What do you call your child’s underwear?

[DorothyLNaySayers]

Potty training 2.5 yr old Dd. I hate the word ‘panties’ but ‘knickers’ seems age-inappropriate and ‘underwear’ too generic. Are there any better words out there?

Boys- boxers
Girls- Knickers or pants

Pants for both boys and girls

I'm in West Cumbria and lots of locals here call trousers etc "pants." I think it's because a lot of American trade came through here at one point.

I call underwear pants but my 3 year old DD has decided that my childminder, a West Cumbrian, is clearly the more authoritative on the matter as DD insists that I call them knickers

I AM NOT AMERICAN! I’m Irish. We used to say panties and front bottom in my house when I was small and there was absolutely never anything pornographic about either. Overly twee, maybe, but definitely not pornographic!

@twentytimes, I just looked at the M&S website, and they use "knickers" for girls underwear.

I am a little bit concerned that this thread is taking a slightly creepy turn.

Blondielongie Here too!

Twenty -I think "knickers" is a lot more mainstream than that, it really eg Don't get your knickers in a twist

I grew up with them being called knickers and will do the same when DD is old enough to potty train
DS wore pants..

Knickers for girls and women, undies for everyone. I tend to use undies, or sometimes, more specific, boxers for my DS.

It was always knickers when I was growing up. We had to do PE at primary school in our knickers and vests.
Pants were mens/boys trousers.

Knick-knack paddywacks

Pants for the girls, boxers for the boys in this house

Never crossed my mind to refer to them as anything other than knickers. Pants for little boys. Completely uncontroversial IMO. Many retailers do refer to underwear for little girls and boys as knickers and pants (yes I checked after the poster said they are just labeled as underwear as I thought that was odd).

Knickers or pants.

Knickers

If you use pants as outerwear, why not just call them underpants?

Panties is horrific!! Old fashioned but also a bit....sexual?

I have a boy so it's just pants

Pants for boy and girl at that age, Now it is knickers though we say ninnys, and boxers.

Pants are outerwear to me. Like school trousers/on bottoms. "Put your pants on"

Girls wear knickers
Boys wear pants (or boxers)
No items of children's underwear should ever be referred to as panties.

Are we having a Transatlantic discussion here? ‘Pants’ are not outerwear............that’s where Superman went wrong

Pants. If for no other reason than to ensure that your kids get to piss themselves laughing at US TV.

I've always said knickers for girls and pants for boys.

Totally agree that "panties" is yucky.

Knick-knocks! sunshineandflowers21

My SIL insists her daughter says panties!