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?

Culotte!

Pants, knickers or undies.

If anyone used panties in my house they would be forever banished.

Pantaloons

Underpantens. Or undercrackers.

Grundies

Panties is not sexual! It’s the opposite of sexual! it just means smaller pants.

‘Underpants’ is the best suggestion so far, though.

What do you people who use ‘pants’ for underwear use to refer to ‘generic apparel that you put on your legs’ if you’re not calling them pants, though? Are you specific about the the type of apparel each time?

Baffled why knickers would be inappropriate at any age

Unless that's all you are wearing to work, what's the problem?

Knickers or pants. Or skids (DS is 18 though, didn't call them that when he was little).

DH refers to mine as 'harvest festivals'

Panties do not mean smaller pants! IMO

In my bit of the UK, pants for boys and knickers for girls. I’ve heard kecks as well, but it seems like slang and a bit crude. Never panties or, just as bad, briefs.

Knickers for everyone, and this certainly isn't a tee-hee kind of residence.

In our household, we do not discuss the garments which lie beneath one's outer clothing. If referring to them absolutely cannot be avoided, we say 'unmentionables', followed by 15 Hail Marys.

Erm, trousers go on your legs.

This thread is weird!

Pants
Knickers
And the one that stuck - knick knocks 😂

What do you people who use ‘pants’ for underwear use to refer to ‘generic apparel that you put on your legs’ if you’re not calling them pants, though? Are you specific about the the type of apparel each time?*

Trousers or leggings. No need to be any more specific that I've ever had!

Pants or knickers, never used the word panties ever

What do you people who use ‘pants’ for underwear use to refer to ‘generic apparel that you put on your legs’ if you’re not calling them pants, though?

Trousers.

What do you people who use ‘pants’ for underwear use to refer to ‘generic apparel that you put on your legs’ if you’re not calling them pants, though? Are you specific about the the type of apparel each time?

Trousers.
Or if I need to be more specific: leggings, tracksuit trousers, jeans.

Pants, knicks, knickers

Jeans, trousers, leggings.

No different to saying jumper, t shirt or blouse.

Trousers go on your legs!

And the word panties gives me the heebie jeebies .

South of Ireland here. We use pants for trousers.

Skiddies

I don't know why, but if a boy referred to his pants as 'knickers', I'd feel a bit sick.
As a child, my sister and I wore 'drawers' and our brother wore pants.

Pants here.

Apparel on legs - trousers / jeans / leggings.