How long can I dress DD in 'boys' cloths?

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Just wondering if there's an age where you would stop passing cloths on from an opposite sex sibling? I have a 4yo DS and a 1yo DD, so far DD has worn quite a lot of hand me downs, probably about 2/3 of he clothes were DS, but been a baby she doesn't care. I've been having a sort out of more of DS's stuff and I'm not sure weather to keep it or not.

I've got stuff that's 2-3 / 3-4, so not really baby sized anymore. Is she likely to get to mind at that age? Is there some stuff that ok for longer? Like keep the vest and trousers but get more girly tops or something? Just trying to gauge opinion as I don't want to keep I box for years then not use them.

As she gets older she'll probably be given more girly clothes for gifts or as hand me downs from others.
Boys clothes are far more practical for children. How often does your daughter really need to wear dresses etc? The odd party or special occasion and they're not often at the moment!
I'm the other way round, but surprised myself how many 'boys' clothes I'd got/were given for my DD that my DS could wear.

Havent stopped yet and the dd in question is 14y. I wear my Dhs clothes too though

DD wore loads of her brother's clothes, and apart from a majorly pink phase around age 3 or 4, she actively liked wearing his stuff - camouflage cargo pants and hoodies and so on, well into her teens, and sometimes chose to buy new clothes from the boys' section too: the girls' versions of shorts and t-shirts and jeans are often tight-fitting/flimsy/covered in trimmings and very impractical for an active child. It is really not a problem unless you are surrounded by people obsessed with gender stereotypes.

Hi everyone, thanks for the replies. I've filtered out every that's majorly boyish but the majority is plain, DS has ASD and finds printed clothes to stiff or crinkly, so no slogans or characters. I don't think any individual items couldn't be worn by a girl, just taken together there's a lot of darker colours, but can always mix it up with more girly stuff, or keep for car spairs.

I'll happily keep using them until she starts objecting, just trying to predict when that might be so I don't have stuff kicking around for year, only for her to refuse it once it fits. From the replies so far it sounds like I could have quite a few years before that happens.

If ds (18) can't find his hoodies, he knows he'll find them in his little sisters room - dd2 is 17!

My dd is 4, started reception this yr and is wearing her brothers old coat for school, its lovely and warm, in great condition (it was his 'for best!') and navy blue, no way am I wasting it!
Last year at nursery she sported several of his hand me down tops. She also wears his old wellies quite happily. (Hey duggee currently!)
She is quite fussy about clothes now so I haven't offered tshirts to her recently. We sell on ebay so it wont be wasted.
She also has all his old xmas tops as they are quite unisex and barely worn.
I'll keep saving bits for her until she says no! (Although I overruled her on the coat as its a really decent one and I know at school it spends a lot of time on the floor so a pink one (that she wanted!) would be silly!

Depends on how particular the child is. My nearly 2yo doesn’t care what she wears, doesn’t make any attempt to dress herself yet etc. My older child though was very fixed on what she would and wouldn’t wear before she was 2 and was dressing herself extremely early.

My DS is 5 and DD 3. DD does mostly wear “girls” clothes, but I’ve definitely kept several pairs of DS joggers and jeans as well as some of his more gender neutral tops.

I kind of mix and match, so a blue “boy” top and then pink leggings, or navy joggers and a pink sparkly top. With potty training and the general mess they make, it’s nice to have extra clothes. And I really don’t care if her brothers old joggers get dragged through mud - whereas pale pink leggings? How are those practical for toddlers?

Her 2 coats this year are both hand me downs from her brother. So that was nice not having to buy a winter coat. As well as various boots, gloves, hats, hoodies etc. We do get a lot of pink girly stuff as gifts, so it’s nice to not have to spend as much money on clothes as we have plenty of spares. I also swap with my friend who has a girl then boy same ages.

I liked dressing my daughter in red the only red clothing I could get at the time was boys so she wore boys clothing a lot

I have an almost 4 year old DS and almost 2 year old DD.

All her pjs are his old ones. I just had to buy them both some new ones and I got the same neutral set from next.

All her vests and a lot of her future pants will be his too. I don't see that changing until she says she doesn't want them any more.

As for clothes. She has his old wellies, puddle suit, jeans and a couple of tops. I have some joggers and tops for nursery too. I'm keeping some jumpers and jeans from DS but as he gets older I'm keeping less.

She is already asking for certain outfits so I'll keep using hand me downs until she says no.

We managed hand me downs until age 3.
After that she developed very strong views about princesses, sequins and the colour pink.

I wear some of DH's clothes. Some of his joggers and hoodies are much thicker and practical than the ones from the women's section, so you've got a while yet
Though seriously, you've got a while yet especially if your son's clothes aren't strongly gender coded. It makes sense to use hand me downs.

Well, if your eldest was a girl what age would you stop dressing her baby brother in her old clothes?

My dd4 wears boys dungarees/wellies/joggers/pyjamas etc. My dad who is 8 does the same ^

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I agree, do it on a case by case basis

My DD is ten and wear her brothers tracksuit bottoms and hoodie for pe.

I don't know the answer as DD is only 13 months but she mostly wears boys clothes - I have lots of lovely dresses but she never wears them as they just get in the way. Also boys clothes are more generously sized and the joggers are thicker and warmer. I tend to put her in girls tops though to give a more girly look to the outfit but I hope we can continue to wear boys joggers for some time as they are far more practical for her.

I had the opposite problem as TheUnnamedCat. DS only wanted to wear red at that age too and I ended up buying most of his clothes from the 'girls' section.

DD here will happily wear any tops and pjs DS used to wear but refuses to wear any joggers or jeans so I've given up saving them and just pass them on to my friend who can use them.

Slightly off topic but I had a girl followed by a boy and I always bought bikes in colours which would be ok to pass on down to the boy, as opposed to pink girly bikes.

DD was extremely particular about what she wore from a very young age so I don't think you would have got her in boys hand me downs from about 18 months onwards. I don't think all kids are like that though.

Depends on the child really, your tastes and how skint you are.

IME DC have opinions on their own clothes by about age 3, so I'd keep using them until she starts to ask for stuff and then just let her decide.

I tended to avoid things like "Little dude" or "Best boy ever" so that clothing would be neutral to pass down but I don't have a problem dressing a girl in truck themed clothing. Lots of toddler girls like trucks and diggers! I'd probably buy stuff from the girls' section as well just because baby/toddler clothes are lovely, and excuse to buy more :o but I'd defo reuse my favourites, I plan to if we have a girl next.