Am i being an underwear snob - only buying Petit Bateau underwear for my DD

[tildaandarchiesmummy]

My DD is 4 and i only buy her Petit Bateau underwear, i do this because whenever i have bought other brands such as underwear from John Lewis i always find them so thin, and i don't feel they cover her bottom especially in the summer when she wears dresses without legging underneath. Am i being an underwear snob, is there any other brand that make good quality knickers that aren't thin. I would be happy with Petit bateau it's just then only tend to make pale pink and white and DD wants to have some flowery knickers like her friends.

Tilda. I am relieved, I will sleep soundly tonight. But now I will be looking at underwear in a whole new light. What do you honestly think of the 'Dress like Daddy' bit of Petit Bateau?

Not sure its a class issue though. We're middle class (but not well-off at the moment) and have middle class friends, still not sure of anyone that would spend (waste) that much on pants!

Never heard of petit bateau.

Wish I'd never heard of this thread.

The "Dress Like Daddy" thing is a common marketing ploy in France right now where clothes brands try to extend their appeal across the generations (or across the sexes). Adult brands have produced children's lines, brands for 30-somethings try to appeal to 50-somethings, brands for young men try to appeal to young women...

Oh right Bonsoir. It's quite cute if they are little, but can't see my boys going for it.

DP and the DSSs used to wear identical Villebrequin swimming shorts when the boys were little!

The only people taking this thread remotely seriously are the " well I have to spend loads on pants for health reasons- how dare you suggest I'm only doing because I'm middle class" brigade. Honestly, nobody else is!

PB is cheaper in France though, and they stock it in the hypermarches.

I only have DSs but I have noticed that boys' cheap pants are better quality than girls'. How bloody irritating!

This thread is getting funnier and funnier

Is it a wind up thread?

Toddler skin care routines.

Just nought I'd drop that into the conversation wt random. No real reason.

Oh seeker, chippity chip chip chip .

God, I sm grabbing any middle class credentials with both hands. Before upmarket keggs I only had saying napkin instead of serviette.

Are we going to play who is taking it all seriously now because that sounds fun too. We could have a chipiness contest as well. I am happy to be entered in all categories as long as all the faux breezy fuckers stop pretending they don't have their thumbs shoved completely up their scantily covered asses.

Sparkling
Ds1 doesn't care about knickers but ds2 is really fussy. When I let him he goes for really freaked out knickers. I think he has pants angst.

It's surprising that all these children of well off parents have such enormous backsides. I always thought it was the poorer children who have the most weight issues. We are somewhere in the middle but coverage is not an issue with any pants brand we have used, from the most expensive to the cheapest.

How very dare you Pag, my arse is never scantily covered

Pagwatch- can't decide whether you're really cross or not, so I won't say anything else until you do!

Sadly my dc get their arses from me. Dh tries to comfort me by saying it is athletic and cites Nadal as embodying our physical shape.
Dd often has to hoik her knickers out of her bum but she is crap at tennis. It's all confusing really

Does that help seeker?

If I got cross about knickers I would lock myself in a room for a week or two

Perhaps she will be better at strutting across a stage in her pants, a la Beyonce?

My children don't really have bottoms. If the waistband could increase slightly with each year but the triangle at the back stayed the same, it would be perfect.

I am taking this thread incredibly seriously. Anyone who suggests otherwise will be given a wedgie whether their knickers were off the market or Victoria Beckham designer.

For those who are really interested, Bonpoint also does underwear for little girls, available only its best boutiques (try the party-and-nightwear room in the rue de Tournon flagship store).

Oh good God. Middle class knickers, middle class children with delicate bottoms AND child skincare routines - can this thread get any more ridiculous?

For what it's worth I am (probably) middle class, dd2 had excema - I still didn't and don't feel the need to spend as much on a pair of kinickers as I might on a t-shirt.

Tugs up her M&S shorts...

Is this really a thread?