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To be concerned that DD needs bigger knickers

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anniroc · 28/11/2016 20:22

DD (4.7yrs) has always been a different shape to DS (6.5yrs). He lost his toddler chubbiness fairly quickly and is now fairly slim, whereas she's a lot more solid looking. Today she was complaining that her knickers are going up her bum. I had noticed this and was thinking that she needed a bigger size. Problem is that the ones she is in are size 5-6yrs so she would be wearing size 6-7yrs and she isn't yet 5!! AIBU to be a bit concerned about this: her diet is fairly healthy, I don't feed her junk or anything. She has always eaten more than DS because she likes more foods, whereas he's quite fussy.

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Booboo66 · 29/11/2016 23:32

My 7 yo wears 4-5 and my 3 year old wears 5-6, they are just different shapes.

TheFormidableMrsC · 30/11/2016 00:06

Further to earlier post...my DD (now 18) still has some knickers aged 8-10 years that she keeps for "emergencies" (her words, not mine!). She's a size 6 so that would explain it...what I mean is that a label doesn't matter, if it fits, it's fine...

brianna5 · 30/11/2016 00:46

My daughter has also got junk in her trunk. She is 9 wears 13 - 14 knickers and clothes. Wide hips and very tiny waist didn't know young girls could be that curvy at that age.
I struggle to find jeans and trousers that fit properly.
And it's hard when shopping for her as I make sure she looks 9. As kids clothes are made like mini adult clothes nowadays.
She is nearly as tall as me though. Very sporty and eats healthier than I do.
I wouldn't worry at all, I find m&s clothing and undies reasonably sized compared to other stores.
So do shop around all stock diff sizes with same age range.

Secretselkie17 · 30/11/2016 06:44

I think YABU if you are comparing your DD to your DS! and if your DD is a healthy weight then the last thing you want to do is have her think you think she's too big.. girls today are under enough pressure without their parents adding it! you should be teaching her to respect her body, whatever shape she is as anything else isn't going to end well... As the mother of 4 DD's I'm actually pretty horrified by this 😠

BertrandRussell · 30/11/2016 08:00

Please will people stop using the expression "junk in her trunk" about 4 year olds?

BertrandRussell · 30/11/2016 08:03

And it's perfectly possible to decide a child is a bit fatter than she should be and adjust diet and exercise appropriately without the child being aware. Parental denial is a big part of the growing issue of childhood obesity.

MLGs · 30/11/2016 08:19

Not a cause for concern. Girls knickers are a silly shape/ size for children.

OpalTree · 30/11/2016 09:45

The NHS BMI calculator will tell you whether your dd is in the healthy weight range. It takes account of age, sex, height and weight.

Pansy2013 · 30/11/2016 12:56

Don't talk to me about DD knickers, lol. Recently brought age 9-10 for my 7 yr old (not 8 till next July), and I felt guilty after I noticed red marks round her waist from where the elastic must have been too tight. She has a huge underbed drawer full of her knickers, some unworn, simply because after one wear I realised they were too small, and so another wasted pack of undies. I've been buying from M&S, Next, Asda and Disney Store, all seem to be far too small for Size. If I buy big enough for her waist I find they are too baggy on the bottom. But then they always tend to shrink in the wash anyway. My DD is taller than average for her age, and she has inherited her Father's chunky structure, lol.

madparent1 · 30/11/2016 13:16

Since when has there ever been consistency in anything to do with sizes or age related fittings. Different brands have totally different size guides and the so called average fit is anything but! None of my kids fit into age related clothes.

Just buy ones that fit nice. Forget the damn label and certainly do not worry.

kateandme · 30/11/2016 16:25

it doesn't sound you think she looks bigger or too big though.so to be honest I wouldn't worry.i hate kids knocker sizes we have always and for friends bought a few sizes bigger.from almost a couple of months.why are they so small!!
if shes healthy and your not concerned weight healthy food wis don't worry.buy her some nice knickers.
one thing,deffinitely do not point out this concern to her!

Totallybonkersmum · 02/12/2016 08:38

Personally, unless she's extremely overweight, I'd totally ignore it. My DD was always in sizes significantly larger than her peers in absolutely everything, but comparing them now, quite a few years down the line, she's well over a foot/two taller than many of her peers. Those DM's that made really snide comments, asking how big she was, got a "can't remember, off hand" thrown back at them which was actually true. I couldn't remember her size. I even used to cut the size's off, etc, carefully, because some of those DM's 'helped out' at PE time. I knew without doubt the DM's looked, but I knew that without doubt; enough to guarantee it. Additionally, I knew that labels always irritated my children's eczema prone skin, including their pj's.

We actually lived in a small village, and walls definitely tended to have ears, oddly enough! I used to think 'ffs why do these 'adults' care/give a toss?!' Haven't they got bigger, more important things, to worry about?! 🤔

They would talk in the local post office, which sold everything, you could possibly imagine, and if it went silent when you walked in, you just sensed what the conversation was about, as so many faces were blushing🙄 and conversation became suddenly stilted. Ironic and highly funny, I always thought. One day, you'll see...

Now said DM's can see for themselves why DD was always bigger than their little darling's! Plus, I'm rather tall and so is my husband! That should have been a somewhat huge clue... I had the same snide comments from paediatrician, health visitors, doctor's and the other mother's too, regarding my DS. None of them could still see the writing was literally on the wall. DD was off the centile line for her height. I had a distinct feeling that DS would be the exactly the same.

I just didn't let on that we had to travel some way, to a school uniform shop, that went up to a 36" inch elasticated waist! And beyond☺️ I certainly didn't want my DS to become as paranoid as DB at that age (who was also the same size at that age). All our old jeans were taken up by his DS (me, but yet another thing never acknowledged by 'her') for my DB to wear, when he was little. 'She' made me. I didn't want a paranoid DS. I knew, without doubt, that eventually he'd outgrow his very stocky body, just as my DB had. I could see how these people had all made DB totally paranoid about every single calorie that went into his mouth ever since!

When my DS switched schools around age 7, the weight began to fall off slowly. They allowed their children to play on the grass too, unlike the previous school. He gradually slimmed down, bit, by bit. He definitely isn't paranoid in any sense. He jokes about it, but it's no big deal to him, thank goodness.

I had to buy him jeans the other day, although he's at uni and can't afford to pay for them. Plus, I wanted to make sure I didn't hand him over a wadge, and not have it spent on much needed jeans😉.

So to all those horrible, wicked and really unkind, setting such wonderful examples on 'how to not get friends' women (soz, but they ain't 'darling' mother's in my eyes, these days) my son is now aged 21. Oh, and btw, he has a 28-30 inch waist and is 6'2", and many 'real' friends! DD, is 5'10" has a 24" waist and is very slim. Much to the shock of those 'mother's!

I bet that there are many children in your school's year, wear age sizes bigger than them, in everything, because generally most adults are taller than their forebears.

Pengweng · 02/12/2016 09:24

Dt1 is 4 and wears age 5-6 pants as she has a bubble bum. Her trousers are age 4-5 though and she is average weight and height for her age.
DT2 wears the same size trousers as DT1 but has age 3-4 pants as she has no bum to speak of and any bigger ones fall off her.

I wouldn't worry about the size just make sure they fit her properly.

We did try the shorts style but she didn't like them so maybe buy a pack of 3 and see if they are better.

Realjournal123 · 02/12/2016 11:18

Buy the 'shorts' type briefs. They're far more comfortable for them, they're more secure when they have to sit crossed legged on the carpets at school and there's never another incident of them going up their bums!

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