Clashing colours and rainbow stripes or little dude/fairy princess how do you dress your child?

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I love bright colours, especially if they clash and try to avoid the head to toe pink/blue. I also hate slogans, (especially on babies) trainers, velour tracksuit trousers, combat gear etc. I know I'm too fussy about this - so I was wondering how does everyone else dress their children?

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Sometimes I let ds2 (22 months) wear his In The Night Garden pj top to toddler group.

It pleases him.

Had Maclaren Triumph - fully stained up but once DD turned 3 gave it to neighbour who's DH had run over her maclaren. She is still using it many months later.

Not always CP - they get a say in what they wear, mostly, but a lot don't get a say in what gets bought.

I hate slogans, have recently been annoyed by:

girls:

Daddy's little princess

boys:

here comes trouble
monster
milk made this body
I do it my way

How awful to give these messages about kids? A dream subject for some gender discourse analysis..

Also hate combat/army, and overtly pink versus blue stuff.

I get a lot of clothes from MIL, some my taste and some not, plus buy from H and M, Hema (a cheap good shop here in Holland), John Lewis (surprisingly cheap and nice) or Tesco.. then you always get presents from Boden etc..

I'm definitely in the 1940s wartime category, sort of think Narnia kids!

Yeah I know Gap is good if you get the right price, but managing that in my lifestyle is not so easy. DH seems to manage to pick up the odd bargain from time to time, but only for himself.

colditz fair nuff

love that little sailor look for boys but dont think baby son would thank me for it

Bought his baptism gown last.Full length skirt and dh was horrified!!

milk made this body?

mad

In fact, I'm quite tempted to start collecting slogans and then do the analysis! Apart from the fact that all the 2 year old plus boys clothing at H an M has got skulls on it (I mean BIG skulls!)

My little boy is really particular when it comes to clothes; he likes to wear shirts and funky jeans and timberlands to parties, and likes tracksuits, trainers and his football kit for football practice only. His day wear is usually jeans, combats and a Tshirt, and as he is mad on Dr Who, most of his tops have Daleks and Cybermen on them (his choice!!)

My little girl likes fashionable clothes, from pretty bright coloured dresses and skirts to leggings and smocks and legwarmers!! She's not a pink girl, preferring to wear as many colours as she can...but it works.

I'm quite lucky, for 5 year olds they have pretty good dress sense.

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This is my ds' fave outfit atm my cousin is a racing driver and bought it over from italy for him

Yes what is it with H&M and blardy skulls as the moment?! They are horrible.

ok, just saw a t shirt for baby boys on mothercare site. The slogan is

'Mummy's handsome new man! (Don't tell Daddy)

My boys (22m and 4.3) actually wear a lot of Next. They're well built, tall lads and it's sized well for them and the basic stuff, multipacks, special offers, sales and such work out cheaper than crap from Tesco or George and usually wash far better. It says something that DS2 has some handmedowns to wear, since DS1 is very hard on his clothes.

I don't like M&S stuff as a rule, since it seems to be so short and wide (and my boys aren't) and some of the designs are so tediously Sk8er and Mothercare is pricey and doesn't last 2 minutes. I have a lot of fabulous trousers form Vertbaudet, but their jersey tops go all bobbly after a couple of washes and are sized so small.

They have a lot of character stuff. They like it and I don't care so long as it's decent quality and not too pricey.

I think the worst slogan on a baby boys t-shirt I've seen is "Lock up your daughters!" I saw a then 9 month old wearing it as well, and his mum is someone I really quite like (we've met at baby groups several times). The tshirt is from somewhere quite expensive as well, I don't spend more than £20 on most tops for me never mind ds. I saw one of them last week at an NCT sale and was having a look and a giggle at it and my dad was like, no, that's not a good idea. I was embarrassed that he might have thought I'd consider it for ds!

I like some of Next's stuff a lot and bought some Baby Gap today, ds has some presents from there that we've used a lot, others that he's hardly worn, and a hooded cardi that was expensive even in the US at over $2 to the £, but which has had so much wear that it's proved worth it. But, I really didn't like all the polo shirts and shirts I saw in Baby Gap today and was about to give up when I found something more useful. I don't want collars on a baby! I didn't notice those in Next so much because they've got plenty of more casual tops and trousers.

I do like animal/dinosaur/monster designs and the Gap teddy motif. They're much more appealing than the transport designs - what's with all the planes, cars and helicopters on clothes for baby boys?

I wish that kids clothes right from newborn didn't 90% divide so sharply between boys and girls though. I like blue but I also try and get ds a mix of colours - green, brown, orange, prints in black and white. I'd also love more clothes in stronger colours, less pastelly stuff.

I actually disagree about a lot of the slogan tops, I find them quite funny. My 9mo dd has slogan tops and I love them. The ones that come to mind are cheeky monkey, mummys little princess and nobody puts baby in the corner. Perfectly harmless imo.

My dd is usually kitted out in very girly, pink clothes. But she has every colour imaginable in her wardrobe, including blue and green. I buy what I like, and I have very mixed taste. It can be jeans and a t-shirt one day and an old fashioned, flower print dress the next. I also have play clothes for her, if I know she's just going to be on the floor playing all day I've got a load of tops and leggings that were really cheap to buy, so I don't mind them getting dirty.

On the shoe front I only ever buy booties or really soft pram shoes that wont hurt, shape or damage her feet in any way. Though I buy them and most of the time I'll just have her in socks.

I actually disagree about a lot of the slogan tops, I find them quite funny. My 9mo dd has slogan tops and I love them. The ones that come to mind are cheeky monkey, mummys little princess and nobody puts baby in the corner. Perfectly harmless imo.

My dd is usually kitted out in very girly, pink clothes. But she has every colour imaginable in her wardrobe, including blue and green. I buy what I like, and I have very mixed taste. It can be jeans and a t-shirt one day and an old fashioned, flower print dress the next. I also have play clothes for her, if I know she's just going to be on the floor playing all day I've got a load of tops and leggings that were really cheap to buy, so I don't mind them getting dirty.

On the shoe front I only ever buy booties or really soft pram shoes that wont hurt, shape or damage her feet in any way. Though I buy them and most of the time I'll just have her in socks.

i like stripes. and clours. but what do i dress them in/?
whatevers clean, comfy, appropriate for conditions and they like to wear.

why would i give a shit what other people dres theire dc in? im not a big fan of all the pink stuff, but whats it got to do with me? nada.

My ds has the lock up your daughters I don't think its bad.

The VERY VERY worst has got to be this one here

I'm so surprised that some folks have a strong dislike for a whole range in a shop! As long as I like it I don't care where it comes from- ds has Primark, Mothercare, Next, Boden, charity shop finds, McKays, Peacocks, Feu Follet, Woolies, Monsoon, Gap, overseas brands- everything really. Think anyone would look a bit contrived if they only dressed in clothes from a certain list of shops.

I like to dress him like a little old man! Hand knits and cords, but not the knits in Monsoon (they are no better imo than the cartoon stuff what with all the silly pictures on!) He's 3.4 and has no real interest in what he wears so I can get away with what I like still

I also like the "grandaddy" long sleeved tshirt under short sleeved shirt look- Gymboree and Janie & Jack in the USA do some really nice retro print shirts and these always go down well.

Don't like any kids cartoony type prints on clothes, or slogans, happy with stripes spots patterns etc otherwise. DS suits earthy colours and looks amazing in baby pink, really bright colours wash him out though.

Agree that it is hard to find nice boys garb though, but it makes it more fun when you find something gorgeous!

Not a big fan of the very pink or very blue look for babies - it just looked wrong on my two almost as soon as they were out of the hospital.

Yesterday DS(aged2) had usual kind of kit on - red/blue striped top, navy cords, red wellies, red coat, whatever mittens/hat combo he conceded to wear. Pretty standard.

DD (15 weeks) has dark pink cords, brown and pink long top/dress thing and a dark pink/maroon kind of jacket.

Woman at next table with baby of smiliar age - baby pink coat, white bonnet tied under the chin - says to her baby about mine 'Ooh, look at the little boy..

Personally I think DS looks like a girl without the clothes so wtf??? She will be wearing some of the funkier handme downs from DS anyway.

DS, bless him, announced loudly to whole cafe 'That's my sister'

Unixes stuff here but not sure I can bring myself to spend that much!

Clingfilm. Cuts down on washing and saves wear.

Elkiedee - I totally agree with you, the divide between boy clothes and girl clothes for under ones. They are all just babies at that age after all. I just like or don't like clothes and would put them on my DD or DS as babies with no distinction, (would draw the line at dresses on DS though). DD is now 4 and would dress head to toe in frilly light pink given a chance. You can't win!