Skinny jeans on young children?

[nappyaddict]

Am I the only one who feels like they are grown up, miniature adult clothing?

If you agree, what age do you think they are appropiate?

On me they look rubbish ( pear on a stick) but on DD they are fab and very practical. They also fit into the category of "she likes them and I like them" which is rare for trousers!

My 3 year old DD looks adorable in them! :-D

Modern nappies are so thin (disposables) that you cant tell if they have one on under clothes. I guess with cloth nappies it will bw bulkier but riddiculous is just a judgement. I just see a toddler and they often wear nappies at that age, not sure whats riddiculous about it.

Tbh lots of the twi/three yr olds at the toddler group i go to wear skinny jeans and you couldnt tell which ones are wearing a nappy or not. If they are in leggings its much more obvious which child is in nappies. but leggings are ok?

Modern nappies are so thin (disposables) that you cant tell if they have one on under clothes. I guess with cloth nappies it will bw bulkier but riddiculous is just a judgement. I just see a toddler and they often wear nappies at that age, not sure whats riddiculous about it.

Tbh lots of the twi/three yr olds at the toddler group i go to wear skinny jeans and you couldnt tell which ones are wearing a nappy or not. If they are in leggings its much more obvious which child is in nappies. but leggings are ok?

My 5 yo wears demin leggings from H&M. They look like skinny jeans but have an elasticated waist. I guess you would call them jeggings.

As far as I'm concerned they're just a more hard wearing pair of leggings. She lives in leggings because she won't wear normal trousers - she finds the waistband uncomfortable and she doesn't like the way they flap around her ankles

I don't like them either, but can't quite put my finger on why. Nothing cuter than a 2 YO in dungarees IMO.

my dd can't wear any other style without looking like she's wearing someone else's over sized clothes, she can run jump and climb like a monkey regardless of her trousers type.

dungarees may be cute but she toilet trained at 2 and then they're a logistical nightmare.

find something important to worry about op.

Well MrsMushroom you're entitled to your opinion DS has a moderately sized cloth bum (BG v4.0 are pretty form-fitting and he's got a big bum and thighs anyway), but if he wears normal trousers or joggers or dungarees that have enough give in them to fit over his nappy then there's too much fabric to stuff into his wellies. I think he looks warm, comfy and adorable

MrsMushroom My DD only has a bum when she's wearing nappies she looks hilarious very cute now she's not in them anymore and has no bottom

My kids live in skinny jeans and leggings- they are just so practical this time of year- warmer than tights and can easily be tucked into boots or wellies.

I grew up in the 90s when bootlegs were all the rage and can still remember the horrid feeling of going out in jeans and trainers and having soggy wet denim flapping around my ankles all day. Yeuch!

Dungarees are adorable...and a complete no no for the toilet trained.

Yeah dungarees are great until they toilet train.

And by the time toilet training is sorted and they've worked out how to undo the clasps themselves, they won't wear them because they're "babyish" (or so says my DD).

DD is toilet trained, I just undo her dungers for her.

I like dungarees but its harder to find nice ones now. Also lots have poppers in the crotch and i found they would pop undone as the madthings climbed/played etc. I had a few pairs where i ended up sewing up the poppers.

And trying to faff and undo dungarees with a potty training child is a pita and once they are at pre-school they need clothes they can pull up/down on their own. and tbh i encouraged mine right from the start of potty training to get trousers and pants up and down on their own so i didnt have to supervise, would help with bum wiping but the boys were very quickly going off for a wee on their own.

I'm sorry but part of toilet training is enabling them to go on their own

Dungas no use for nursery, as they need to be able to go to the toilet without help.

I can imagine the evils you would get from pre-school/nursery staff if you sent a potty training child in in dungarees!!

I get what you mean, OP; I really dislike scaled down adult clothes. But, for the reasons (of practicality) given, skinny jeans are probably the exception. I'm holding out for as long as I can tho - he has another 100 years to wear jeans and, at best, one or two more to get away with tights and snowsuits! :)

Alright alright! I know she has to be able to take them off on her own at some point!

I love this thread. I've seen loads of threads on here before where people were so weirdly snobby and competitive about what their children wore; oh mine were all in llama wool organic babygros sewn by magical elves until they were nine. Anything else and they were just too uncomfortable for gymboree, poor darlings.'

Love skinny jeans. Practical, comfy, come in loads of nice colours. Job done.

Noooo! My dd looks lovely in her skinnies, tucked into boots. They're not restrictive or 'skin tight' on her though.

I've got mixed feeling about them. I get a bit annoyed when I'm looking for trouseurs for the ds's and all i can find are skinny style ones. I don't want to be forced into having them turned into mini fashion victims. OTOH if I get the right pair, they do quite suit and look good on my skinny ds's. They are 5 and 7.

However I look after a 2 year old who regularly arrives in at mine wearing a pair and quite frankly they just look ridiculous on him, not helped by the bulk of his nappy making them look even skinnier/sillier and they are also pain in the arse to pull down/get on and off for nappy changes.

They look bloody uncomfortable on toddlers. I can't STAND seeing their little legs all encased...the fabric always looks tight and rucked up...not cute, not comfy...silly.

18mo DS wears them sometimes, the material seems to be stretchier than most other bottoms for his age, they're not uber skinny ones though.

They're just practical.

how are they practical Schro? What's wrong with jeans with a cuff? Or Joggers?