AIBU to put my DC in matching clothes?

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Just out of curiosity really. I put my pair in matching clothes the majority of the time. 19 months between them. Mainly because it’s just easier when buying clothes to buy two of each. Just wondered how many people think it looks a bit naff and how many people do/would do the same as me?

I don't like it, it's beyond naff imo.

(Nb: I am not in any way offended by it. I think some people need to look up the definition of offended.)

My two often go nuts if I buy one a top & the other loves it, so even at 9 and 11 I buy two of things sometimes. I got them matching ski stuff because they liked the same options) and I got a really good price for it (Boden clearance) so wanted to make my life easier. They were blissfully happy. They have the same skate training gear, just with different trim, but it’s a style that loads of the kids wear so it looks reasonable.

When they were little I dressed them almost exclusively from a EBay so matching was never an option that crossed my mind.

They would obviously rather die than go to school matching though!

My mum used to do this to me and my BROTHER!!! Same sandals, same stripy socks, same stripy top, very similar shorts, not very much but we have some hilarious photos!!
I have girls and when younger, very occasionally I used to buy the same dress, I think maybe twice in their life? Now 19 and 17 and they hate the photos of them in the same dress! So I’d say no. If you like the dress just pass it down to the youngest, I did this a lot.

I bet your three and four-year-old look very cute in their matching outfits. You’ve already said that you won’t force them, so I don’t see the problem.

My Dd1 (age 5) loses her shit if her sister (2) is wearing something different to her which i hate because shes now into a size that has more (and I think nicer!) choices.

Mine are 19 months apart (6 and 4 now). I never bought them matching clothes but other people did occasionally when they were younger. I didn’t tend to put them in the same outfits on the same day though.
Now at 6 and 4 they have such different personalities and preferences that the idea of trying to dress them in the same thing makes me laugh! 6 year old loves blue and green, prefers leggings/jumpsuits etc, whereas my 4 year old has refused to wear trousers for 2 years and loves pink and yellow! They’d look at me like I had two heads if I bought them matching outfits

Mine liked to when they were little so I can't see the issue, it was also really good if at busy places like parks n school hols as really easy to spot them. Didnt want to after about age 6 which was fine. They have very different styles now so all good.

It screams to me ‘I want people to think they are twins!!!’ when they aren’t. It’s weird. I have a mum friend with baby twins who she dresses the same with variations eg different colour jackets or top underneath the same dungarees. It’s cute with 1 year old twins. It isn’t cute with age gap siblings over 2.

I don’t really like it and seems a bit wasteful I’d you can’t be passing things down. I’m sure we’ll end up with the odd matching dress but my eldest has such strong opinions about clothes that I can’t imagine she’d actually ever pick the same outfit. They have different needs and colouring.

Yanbu and I am so surprised people are so negative about this. My sister and I (4.5 years apart) used to love to match our clothes. I have 2 boys 18 months apart and sometimes they wear matching outfits. The eldest is only 2.9 so he either doesn’t notice or if he does he likes that his little brother is wearing the same. I’ve only ever had positive comments saying they look cute. I don’t think of them as the same person, they are very unique with their own personalities and I don’t see how having the odd matching outfit is so terrible.

Why would you dress your children the same? They are different people!

I say that as the mother of toddler twins Please don’t dress your children the same. It’s naff.

Horrible, even for twins! I still recall the telling off I got from my mother when my cousin had twins and I bought her two different outfits, But they're twins............

No. It's twee.

@penmanship doesn’t really matter what ‘point’ you’re making - people see children dressed the same (or not) they don’t have the benefit of your internal thoughts about it.

So naff and dreadfully twee. I hate it. And yes, I judge.

It screams to me ‘I want people to think they are twins!!!’ when they aren’t
Even if they’re obviously two years apart?

No, because I buy second hand and you dont tend to find matching bits in multiple sizes.

Saying that though, dd1 is 16 and shes just bought 9 month old dd2 a similar red checked shirt to the one she bought herself and said they have to wear them at the same time so 🤷🏽‍♀️

Not naff at all! Super cute! They can dress differently when they are older! I'm pregnant with number 2 and will definitely be matching to my older child!

Me and my sister loved to match as kids.

We have been known to twin on special occasions even now xmas jumpers etc. I appreciate we are twee and gross but it doesn't hurt anyone so if you want to and your kids like it fuck what anyone else thinks.

I used to do it a fair bit when they were younger for, especially for occasions. Not so much now but they have a lot of the same things but different colours. They choose what to wear most of the time (8 and 5) and sometimes choose matching accidentally as they like the same things and that's fine.....What's not fine is that I often turn up to meet my mum to find us in the same outfit, we are same height and similar size...now that looks naff!!!

I used to do it all the time. More often not identical but a similar theme or colour. My sister used to ridicule me so others probably did too less openly I don't care they were so cute and I have loads of lovely matchy photos of them

There's a photo of DS1 (3) and DS2 (1) sitting together in the same t-shirt. DS1 often had duplicates of his favourites, and was small for his age while DS2 was quite big and stocky so the size gap was quite small. On that day, DS1 insisted that DS2 had to wear the t-shirt which was quite an honour

The effect was a bit odd due to the oversized bald baby being nearly the same size as a small toddler.

We often pool clothes as they remain close in size. School uniform is pooled as I'm not wasting time picking out clothes one size apart when the same size is close enough. Plus they tend to get washed up at the same rate rather than the younger child copping the worn hand-me-down look.

I have is twins. When they were tiny I dressed them the same. It made life easier. In the park if you're looking for one red coat twice it's easier than looking for a red coat and trying to remember what the other one is wearing.

As soon as they could choose / have an opinion they wore what thy wanted. Now at 10 yo they have cottoned on to the fact that if they both choose something different they get more outfits to chose from but sometimes, they still want to wear the same. Entirely up to them to chose.

What if one went missing and you counted the red coat twice thinking they were safe?

I have three kids - I can remember their coat colors, if fact brought them bright coats so they stood out amongst the sea of black in the playground

Gosh people are wierd.
Dress your kids in what you want.
My mum dressed us the same when we were little because
"If one of you get lost I will be able to show the security guard what you are wearing"
She was abducted as a child though so that's probably why.
It did help us one time one of us got lost.
I thought that was the main reason people do it! Not for fashion!