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Do you ever let your daughter go knickerless?

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morningpaper · 10/07/2005 19:55

It's so hot I've just been putting dd who is 2 in dresses and feel a bit bad making her wear pants when I don't wear them myself in this heat.

Is it ok to let little girls go pantless, or not? Opinions please.

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Twiglett · 10/07/2005 19:56

yes ... why not

katzguk · 10/07/2005 19:57

my DD often takes hers off at the mo once she has used her potty but we make her wear them when we go out. shes 2 asweell

purpleturtle · 10/07/2005 19:58

I don't see why not

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morningpaper · 10/07/2005 19:58

I don't know why not really! I worry that I'll pick her up and people might think it's indecent with a little naked bottom in my arms! Or something!

Now I sound crazy

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WigWamBam · 10/07/2005 20:00

As my dd is going through a phase of lifting the hem of her dress and holding it over her head, I wouldn't dare!

She does at home though.

misdee · 10/07/2005 20:01

my dd2 is a nudist, she hardly ever has knickers on.

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morningpaper · 10/07/2005 20:01

WWB oh dear! Some of my maternity dresses are now so short that I'm in danger of exposing MYSELF every time I bend over to pick her up...

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jessicaandbumpsmummy · 10/07/2005 20:02

i would let her.... she's only 2!

Ill admit to being knickerless 95% of the time too!

sallystrawberry · 10/07/2005 20:03

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jessicaandbumpsmummy · 10/07/2005 20:04

ss - i hardly wear skirts either, and the ones i do reach my ankles!

toomanypushchairs · 10/07/2005 20:06

am laughing at all you brave knickerless ladies.... I wouldn't dare!

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jessicaandbumpsmummy · 10/07/2005 20:08

just nice to feel "free!" i hate knickers at the best of times, let alone when im 6 months pg!!!

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morningpaper · 10/07/2005 20:15

too right

I like it airy

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morningpaper · 10/07/2005 20:15

(not Hairy though)

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Lonelymum · 10/07/2005 20:17

Gosh I have never in my life gone knickerless! What am I missing out on?

giraffeski · 10/07/2005 20:17

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Lonelymum · 10/07/2005 20:20

But is the point that you wear a skirt or dress? I don't like the idea of not wearing knickers with trousers or jeans as I don't want the crotch of the trousers rubbing against...... ahem I will go no further!

Saw a lady the other day in thin white trousers who was clearly not wearing any knickers - not even thongs. I didn't see the front but if she wasn't clean shaven, it would have shown It was so bovious, I felt obliged to point it out to my ds!

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Emod · 10/07/2005 20:39

lots of little girls going pantless today at lunch party (bbq, hot day, paddling pool) and no concern

WigWamBam · 10/07/2005 20:42

I don't wear knickers either, but with dd's habit of exposing hers I'd rather she wore some, at least while we're out. I'm sure it would be OK in the garden or the paddling pool, but flashing her bits in public or at nursery wouldn't really be on, I don't think!

LIZS · 10/07/2005 21:14

Not deliberately ! Was mortified when I realised on a playdate last summer that dd (then almost 3)had none on. We'd set off in a hurry, she'd run off with her friend and played out of sight so when I noticed much later I was convinced she'd either wet herself and taken them off or "lost" them somehow. She was no help explaining but unfussed about it. When we got home there they were in her bedroom floor! She hadn't put them back on after going for a wee and in our haste I'd not noticed!! Friend's dd never seems to wear pants but wears leggings out rather than a dress.

spidermama · 10/07/2005 21:58

I remeber noticing my 5 year old daughter didn't have them on when at the swing park once. I felt a jolt of vulnerability on her behalf but we had only just arrived so I turned a blind eye rather than drag the three of them home.

I think at two no-one would bat an eyelid. If they did it's their problem.