Quick poll re: girls uniforms, skirt or trousers for under 5's?

[JackBauer]

DD1 is 3 and at nursery attached to a school. I noticed today she is the only girl in nursery (of 29 kids) that is wearing trousers. But she is 3, and if she falls I woudl rather she was in trousers (thin cotton, but still) than a skirt.
Am I commiting some hideous faux-pas or does it not really matter.

(Just to add to it they are boys school laccy waist trousers as you can't buy them for girls!)

It does not matter one bit, but my girls refused to wear trousers - not "princessy" enough

As long as she gets to carry her party bagg cheap plastic wand she is a princess

I am much happier with her in trousers, she is a big 'runner and tripper'!

My dd wouldn't wear trousers if you paid her, however none of my others would wear a skirt

Do what you feel best, I don't think it is a faux-pas, although I am not really king of the social rules so I may well be proven wrong!

pinafores are good, easier to deal with than skirts

DT2 won't wear her trousers, DT1 does occasionally, when she's trying to be a boy I on the other hand always wear trousers...

It' not so much the skirt/pinafore thing as the 'bare knees/material over knees' debate n my head.
She likes to sit ont eh ground, and run, and dig, so she woudl just scratch her legs up I think.

Having said that, the other mums I spoke to all have boys and they think it is very cute she wears a boys uniform with her blond pigtails

I loved the pretty girly pinafore dresses but dd kept falling over and grazing knees, also was a bit crap with tights so went through most of the school year in trousers. I'd say it was about 50/50 for girls at her school. We've now moved into summer dresses which she loves but already both knees are black and blue.

No problem with trousers at all BUT I hate this horrible nylony type fabric all girls school trousers seem to be made out of!

Before I dress my kids in anything I ask myself if I would be comfy in it and nylon trousers would be a big no!

Mind you school summer dresses with 50% or more cotton are a rareity these days!

Trousers are fine in this country MOST of the year (sadly) but come June to August, I prefer to dresses or skirts for my girls.

All kids fall over and have scabby knees. Its one of those childhood phases.

I wouldn't worry about the scabby knees.

On the other hand, I wouldn't worry if she wanted to wear trousers either.

bit of a non-issue as far as I am concerned.

If she already has the trousers let her wear them.

I would just put her in what you want to put her in. As long as you are both happy. Pinafores are easier and more comfy than skirts. When my dd started nursery I got some over the knee socks from Next and M&S.

I am a bigger fan of scabby knees than constantly forking out for new pants. Ds now wears shorts year round which has saved me a fortune. Ans strangely he doesn't fall over as much

No you aren't committing a faux-pas
It doesn't matter at all
Ds prefers pinafors and tights in winter and summer dresses and long socks in summer fwiw

lol...that would be dd
not ds

at slip there troutpout.
We already have trousers that are thin(ish) cotton for summer so am just putting her in them. i resent buying more frigging clothes for her to wear to school when they don't really care at her age!

what would she rather wear?

I have a dd in year 2 who has only ever worn pinnafores and skirts to school. Lots of skinned knees, holes in tights etc etc. wearing one or the other doesn't preclude them from acting a certain way

It's silly of me really, speaking as a former tomboy with scars on my knees from all the scrapes I have had as a child!

(minor PFB moment I think!)

She has no preference yet, so I shall not spend anymore moeny until these trousers are rags

I know this is a way out opinion and I will probably be slated - but I think girls should wear trousers or shorts for school / nursery.

IME wearing skirts / dresses inhibits their movements when they're trying to climb on large equipment, ride bikes, build with massive large scale construction etc in a way that boys just don't have to think about.

As I said - an alternative view maybe.

Not way out at all sara I agree with you, as I think do others on the thread

Ah yes maybe bella, but I didn't put how awful I think those gingham dresses are... and I know they are loved by many.

sara, due to my tomboy past I am with you 100% but thoght it was just me. i couldn't do half the things I wanted to at school as I had a skirt/dress on.
I don't want to force DD's into tomboyness though much

IME you should get GIRLS style trews very soon as that is something that might get noticed by little meanies!
What colour are they?

She's 3 though so hopefully have a few months before she gets 'spotted'! They are navy blue whihc is jumper colour but she had them already as they were cheap and comfy looking

We're not talking about 3 year olds in uniform are we? Please tell me no!

Just seems incredibly sad to have a three year old in uniform. Major downside of nurseries attached to schools IMO. Otherwise until she tells you she is unhappy or wants something different trousers seem a very sensible option.

I was interested to see when we moved to the States where very few schools have uniforms that all the girls wore jeans in the winter and shorts in the summer - dd was very much the odd one out in wanting to wear a dress or skirt.

It's a nursery attached to s school where the uniform is optional until they are 5. A friend has leant me some school sweatshirts so she wears them and I have special 'school' clothes which consists of white tshirts and blue trousers or grey trackies.
They are normal clothes apart from the jumper but it means I don't mind when they get covered in mud and paint as they are not her 'nice' clothes.
Most of the other kids are the same, school jumpers and then wahtever else.
I like that she has some sort of uniform (the jumper) as she fits in witht he rest of the school, they have assemblies all together on special days and they share a playground with reception adn year 1 who are all in uniform.