To think that bikinis on toddlers are vile and wrong..

[worzsel]

And to wonder why my Daugher has to wear anything on her top half atall ? I've spend hours this morning trying to find a nice pair of swimming shorts for her and have seen rails and rails of bikinis that are just scaled down versions of adult ones, little triangle tops and everything ! I am struggling to understand why anyone would dress their toddler like a mini adult, it's very saddening.

but no child ever deserves to be afraid to express them selves either my dd loves to wear her taste in clothes........she loves bikinis not my choice but hey........why the feck should she not weat this if she wants to,?? should i tell her oh sorry love you cant some peado may look at your belly button!!!!!...............no i will be on the look out for that, she doesnt even need to think about it

Kerrymum you sound really upset, what happens sounds terrible and traumatic please dont let this thread on mn get to you, bring it back.

I am going to leave the thread now

I hope when you reread that you will see I never said anything of the sort

you are a cool kerry mumXX

good to walk away and come back later

This was more fun when it was about class, not the thoughts and deeds of abusers. Most abuse is by people who know people by step fathers, fathers, mothers even, sibilings. So you're probably least safe in your bathroom and bed at home and most safe on the UK's chilly wide and public beaches.

Never thought about getting bikini bottoms for dd to go with a tshirt. How practical.

The advantage of that also is that they may not want to be in a wet costume all day and changing just the T shirt part once it's wet and cold helps. Mind you average British beach you need your thick coat and gloves on often. Any pervert is lucky if he sees your ankles.

pmsl that xenia thinks children wearing a boden tankini is more common than letting your child be naked

This thread has gone so off topic not really sure who I agree with any more BUT I don't like adult clothing on little ones full stop, including bikinis. But I agree that 2 pieces are more practical and like tankinis.

You wouldn't give your 3 year old a bra would you, you'd give her a vest or nothing. So why give her a bikini? They don't have anything to put in them! In the same way that you probably wouldn't let her wear makeup to playgroup. It's not a sexual thing, more a growing up too soon thing. And agree totally that a perve is a perve and it doesn't matter in the slightest what a kiddie wears.

Didn't we have this discussion a few months ago?

Oh god........boden

My daughter has a tankini/short set. Purely for practicalities as it means she can go to the loo without having to be a contortionist. Wet lycra is a bugger to deal with when you're four. When she's wearing it it looks as though she's got a one-piece costume on, although she will sometimes double check that her bellybutton is still under it. Just because she can.

Agnes

The thing about Boden plummymummy is that for my 10 yr old dd (who is v. tall and wears clothes aged 12-13) is that it is one of the few brands of clothing which are available for that age group that isn't tarty or covered in inappropriate logos.

Any other clothing brand suggestions for dressing a 10 year old girl as a girl, not as a teenager, but who needs age 12-13, sincerely welcome

Vertbaudet cam

My dd's sometimes wear bikini's, sometimes swimsuits and sometimes naked. This year they are 5 and 7 and we have been shopping for holiday clothes, I have let them choose most of the clothes themselves, we went to next, dd1 choose a tankini and matching shorts to her knees and dd2 choose a bikini. I think they will both look great in them.

As long as they dont wear the ones with cups
FGS

This has come up recently before I think.

I don't have a problem with bikinis on little ones - they don't look like adult costumes, just cute. My dd's love them. I had one too iirc.

The worst things about bikinis on children (and adults) is that they make it harder to go down waterslides really fast! Mine have bikinis/tankinis, all in ones, but I tend to put a t-shirt over them anyway. Which they hate.

Bit surprised that having just placed my first ever Boden order I'm about to become common - had to order a tankini for DD as she's cursed with my genes - has a very long body, so anything that fits remotely anywhere else completely cuts her in half, and who wants their swimming costume gusset scraping their tonsils.....???
Don't mind pretty frilly tops on littlies (if they have to wear a top at all) hate hate hate the adult style triangle top look but agree that tankinis are best for quick loo visits, and comfort on water slides etc.
'Twas surprisingly difficult to find one, M & S sold out v. quickly and her previous one (from sports shop) was expensive and has to be washed in asses milk by the light of the moon etc, really poncey washing instructions

I agree, my kids wear a full piece, and it's one of those UV costumes, so they don't burn.

I was horrified - over the weekend, my niece (she's 6) I asked her what she was doing, she tells me "tanning" - what...at that age????

marie
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DeJager at your niece! My DC get stressed if they think we're going outside without suncream/hats etc - sunhats in rain is a common look for us, but DS in particular has very fair hair/skin and there has been skin cancer in my family so I'm keen to be careful. So many childhood memories of agonising sunburn - my parents didn't really understand about suncream, it was all very new and 'posh'.

I know...she's copying her mum!!!

but, I was going to say, I have fair kids too and they burn so easily and people think I am mad I put so much cream on them, perhaps I go over the top a bit, but still...I saw a baby once, he had been outside all day, he ended up in hospital, it was terrible. I think that put the fear of God in me about sunstroke/ and sunburn.