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AIBU?

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Original poster

if when i paint my toes tomorrow, i do dds 2 aswell

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JeanPoole · 30/04/2009 01:02

only a light pink or something on her toes.

what do you think.

she will seee me doing mine and want some.

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TsarChasm · 30/04/2009 14:18

I am really anti clothing that is too grown up but nail polish doesn't worry me.

My dd's have it and do their toes and fingers. They sometimes play with make up too. They're only interested. They like a squirt of perfume too sometimes.

They are just playing with it at their age. If they were wanting it in an overly adult way or obsessing about it I'd be bothered.

Seeline · 30/04/2009 14:24

I'm with you Rasputin - toes are OK (altho I have to admit it took me along time to allow DD (4) out of the house with painted toes!!)

Icantbelieveitsnotbitter · 30/04/2009 14:40

My DS (4) has his toe nails blue and green for the summer !

I'd certainly let any DD of mine have hers painted too.

Certainly no high heeled shoes/boots, tops with inappropriate slogans on, etc though !

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JeanPoole · 30/04/2009 15:31

well, i just done them while dds naps, so hopefully i will get away with it today

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Gillyan · 01/05/2009 14:30

I do my DD's. She is 3 and I first did it when she was 2. She loves and feels very special. A lot of the little girls at nursery have theirs done too.

It only stays on about a day though.

i do it a really pale pink and I only do it if she see'e me doing mine.

I don't think there is anything wrong with it. I would NEVER put make-up on her face though, I don't like that.

chocolateismyonlyweakness · 01/05/2009 14:37

I have just painted my dd's nails, she is 4, a clear nailpolish with glitter. Can't see any harm in it, but I wouldn't want to do them red. She got a little make up kit for her birthday, clear colours, but I wouldn't have bought it myself.

gagamama · 01/05/2009 16:05

Did anyone else have Little Blossom nail polish when they were this age? I think it was from Avon, it peeled off and smelt of cherries and it was just like slightly tinted PVA glue. Anyway, I loved it. I can't stand nail varnish as an adult though. It's just nice to feel a bit pampered, whatever your age. YANBU!

Ivykaty44 · 01/05/2009 16:12

Do dd2's toe nails with red polish and then pop little black polish dots on the nails - then her toe nails look like lady birds

SamsMama · 01/05/2009 16:36

I'm with most of you on this- I don't have any DDs yet, but I would never let them wear some of the skimpy tops and hoochie shorts I've seen in stores! Nail polish is no big thing though IMO. When I taught preschool, though, one of the moms insisted that her little girl have painted nails and earrings all the time. It was kind of crazy. When I asked for sunscreen in the summertime, she said, "no I want her to tan." I must have looked at her like she had 5 heads or something b/c she very quickly said "It's just that I feel if she has a base tan then she won't burn." I think that was a bit of bs, I'm pretty sure she just wanted the kid to have tan! Nuts, eh? (I ended up telling her she absolutely had to have sunscreen or she would have to stay in).

But IMO, YANBU.

Minshu · 01/05/2009 21:02

I've just found out I'm going to have a girl in Sept, and was thinking about this kind of thing yesterday. Biggest problem I can imagine with a 2yo is them sitting still long enough so it does get smeared over everything in sight - but what do I know?

Agree with all of you who would worry more about the skimpy sexualised clothing that can be bought for slightly older girls.

Ivykaty - love that idea - might try that on myself (practice, you understand)

SamsMama · 02/05/2009 14:07

I work in an elementary school and saw a little girl yesterday in an off the shoulder tshirt with "hottie" written on it! Um, what? She's not "hot", she's EIGHT. Congrats on your little girl to be, Minshu!

honie · 02/05/2009 19:31

I do My little girls nails, I love the ladybird idea!

I agree with the toenails/cute fingernails/grown up thing.

Go for it, I bet she will love it and it's nice bondy time together

Gunnerbean · 02/05/2009 19:55

I think a bit of nail varnish is pretty harmless.

Face make-up is a step too far for me though. I regularly see little girls anywhere from about 7 or 8 upwards out and about with eye make upand lipstick on carrying handbags and wearing scaled down versions of clothes and shoes that are very obviously designed with adult women in mind -YUCK.

Heifer · 02/05/2009 20:21

Up to a year ago I had a no way, not a chance rule re makeup and nail varnish for DD (now 5.5)

Then she went to a princess party (where they do make up and nail varnish) and realised just how much she loved it all.

So I then relented to toes only nail varnish. I now let her play makeup and fingers varnish at home only - she is not allowed out the door with any trace of makeup or nail varnish on fingers...

But then again, 1 year ago I would never have forseen that I would happily buy DD makeup and varnish, so who knows what I will let her be doing in a years time... I hate to think... high heels perhaps! Shoot me if I do relent to that! :-)

lilackaty · 02/05/2009 20:33

I think it's fine. My dd cannot sit still for long enough for it to dry so she doesn't like it. She's 8 - I'm not sure when her girlie, make-up gene will kick in

Gunnerbean · 02/05/2009 21:47

Shoot me if you like but I think all this "Princess" nonsense if the beginning of the end.

SugarSkyHigh · 02/05/2009 21:59

DD1 (12.5yrs) has taken to wearing blue nail varnishi In Her Hair.

re. Princess stuff: they just grow out of it, it's not the end of the world

mckenzie · 02/05/2009 21:59

Speaking as someone who bit her finger nails until she was about 17 I'm really pleased that DS (4) takes such an interest in my nail varnish and hand cream etc. She loves to sit with me during home manicure/pedicure sessions and I love it too. I only ever put clear on her finger nails and pale pink or clear on her toe nails but she is chuffed to bits with that. I always let her have a dab of hand cream if she asks too. I want to encourage her to take care of her nails and hands and not be like her mother used to be

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