To spend £600 every time my daughter goes up a clothes size?

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Every time my daughter goes up a clothes size I end up spending about £600. DH thinks this is a ridiculous amount to spend but I don't really see how I could do it for much cheaper!? I buy from a variety of places but generally Asda, H&M, Tu, Matslan - nowhere really expensive.

Vests £10
Knickers £10
Socks £10
Tights £20
Jeans £30
Leggings £20
Shorts £20
Short sleeved tops £25
Long sleeved tops £25
Dresses £50
Fleece £15
Hoodie £15
Tracksuit £20
Winter coat £25
Summer waterproof £15
Pyjamas £40
Ballet uniform £75
School uniform £75
Trainers, shoes, wellies, sandals, slippers £100
Swimsuit £10

AIBU? How much do others spend and if less, how do you save money?

@liveforsummer

I get these, lovely soft cotton lasted years in fact have not had to replace either DC's yet couldn't actually tell you when I bought them long before covid

Just saying yes to these... they last forever !!!

Oops... they were the h+m boxer style girls pants. Boys last forever as well.

I think £600 to re buy everything in a size bigger is really good! My boys want tracksuits costing £200 a go and some of the girls dresses are £70/£80, the youngests little outfits can be £40/£50 too so i think it's very reasonable to spend £600 and get that many items. If you only spend that twice a year on clothes for your child then it's not much at all really. I think we all just have to live within our means, one person may have £200 a year to spend on their child's clothes another may have £2000. It just depends on people's individual circumstances.

YABU.

Not all clothes size are equal in sizing, but second hand, gift clothes as presents and you don’t need to buy it all in one go…lots of summer
Clothes are perfectly suitable for winter with a cardigan/tights added.

@Pinkfluffyunicornsandrainbows

I think £600 to re buy everything in a size bigger is really good! My boys want tracksuits costing £200 a go and some of the girls dresses are £70/£80, the youngests little outfits can be £40/£50 too so i think it's very reasonable to spend £600 and get that many items. If you only spend that twice a year on clothes for your child then it's not much at all really. I think we all just have to live within our means, one person may have £200 a year to spend on their child's clothes another may have £2000. It just depends on people's individual circumstances.

Not much at all really? It's a month's wages for someone on 20k a year!

£600 is excessive. I buy lots of my kids clothes second hand online. My eldest is happy with lots of the big brands he likes and is oblivious to the fact it’s not brand new (as always good condition). I do the same with my younger kids too. I also try to sell on my kids outgrown clothes too if still in good condition. We could afford to spend a lot on new clothing but as they grow out of it so quickly, it’s just a total waste of money. Much better for the environment and pocket to buy second hand.

I can totally see how you can spend that much...I just filled up a basket at Boden with items for spring/summer for dd
4 short sleeve t shirts
1 pair of dungarees
1 short sleeve dress
1 long sleeve dress
1 cardigan
3 pack of underwear
1 hoody
1 long sleeve top
3 pairs of leggings
1 long sleeve tunic
1 skort
1 pair of shorts
1 swimsuit
2 pairs of pyjamas

Total cost £463 (without a discount which I will find later!)

I'll top it up with a few other bits n pieces from H&M and next.

But I like them and I'll probably sell them on for half price on a Boden resale group.

I've never known anyone that grows out of EVERYTHING at once! Most of the sizes are so vastly different in different stores I don't see how you're able to just 'move up a clothes size' when you say you need to?

I am honestly also having a hard time with the idea that £10 worth of knickers lasts the entire year??!!

Buy it when you need it, not only does this spread the cost but gives options on outifts through the year. ..

@Rtmhwales

I also like H&M because their clothes tend to be for 2 year ranges like 8-10Y or 6-8Y though they look a bit big when they first start wearing them.

This makes no sense. It's not like the clothes grow, they're a fixed size. You'd get the same length of wear out of them if the label just said Age 9.

Have you never heard of buying stuff in the sales for when your child grows and secondhand or Facebook market place. I have never shelled out £100 on shoes as I buy them in sales and put them away. Coats and jackets normally secondhand off eBay and staples like joggers and shorts from tesco. My son’s pyjamas are ALDI or on sale in M&S. don’t know how you rack up £40 on nightclothes. You know your child is going to grow so buy in advance at sale price and put it by.

Sorry but I still don't get how you spend that amount! Taking school clothes our of the equation i am probably £200 and thats a mix of primark, next and h&m. How many of each thing are you buying? Does your child wear them all?

That's like 2 months worth of my income. If I needed clothes I'd buy second hand from Vinted or Depop. Although I haven't bought anything for over a year as money has been so tight, I've gone up 3 clothes sizes and still having to squeeze into my size 6s

I tend to buy in advance. In that when sales start at the end of the season I buy for next year. Saves a fortune.

Not much at all really? It's a month's wages for someone on 20k a year!
Take home pay for someone on 20k would be about £1400, not £600.

@Hollyhead

Does she grow out of everything at once though? I replace in dribs and drabs - my DS who is 6 has t shirts in his collection ranging from 4-5/5-6/6-7 they all fit in different ways.

It does also sound like a lot of clothes for a school age child - they wear uniform for more than half the days in the year!

I agree with Holyhead. I don’t every remember buying it all at once. It does seem a lot each time. I suspect that you will be giving away things that actually still fit. Just replace as needed. I certainly remember wearing dresses abs trousers that were a tad too short.

My son’s pyjamas are ALDI or on sale in M&S. don’t know how you rack up £40 on nightclothes
Presumably by buying them places other than Aldi or on sale? Obviously some people buy pyjamas full price, or from higher end retailers like Boden, Frugi, Fat Face etc. otherwise they wouldn't make them. £40 could easily only be 3 sets of PJs from one of those shops. Even in Asda, if you choose branded sets you would only get 4 sets of PJs for £40.

How much of the £600 stash does she never get round to wearing? I expect a lot of it is outgrown before use. What do you do with it? We usually have 1 thing per season which doesnt get worn, if its new i put it on ebay, if not in the box outside for ppl to help themselves, its very popular! Do you buy 1 size bigger too, as I do and clothes last at least 18 months as we dont exactly have strict seasons in the uk

Yes it is common to buy stuff with growing room. Clarks sell shoes with growing room. It is not that unusual.

Everyone saying "buy everything in the sale"... if everyone did that there would be no sale. Shops must have to sell a certain proportion of stuff at full price to make it worth their while having a clothing department at all!

@DockOTheBay

Everyone saying "buy everything in the sale"... if everyone did that there would be no sale. Shops must have to sell a certain proportion of stuff at full price to make it worth their while having a clothing department at all!

Yeah but it everyone doesn't do that. They know what to price it at in the sale to still make a profit

£40 on nightwear sound a bargain tbh. Most children have 3 pairs pjs, slippers, dressing gown minimum.

@Marmm but if all companies sold at lowest profit margins then they wouldn't be Abel to expand and employ as many people in their stores etc so then there would be less jobs, less money, less tax being paid and less buying power.

When you list it all like that, it does seem
A lot that these little people need

@Caspianberg

£40 on nightwear sound a bargain tbh. Most children have 3 pairs pjs, slippers, dressing gown minimum.

How to you know what “most” children have? My DC certainly did not have three pairs of pjs, and nor did they have slippers. They did have a dressing gown.

@Caspianberg

£40 on nightwear sound a bargain tbh. Most children have 3 pairs pjs, slippers, dressing gown minimum.

A two pack of cotton PJs is £10.

They don't need replaced every time a child changes clothes size. It really downer matter if their PJs are a little short in the leg.

Dressing gowns last even longer!

No wonder the fashion industry is ruining the planet if people are buying dressing gowns annually!