To ask how much you spend on DC clothes?

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DD is two, up until now I have been on the ball when it comes to buying and selling her clothes on Vinted. I’ve gotten lazy recently, can’t be arsed bargain hunting but urgently need bigger clothes for summer.

Opted for Asda but as usual hardly any sizes in stock, always find H&M quality dubious so landed on Next.

Now I am sat debating over whether to check out with my eye watering £300 basket. Is this normal?! For one DC for one season?!

Just kitted out DD9 for summer. Nice eBay bundle of shorts, T-shirts and dresses for £20. Summer coat on vinted was £5. Sandals and swimsuit from tesco £25. All set.

I get a mixture of hand me downs from friends & Vinted. I never buy new clothes (bar knickers). My DD is 8 & I’ll need all the money for when she’s a teen so I’m frugal now!

Same for me. Vinted bar underwear. I also get my docs/birks new but all clothes second hand.

If you can afford it, why not? I probably spend $500 or so twice a year on DS. I prefer things that are better quality and will wash well. I want him to feel comfortable in his clothes and to have clothes he likes.

I do underwear and shoes new but otherwise day wear from supermarkets or bundles or charity shop. Sister had 3 boys so she spent more per item but then passed most of it down the line so got three lots of wear from each item. £300 seems a lot to me and I wouldn't spend that much.

No I never spent that much on a my son at that age. He was at nursery 4 days a week and the clothes just got trashed!

I always bought second hand off vinted for his nursery wardrobe, I would pick Next bundles as they don't seem to shrink like supermarket/primark clothes and last for ages.

On top of this, I would just top up on a few bits for weekends /days off nursery, but spent no where near £300.

£300 seems a lot in one go for just summer clothes. They're only two and will probably grow out of it quickly... I'd just go to Primark personally and pick up a few t shirts and shorts.

I bought 7 rompers for DGS for £35 from Next a couple of weeks ago which I didn’t think was too bad.

I was talking to DS2 about t-shirts being £1.80 each in Primark which isn’t more than you need to pay when they will be getting trashed when DGS weaning and in the garden, and he replied “yeah, but you can buy 4 t-shirts for a pound on Vinted.”

They get some new bits, mainly what me and DDIL’s mum buys, and a lot from Vinted.

Op I tend to buy from Next for both my kids, the oldest is really slim built and other stuff falls off him. However I don't think I've ever spent £300 in one go.

T-shirt bundles of 3 or 5 for £20ish
Same with joggers and shorts
Couple of hoodies

I normally aim for them to have a couple of weeks worth of clothes, but that might also include some stuff that's last years maybe getting neat but will do before we go away and some stuff that will do so I can get what we took away washed.

We do hand me downs, charity shops, Dunnes (don’t know if you have them in the uk?), h and m or or Penneys. We’d only buy things like coats or school uniforms in Next or m and s

My DD clothes are good quality,and probably spend £50 max a year 🤷‍♀️

Do they actually need all that at once?

I do second hand but equally, I've never replaced an entire season wardrobe (though I live in Scotland so the difference is really only add a jumper or not!)

Some items are usually bigger than others. For girls dresses become tunics with leggings as they get a bit shorter, cardigans last a long time etc.

For boys, shorts tend to last well.

I'd just get a multi pack of t shirts and a multi pack of shorts/leggings and see what you can use with it first.

It seems more sensible to have a bit of variation in sizing (some of it naturally through different brands) so not everything becomes useless at exactly the same time.

Another vote for Tu here and also Zara.

I used Vinted for things like raincoats/play clothes etc as Hatley, Joules are readily available on there and I know those brands wear well.

I also shop off season, so I look for their winter coats in July for example. John Lewis often has amazing bargains on their app.

@WittiestUsernameEver, where do you shop? It may well be a UK/US difference but honestly, here, anything that is cheaper just doesn't wash as well. Anything I've bought from H&M, for example, looks like a rag after just a few wears. And that's even though I take care to check what something is made from and choose natural fibers. Whereas clothes I buy from, say, Jacadi Paris (or Janie and Jack, which might just be a US brand) look lovely the whole season and would still be decent enough to hand down.

@Ruthietuthie the point is that you can buy good quality clothes second hand. Much of the stuff on Vinted has only been worn once or twice. You can still buy all the good brands on there, just for a fraction of the price.

For 2yo/ single parent.
Mostly bits from Tesco/Lidl/Asda/Primark, supplemented by a charity shop haul when she goes up a size so I always have something to throw on her. Then I might pick a few nice items or shoes/coat for her. I don't believe in spending loads on clothes for young children though.

Charity shops, Facebook Marketplace, jumble sales, vinted etc.

Too late for you now of course with summer just around the corner (I hope!) but I've always bought clothes a year in advance in the sales - means I can buy Boden/Joules/JoJo/White Company for a fraction of the price and I have 2 DDs so they can be passed down to the younger one too. Quality is good so they last and resale value is good so I sell bundles on FB for £30 and use that to buy new ones. John Lewis tend to do 20% off ahead of the new season so maybe Next will do similar which saves a bit too.

Went into NEXT yesterday and the prices! Bloody hell, I couldn’t wait to get out of there. The kids clothes are absolutely gorgeous and the quality excellent, but it actually made me really sad that I’d never be able to go in there and just pick up a few lovely things on the spur of the moment, and I’m on a decent wage. I was honestly shocked.

Op when dc younger I trawled charity shops and car boot sales for clothes, picked up lovley brands like I love gorgeous etc.
We also used freecyle.
I now use h and m as our staple along with sainsbury tu, asds and zara and next for the odd stand out item.

Oh yes and boden in the sale

The uk has much cheaper clothing I think. Things like supermarket clothing doesn’t exist where I live, so basics are Zara or h and m (online), as nearest store a hour away doesn’t actually stock kids clothing.

I find John Lewis has nice basics and often sales.

I also like petite bateau for boys pants and pjs. But I buy in Christmas sales also in next size up ie pjs are around €40 normally, and last lot I bought €12. I skip a size also on pjs, so age 2, miss age 3, buy age 4, miss age 5, buy age 6. So they last a good 18-24 months depending on growth spurts

I also try to buy big so they'll get a couple of years out of clothes.
So each year / season I'm buying some new stuff and they also have some stuff from last year.
I always have an evening going through the cupboards clearing out too small, and decide what they need for summer.

Winter is less of an issue as its summer clothes with the addition of boots, hoodies and jackets.

Buying in Next is your mistake. I buy in Primark, as it only needs to last a season by the time they have grown and/or trashed it! Kitted out all three of mine for summer this weekend for around £300.

That seems quite a lot to me but I have 3 girls so there’s been a lot of handing down. I always check vinted now before I buy anything, in case I can get something similar.

Seems like an awful lot to me, but then my DC wear mostly hand me downs. Probably spend £100 a year each.