Does anyone else by their children designer clothes apart from me?

[loulabelle222]

Hi my ds is 13m and i find it so hard buying nice things for him. Of course he has got a few bits from mothercare,next,marks and spencers and asda but occasionally i would like him to wear something different. These places never seem to offer anything different, they offer babies acting as old men in shirts and ripped jeans.
There are a few children shops near me and i just can't resist it. For ds first birthday he wore an adorable miniman outfit that was expensive but he looked beautiful.
What do you all think about designer baby clothes?

Well from my slightly inebriated standpoint (please someone don't pick me up on my spelling), I think thay Loulabelle might have been unwittingly offensive to begin with, hackles rose and insults were traded, loulabelle responded very rudely (but then so have I in the past when hunted by the pack) which I think was a defensive thing on her part but nonetheless uncalled for...and hic, hic - what was my point?

Oh yeah, I love a lot of you virtual folk on this thread, but I do feel - and this is a general observation, sometimes somebody says something clumsy and then all hell lets loose. Everyone and his dog wades in and its overwhelming for the miscreant.

Wouldn't it be better if when a poster says something impolitic just one or two other posters politely pulls her up on it and then the matter is closed?

Peace everyone
x

(God this budweiser is good)

Aloha,

You're quite right, and less drunk than me

41 aloha??? good grief !

Is there really a big fight about children's clothes? Now I know why I've come back to mnet.

404 posts. Hehehehe.

Aloha, I really wish you'd flagged it up on here when you sold those Jimmy Choos....

Nearly 42....aargh! How on earth did that happen. I think I might just have to send you a picture of my daughter (wearing an antique lace dress! Ha! From a jumble sale! Ha!) as she is so lovely and I insist on seeing a picture of your boy.
Now...if only I can find your email address...(I've changed my email btw - the same start but ending in .btinternet.com)
HMC...I'm right up behind you on one poxy glass of wine...damn this breastfeeding

didn't you get the photos of him in his amby hammock (sod designer clothes everyone should get an amby)? Will have a bash at your email but may be on my other computer. If so I will CAT you or something or wait for one from you. I'd love to see your dd.

nope your email address must be on my other computer. shall I CAT you or do you have my address?

No I didn't! I feel all left out now. I think I have lost your email. I'll cat you. Sorry Mumsnet.

don't feel left out- I gave birth to my brain in January. I have no idea what I am doing, when I am doing it, who I've spoken to. I rang the dentist today whose receptionist was off so I said 'err just ringing as I think I may have an appointment today but I can't remember" and he said "nope last week" aagghhh. I've always been miss reliable until ds3....

Hmmm....why does that sound familiar?
Yup, I have double booked myself, forgotten every appointment, told my dh to view a house at number 355....er, that was the price ...he walked miles in the rain to an address that didn't exist. Oops.

ROFL - wait until you have your third!

Ooh nooo. Actually I probably would, being insane, but dh already has three and that's enough for him....and he's right, you know.

My comment about dressing your children to feed your own vanity wasn't an insult!! I was talking about me, everyone that dresses a baby a certain way....coz they 'cute'... it's certainly not for the childrens benefit! I was merely stating that it doesn't harm the child one way or another if you don't spend huge sums of money on expensive clothes! When we spend a little bit more on an outfit for a baby.... it's because we want to see them in it and we want to make them look smart. Wasn't trying to offend anyone with that statement, just trying to illustrate that we shouldn't pretend it's purely for the baby's benefit. In fact, my dd and ds would prefer to roam around in vests and pants/nappies!

Sorry, haven't read the rest of the thread, just came into to work and read a bit and felt the need to defend myself!

Oh the joys of mumsnet - glad you were tempeted back, jimjams. If buying designer baby clothes makes a parent happy - fine. If it makes them smug - not fine. Agree with toothache and Aloha eveyone chooses to spend their money on all sorts of strictly unnecessary stuff. I've no problem with that.

aloha
try as I may I can see no mention of Africa in this thread
my point about deprivation is that we are lucky to have choice, and here we are arguing
I couldn't care less about grammar/spelling but the tone of some of loulabelle's posts upset me, as she appears to look down on other people's values/choices

Message withdrawn

I love a good fight me and even I can't quite believe the nerves this thread has touched

I love clothes for me but as long as the dds are comfy and don't look like mini-tarts I don't really mind where their clothes come from. If I had a boy I rather like the rough and tumble look - have a friend who dresses her little boy in tanktops and knickerbockers which I think looks riduculous but the clothes prob cost a fortune.

I'm glad mine are grown up!

I think it's fighting a losing battle trying to keep children and their clothes clean -hate to think of a parent getting genuinely upset about this - life is too short.

Over 400 messages - must read this thread!

lol Batters - I commented on that earlier.... Hi Mumsnetters is £3000 excessive for a handbag I rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreally want?

lol. YES

I said about keeping them clean. I think that it is important for kids to be able to get messy and play without restrictions and underwstand why a lot of parents might not worry abotu mess. However, I also think that my kids can learn that clothes do cost money and to take care of their appearance. Plus if they get stained or ripped they aren't going to eb nice to be handed down. I do have a lot of cheap stuff for ds from george that he wears if he is going to get messy. dd loves her clothes and is more careful on the whole.

has this thing kicked off yet?

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