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forwhatyouare · 2018-10-25T14:36:45+00:00

Adult sized baby vests?! Okay, not adult... But age 13 is there! Is this a new fashion I don't know about? Like when grown women wear onesies?

Thenewdoctor · 25/10/2018 16:10

How on earth is this a bad thing?

They're a body suit - I wore them years ago, and if those particular ones are useful for people with disabilities, so what?

Etihad · 25/10/2018 16:10

Which supermarket is it please? As several people have quite rightly said they are absolutely fantastic for people with disabilities and as far as I know M&S are the only mainstream shop that sell them, though will see if I can find a Dunnes?

LemonAndLimeJuice · 25/10/2018 16:11

They are “bodies” a smooth line t shirt, that goes in your jeans with poppers. They don’t ride up,
I had loads of them in the eighties. These are broad at the bottom, as women’s ones were styled high leg, and could be pretty uncomfortable.
Eventually you get different lengths of “bodies” so they didn’t cut you in half.
I had loads of them, summer, winter etc...

This has made me laugh so much..

Almost as much as when younger friends all went on Facebook, to say they didn’t know how they would cope/ live/ stop crying after the referendum results ?? !!!

Imagine how they would have reacted when LOTS of planes were flying all over the country where I live, when the Falklands Conflict ( War ) was on...I doubt they would have survived 😀 let alone anything else untoward happening..

RTFT · 25/10/2018 16:12

I'm sure the op didn't think about people with disabilities when she posted, nor did I.

Yes they are a great idea but if you're not familiar with anyone with disabilities then it probably wouldn't occur to you

ImSoExhausted · 25/10/2018 16:13

@SantaIsATwat it also stops severely disabled children removing their nappy during the day or night. Most stores also have sleepsuits as all-in-1 to help with this as well.

Pringlemunchers · 25/10/2018 16:14

Plumbers/work mens could use these !!

CandyCreeper · 25/10/2018 16:14

I dont think the op meant any harm i have a disabled dd and would have been abit surprised to see these as i wouldnt have immediately connected it as being for children with disabilities.

HeadsDownThumbsUpEveryone · 25/10/2018 16:14

Just off the top of my head, they are helpful for children who are PEG fed as these children have tubes to contend with which means wearing other clothes might not be practical or possible. They also keep nappies in place just like sleep suits for babies, and many children with additional needs still require nappies.

If these are the ones from M&S then they were designed by consulting parents whose children had additional needs.

LemonAndLimeJuice · 25/10/2018 16:16

While I’m pleased they are handy for kids with disabilities, these tops are in all of the shops at the moment, I know this, and I hate shopping

DontHarshMyMello · 25/10/2018 16:17

It’s clear the OP didnt mean anything offensive. I would have seen them and been reminded of bodysuits from the 90’s too I think Her post wasn’t taking the piss or being nasty at all.

ImSoExhausted · 25/10/2018 16:18

@RTFT she probably didn't. BUT. They're in the sleep section, with all the other onesies and children's wear. A little common sense wouldn't go amiss.
It's hard enough trying to find these for my two DS's (and every other parent of SEN children!) without someone taking the piss out of it on the internet or assuming 'the younguns are getting back into the fashion of the 80's'.

Even if I didn't know what they are, I would have clearly seen they were sleep wear/underwear and not a fashion item.

BlankTimes · 25/10/2018 16:20

@forwhatyouare perhaps next time you publicise the fact that people with disabilities or their parents/carers can buy clothes for them in the High Street, you will do so with some compassion, tact and above all thought.

Scottishlass11e · 25/10/2018 16:20

Yes bodysuits... missguided sell heaps? I've seen many young ladies wearing them

colditz · 25/10/2018 16:22

You're missing the fact that people with additional needs sometimes interfere with their own continence products without really meaning to, and that this sort of garment can prevent this and help the person to maintain dignity.

Peonylover123 · 25/10/2018 16:22

looks like a body suit, I wear those albeit more sexy ones regularly

Toddlerteaplease · 25/10/2018 16:23

@Pringlemunchers they stop their wearers from pulling feeding tunes or other equipment and stop them getting their hands into their pads.

ImSoExhausted · 25/10/2018 16:23

@Peonylover123 read the bloody thread and learn something. Or even look at the picture and see that they're clearly for children as they're placed with multiplacks children's sleepsuits!

tenbob · 25/10/2018 16:24

Oh OP, I feel for you because there was clearly no sneering in your post, but there are still posters who can't resist a pile-on

HeadsDownThumbsUpEveryone · 25/10/2018 16:25

To all those saying the OP didn't realise, surely the clue is that these items are with pyjamas and other sleep items. If she really thought they were a new fashion wouldn't you assume they would be with the general everyday clothing?

I am also surprised at how few people seem to be aware that people over the age of 2/3 would need a sleep suit I thought they were pretty common knowledge?

CandyCreeper · 25/10/2018 16:31

To all those saying the OP didn't realise, surely the clue is that these items are with pyjamas and other sleep items. If she really thought they were a new fashion wouldn't you assume they would be with the general everyday clothing?

what like the onsies that became fashionable which clearly werent aimed at people with disabilities!

MarthaArthur · 25/10/2018 16:32

headsdown it makes sense now but at first I didnt realise what they were for. I didnt look at the background i just saw a very large baby grow and was temperarily confused and then it clicked. Maybe op was the same and just genuinely didnt think about the disability aspect. Not every one is switched on all the time.

MNHQ

HopeMumsnet · 25/10/2018 16:38

Hi all,
We've had several reports in saying that this thread is motivated by disablism and should come down, but on balance we are inclined to give the OP the benefit of the doubt and to leave the thread, as not everyone is familiar with these neck openings.
That said, we have tweaked the title of the thread as they're just perfectly ordinary vests (and as someone who unpicked every label from every vest, shirt and pair of tights as a child, certainly something I wish had been around when I was younger.)
We hope everyone finds that a reasonable and measured solution.

FekkoThePenguin · 25/10/2018 16:51

I don't think that the OP was being sneery.

Isn't it good through that these items can be bought in a high st store alongside packs of knickers and vests?

A friend with a daughter who has additional needs and I were talking about how good it was that a high st store like M&S had launched a range of clothing like this suitable for children like his little girl.

If I'd looked closer and had a think then I'd probably assume it was for children with additional needs - but I think they are good for all kids. They'd be brilliant for sports in the winter.

Haberpop · 25/10/2018 16:56

They are also more comfortable under things like body braces that children and young people with (or at risk of developing) scoliosis wear, the braces are often a hard moulded material and you would not want to be wearing one with nothing underneath it, so body vests provide a base layer that doesn't ride up.

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BlackeyedGruesome · 25/10/2018 17:02

op OP OI,OI OP

come back and tell me which supermarket,

Pleeaaaasssseeeeee.

I think it is not unusual to not know that these are used by children with additional needs, nor, if you are younger end of the demographic, that these were fashionable years ago. two bloody decades, ffs how did that happen?