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To let dd2 come to school to collect dd1 in her babygro?

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ShinyAndNew · 03/12/2009 14:34

She is 2.6. It's clean, she put it on this mornning herself, after I had already dressed her

She is reluctant to take it off. Now given that she is only two I can make her get dressed, but is it worth the tears?

Her shoes and coat will easily fit over the top of it, we are going straight to the post office, after school and she will be in a buggy.

What would you think, if you saw a child in a babygro at this time of day? People will think I am lazy and neglectfull won't they?

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reup · 03/12/2009 14:35

Am impressed she can put it on herself. I always found them quite tricky.

People will not notice with a coat and shoes anyway. It will look like legging.

Lifeinagoldfishbowl · 03/12/2009 14:36

Can you pull a pair of trousers on top then coat and shoes.

RockBird · 03/12/2009 14:36

No, they'd be jealous that she was so warm and snug and wishing they sold adult sized ones. At least that's what I'd be thinking

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ShinyAndNew · 03/12/2009 14:37

Yes she could dress herself before she could talk, dd1 otoh still has trouble now she is 5 .

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ShinyAndNew · 03/12/2009 14:37

Lol rockbird, that's what I'd think too. I'd love an all in one snowsuit

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hairygodmother · 03/12/2009 15:33

Pretty sure noone will notice, she's going to be all wrapped up in pram anyway. I quite frequently take dd2 to drop off dd1 in the mornings in her pyjamas, she's lovely and cosy and has coat and hat etc on, what's the problem? I'm another one who's impressed that she put it on herself. It's not worth the battle to get it off, really. If people do judge you for it, it's hardly your problem!

ChunkyKitKat · 03/12/2009 15:35

Wouldn't occur to me to think anything of it, especially as my dd used to change into hers every afternoon, up until she was 3!

Oblomov · 03/12/2009 15:40

THey make them for adults too rockbird !! No one will care, just be jealous of her all snuggily-wuggeley.

oldfucker · 03/12/2009 15:46

I think babgros/sleepsuits can double as thermals in winter. No gaps for the cold to get in

RockBird · 03/12/2009 15:55

Do they? Not on one of those weird men-dressed-as-babies websites?

Would you wear it with a slanket or instead of?

colditz · 03/12/2009 15:59

doesn't matter.And anyne who has ever had a 2 year old will think "Oh, that child clearly didn't wish to wear some of the dozens of clean, appropriate clothes she undoubtedly has"

and people who haven't ever had a two year old don't get a fucking opinion on it!

CheerfulYank · 03/12/2009 16:01

I wouldn't even worry about it. It's not a big deal. DS routinely wears his pajama shirts (thermal style) under his overalls. And they are obviously pajamas, not just a thermal-style shirt. Whatever makes getting out of the house easier, I say.

MamaLazarou · 03/12/2009 16:06

Who gives a shit what people think?

Poledra · 03/12/2009 16:07

I thik it's perfectly reasonable. Not that DD2 (3yo) and DD3 (17mo) both went to collect DD1 from school the other day in their witch outfits......

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ShinyAndNew · 03/12/2009 16:07

She changed anyway, into her own dora jeans and dd1's hello kitty top, while I was putting washing away.

She is now refusing to take off dd1's top and was very happy to show her that she had it on

She is very clever changing herself, but unfortunately it often means she wears 2/3 outfits a day. She LOVES clothes. And shoes and bags . She might be a very expensive child when she is older.

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nannynobnobs · 03/12/2009 19:54

My dd2 is 3 and usually goes on dd1's morning school run in a sleepsuit. I get her dressed when we get in, but by the afternoon she has invariably changed back again. If I could get away with PJ's all day occasionally, hell yeah.

fluffy123 · 03/12/2009 20:24

i am sure no one would take any notice, my middle son wore the same spiderman outfit and spiderman wellies for 18 months! . i had to wash it when he was asleep. i do the school run in my p.j's every morning , i must add i am in my car.

gobsmackedetal · 03/12/2009 20:49

I don't now if people will notice or not, but it's definitely none of their business.

You know you're a good mum and don't let your toddler get upset over some absurd rules as to what is and what isn't acceptable to wear outside.

My dd has always been picking her clothes and sometimes it's incovinient. And when RANDOM people stop me in the street to say "shouldn't she be wearing X, Y, Z? She'll get too cold/hot/wet" I always reply (my shy days are behind me) "you think? Good, now convince HER. By all means, come and talk to her, explain this because I'm obviously a neglectful mother. Hey, you, come back, you said you'd sort this out...".

Well, it doesn't go like this every time, but if I get a total idiot on the wrong week of the month, they're in for trouble. I have had enough of this.

Back to you now, this babygro keeps your baby happy, warm and it's no harm to anybody :-)

gobsmackedetal · 03/12/2009 20:51

"I don't know" even

JackTheHallsWithBauersOfHolly · 03/12/2009 21:16

I wouldn't think anything of it. I have taken DD1 out before now in her fleece sleepsuit to fetch her dad from work, and she is 3.9.
She gets in from school, takes her uniform off and puts it on

When I was younger my sisters used to refuse to hold my hand as fro teh age of 3 I dressed myself. ONe good photo has me in the market on a hot summers day wearing orange wellies, a pair of pink dungies and a red plaid lumberjack shirt underneath. Stylish.
My mum always said her first born was dressed perfectly but I was no. 4, she was just happy I was dressed

hormonesnomore · 03/12/2009 21:42

At least she's happy to wear clothes! At 18 months my DD2 learned to take hers off and refused to wear any in the house for weeks on end. At least it saved on washing...

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