To put a boy in leggings?

[GlitterandSparkle88]

I recently bought some leggings for my 15month old boy just plain navy, white and some black ones. I thought they looked fine and he was comfy and happy. However DH isn't happy as they were from the girls section in next. Does it really matter? He thinks leggings are for girls only, he's not the only one most of the family are saying I'm wrong for putting him in leggings. Surely I'm not the only one to put a boy in leggings!

[SeamusMacDubh]

Unisex leggings


http://www.marksandspencer.com/MSFindItemsByKeyword?RESPLP&catalogId=10051&categoryId=97003&filters=4294960369&langId=-24&mcpfilterss_filterPanelOpen=true&searchTerm=Leggings&storeId=10151&typeAhead=

[meanapparently]

My 7 yo ds has a pair of black leggings. He loves them as they aren't as restrictive as jeans and trousers.

[MrsPnut]

My friend makes leggings for babies and young children in a range of funky prints and definitely suitable for boys and girls. She also custom makes orders as well. www.etsy.com/uk/shop/VioletandTedShop/items?section_id=21333490

[JustDanceAddict]

I haven’t got baby but I saw those Blade and Rose ones today when out shopping with teen DD (in a dept store) and we were saying how cute they were. Def unisex!!!

[Herbcake]

Is it just the leggings and the shoes that make him say you're trying to turn your son into a girl or are there other things you are apparently doing? What were the shoes like?

[liquidrevolution]

Ahem. Slugs and snails tights.

[ArcheryAnnie]

I know a 10 year old boy that wears leggings - he likes them. It doesn't make him a girl.

They are just soft trousers - a different form of track pants. They aren't a home castration device, and your DH is being ridiculous.

And your baby is 15 months! Posh boys used to wear big frilly dresses and long curls until they were about four years old, and it didn't make them girls, either.

[CaveMum]

Polarn O Pyret do great unisex clothing if that makes your DH feel any better. They're not cheap though, so ask him if he'd rather pay £14 for a pair from POP with cars on, or £10 for 3 plain ones from the girl's section in Sainsbury's

www.polarnopyret.co.uk/6months-2years/quality-baby-clothes-sweden?id=4015&uk_product_type=10434

[justbinthefeckinbyebyebox]

Sainsburys have some fab 'girls' Christmas leggings, which my 3.6 year old ds has asked for!!!

[blackteasplease]

I agree with the comment about white clothes, but there is always a white pair in a multi pack, isn't there? Annoying!

[blackteasplease]

Leggings or trackies should be the staple wear for all toddlers imo! (Except contrary ones that refuse these items, I guess)

Nothing wrong with it OP. Although I found trackies more practical for my ds as they are a bit warmer.

[Nikephorus]

Tell him to have that conversation with an American Footballer - their lower halves are clad in a cross between leggings & tights but I doubt you'd question their masculinity!

[MaidenMotherCrone]

One of my sons wears leggings all the time at home. He's 21 (years not months). He's a very masculine metal head and he finds them comfy. My 18 year old was persuaded to model some for his flat mates at Uni (girls) and he said he could see why his brother wears them and may get some too. He's also a metal head.

[trollarama]

Morrison's finest.

He likes them because they are 'soft like a cuddle'

[Ilovewillow]

My son only ever wore leggings when he was smaller or tights (Toby tiger, brilliant)! He’s 4 and at school now and still quite often wears leggings - I’m not a fan if tracksuit bottoms!

[JigglyTuff]

Sorry you're married to a homophobic idiot. Polarn O Pyret do great leggings: www.polarnopyret.co.uk/6months-2years/baby-trousers-leggings-shorts

[Horses4]

JJ Jiraffe is fab for neutral leggings like these great rainbow dinos www.etsy.com/uk/listing/565091089/rainbowsaur-exclusive-print-childs?ref=shop_home_active_8. Lots more fabrics on her Facebook as well.

[RumpetaRumpeta]

I put my 15 month old son in leggings a lot! We really like the rainbow ones from Jojo. They don't make him look like a girl at all; what a ridiculous thing for people to say!

[silkpyjamasallday]

My DM runs a preschool and the vast majority of little boys are in leggings. They are comfy and easy to move about in, why wouldn't anyone want that for their child? Your DH is being silly, just buy leggings from the boys section next time so he doesn't get his knickers in a twist over clothes being the wrong gender

[FemaleDilbert]

My son (nearly 4) refuses to wear anything but leggings (as I gaze wistfully as the sets of jeans and chinos I bought earlier for him to grow into). I think legging are ace, Check out eBay new sellers for great leggings and joggers/harem pants in lovely bright designs

[Piratefairy78]

YANBU. Another here who did this too. I also put DS in tights under his trousers in the winter. DH wasn’t sure about it at first but when he realised it stopped DS taking his socks off and throwing them all over the place on days it he loved it.

[Helenluvsrob]

Brilliant. No problem at all. Just for a laugh ( and because it’s hugely practical ) tights underneath ...
seriously I was friends with a lady who lived in Austria for a while and tights in boy colours for winter unde snow suits or crawling on the floor.

[bunerison]

Mine only wore leggings for about 9 months but as a toddler he had a lovely line in pink spotty tights which were his sisters cast offs and I agree, there was very little more funny than him getting more and more frustrated when he couldn't pull them off

[SomewhatIdiosyncratic]

DS (6) generally lives in shorts, but will wear fleece lined sports leggings for sport or cold evenings (e.g. camping). They don't offend him like most trousers do.

[AlmostStace]

My sons aged 6 and 4 both love leggings - comfy and easy to move in. They also love a variety of colours, including pink. It has no reflection on their gender.

I'd have a talk with your DH about the fact that, whilst dressing him in perfectly comfortable, warm clothes is not going to damage your child in any way, subjecting him to ridiculous gender stereotyping may well do.

And no-one else in your family is entitled to stick their tuppence-worth in: tell them in no uncertain terms to poke it.