To think clothes become chavvy after age 2.

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I loved looking for clothes for the children up to 18-24 months. After this, instead of the nice pastels, flowers, bears etc it becomes tracksuit bottoms for boys with slogans or garish patterns. It all looks cheap and nasty. Even a lot of the Next stuff is particularly bad for little boys.

I love the Boden/ Frugi / Blade & Rose stuff but most of that is not an affordable day to day option with 3 under 3 ( Vinted and sale shopping aside).

I like my children to be nicely dressed, not in awful tracksuit type outfits. I don't understand why at least up to 5 they don't have more of the baby / toddler designs. More pretty pinafore and soft colours for girls and dungarees, bears, blues, browns and burnt oranges for boys etc.

I haven't found this at all. I buy from Next for my almost 2yo and still find them in pastels and cute designs.

Yes completely agree, once they're out of the baby section everything's bright and tacky!

What do you suggest other than tracksuit bottoms for boys though? It’s more important that they can move around rather than anything else. I hate seeing young boys in jeans / chinos etc

Not everyone wants girls in pastels and, frankly for toddlers, impractical pinafores and frilly dresses.

Sounds like you are going to the wrong shops.

With my lot I think I remember moving them all into tracksuit bottoms at around the age of two as they were all potty training and those were the easiest things for them to handle pulling up and down. Skirts used to get wee'd on when the girls sat on the potty and dungarees (which I loved) were right out.

Maybe that is part of the problem. But I do agree particularly with the girls' clothes, that once they passed the 'toddler' stage they were all obliged to dress as though they were off to a beach party with the Spice Girls (mine were small quite a long time ago!)

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Children’s clothes needs to be practical and durable. They need to be easy for them to get on and off themselves when they need the toilet, and they need to be able to run, climb and roll in them. I can’t think of anything better than leggings or joggers tbh

Jojo maman bebe, frugi, mini boden, john lewis, h and m were my favourite. For the more expensive brands, try vinted! You can filter to new or almost new x

Absolutely no way do you want boys in dungarees once they are out of nappies. They leave every pee to the last minute, that would be a recipe for dribbles.

And I don’t understand why you would want pastel colours when both boys and girls will spend an increasing amount of time getting their clothes grubby, either playing in dirt or getting paint on them.

Dark joggers might not be to your taste but they are practical.

Oh my gosh I couldn't agree more. Little Prince London is nice but super £££ and Zara I find I can get quite a bit for boys but it's still hard! X

Oh Christ. Wait until they are tweens and teenagers. Then you'll have exactly zero say in what they wear and also learn to keep your mouth shut when asked. Good luck.

My boy lived in Mini Rodini & similar leggings and joggers, not at all chavvy imo.

I love your aesthetic- I bet you have great taste and those shops are great - I try buy the same colours! However, two things - my kids toilet trained very early and it is unfair to have them in clothes they can’t easily get on and off themselves so farewell to buttons/dungarees/pinafores for a bit. Its really important to me that my girl especially has freedom of movement and can climb, jump, swing etc as easily as boys - so I offer more shorts and leggings although she does love a pretty dress and often chooses them in colours I love. my son loves bright colours and I think it’s important he gets to choose for himself so he is often in garish colours - I won’t superimpose my ideas on him, as long as they are 100% cotton he gets a lot of freedom to pick. Apparently he feels more special in bright colours so who am I to interfere! For me it’s about how they feel and move is key. But I would never put my kids on social media so photos are for us and loved ones.

Try H&M and Zara. Zara has loads of nice dresses for girls. H&M has all sorts of chinos, chino shorts, polos etc. for boys and it’s so cheap! But I do rate tracksuit bottoms for newly potty trained toddlers- you do want to them to take themselves when they need to go and they’re not going to manage hitching up tights and wrestling themselves out of dungarees! Next do some good navy slim fit joggers that don’t look too sporty so bulk bought those for aged 2-3!

I have nfi what you are talking about.

Joggers? Nope.

You are looking in the wrong places. Plenty of shops do stuff that isn't 'chavvy'.

This. Jeans aren’t the most comfortable things to wear as an adult, never mind for a 3 year old.

I loved the tracksuit bottom type of bottoms for my DS as they were comfortable.

OP, if you don’t like tracksuit bottoms because you think they’re tacky/chavy, what else would you like to see?

How judgey of you calling clothes that you don't like chavvy!!

PRACTICALITY, nothing else. Wait until your 3-under-3 become 3-over-6, you'll be singing a different tune altogether.

I’ve not noticed a change really. Frugi, maxmorra, mini rodini, etc were great when young. H&M and P&P are brilliant for basics in a range of colours for preschool and have a similar vibe. Arket is also good. I’ve also found Sainsbury’s pretty good, mine has a pair of leggings that he should have grown out of 2yrs ago according to the label, but still fit well and the quality has been great - not a bobble or fading in sight!

Yanbu. Girl aged 8 clothes are awful...the struggle is real

I'm not keen on joggers etc for children, it's just personal taste, but I've always been able to find other comfortable options for dd. There's plenty of options out there.

Some of the boys options are dreadful.

I mainly buy in sales, but like H&M and Zara for more affordable stuff.

Boden annoys me the most. The girls clothes are amazing and the boys clothes are… so dull.

I agree it gets much more gendered and ‘grown up’ which is awful. I tend to get the nice brands like Frugi but on Vinted.

I have found nice things in Sainsbury's and sometimes M&S although my kids have always been dressed mostly in hand downs but I still need to buy joggers as knees get gutted, I try to buy plain ones. In summer they love wearing "cycling" shorts from supermarket and t-shirts. Keep looking, I think it is not that bad until about age 10