ds's wore matching Hawaii shirts. I thought they looked really cute. I think they were 3 and 8.

It can look quite sweet, but not all the time.

My dm used to dress my little sister and me the same sometimes. I hated it. I had dark hair and glasses and was very shy. My dsis was small and cute with blond curly hair, and was (and still is) very outgoing.

If both children are happy with this, I don't see that there's a problem. As long as it isn't every day

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