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Why can't I persuade my sister to put her boy in tights?

35 replies

Lighthousekeeping · 12/09/2013 10:25

She's so stubborn. He's just one and won't keep anything on his feet! Does anyone know of any boyish tights or do you agree real boys don't wear tights? It's her first boy after four girls so I think she's finding her feet with him.

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cathpip · 12/09/2013 10:31

My boss used to do this all the time and she had 4 boys, a pair of tights under trousers is absolutely fine and keeps their feet warm!

Barbarashop · 12/09/2013 10:34

Get her to look at Little Titans website, some gorgeous tights for boys.

ChunkyPickle · 12/09/2013 10:34

Perhaps she just doesn't like tights?

I've always hated them on me, let alone on a wriggling, crawling/walking baby - toes hanging off, crotch down at the knees UGH!

DS (and new DS) just have their feet out if they're at home or in the sling, or I tuck a blanket over if they're in the car (and it's chilly).

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Lighthousekeeping · 12/09/2013 10:36

I wonder if ugg like things will do the job? He just takes everything off and he's walking now. To nursery in bare feet!

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ChunkyPickle · 12/09/2013 10:36

Oh, sorry, I didn't read that it's specifically because he's a boy - I can't see the problem - no different to wearing trousers/sleepsuits with feet in surely?

ChunkyPickle · 12/09/2013 10:39

erg, walking barefoot to nursery isn't going to work for much longer - not with the weather turning. DS (at 3) can't get lace-up converse off (and they're still nice and soft for baby feet), perhaps it's just finding the right kind of shoe - sit in a shoe shop and try each type on until you find one he can't force off?

soontobeslendergirl · 12/09/2013 10:39

you can get boy tights, but i still wouldn't do it - I couldn't bring myself to put a vest with a little flower on it on my son - it just felt wrong. No doubt everyone will say I am some sort of weirdo though. I'd just get him knee high socks - that's what I did with my boys for under their dungarees, and in the colder weather they had a snow suit with feet.

RobinSparkles · 12/09/2013 10:42

Slugs and Snails have some lovely ones. I wonder if your sister is just sick of buying tights after having four girls? :o

They are expensive.

Has she tried sock ons?

PurplePidjin · 12/09/2013 11:08

Erm, surely it's up to your sister what she dresses her son in? Why are you trying to force it?

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flowery · 12/09/2013 11:09

If her sister is trying to tell her what to dress her child in no wonder she's "stubborn"!

PeazlyPops · 12/09/2013 11:11

My son wore navy tights from jojo maman bebe last year, I'll be buying some for him this year too. Keeps him nice and warm - no gap between socks and trousers!

southbank · 12/09/2013 11:19

I put my b/g twins in tights,they are only 3 but don't see why my daughter is ok to be warm and cosy under her trousers but my son should only be allowed to wear little socks under his trousers and get cold legs!

ZingWantsCake · 12/09/2013 11:22

hah, in Hungary it's so bloody cold in the winter all the children have tights!

I thought boys in Britain didn't as I've never seen tights in the boy clothes sections.

but the things is it is really not your job to convince her.
leave her be. I'd be mighty pissed off if someone kept on nagging me about how I dress my kids.

tell her once, offer to buy some "boyish" coloured tights and if she says no then don't mention it again

LeMousquetaireAnonyme · 12/09/2013 11:24

H&M boy tights
any scandinavian brands will have boy tights
HTH

celticclan · 12/09/2013 11:25

I agree with Flowery.

Why don't you just let your sister decide how she wants to dress her child.

FaddyPeony · 12/09/2013 11:27

Friend's 8 month old boy was in a very cute pair of boy tights the other day.
That said, your sis is a mother of 5 - I really think she'll be able to figure this out!

Xiaoxiong · 12/09/2013 11:32

do you agree real boys don't wear tights?

No I don't - DS lived in tights last winter and I have just bought three pairs of super cute preloved slugs & snails tights on FB in 2-3 year size for him this winter. Is this the reason your sister is giving for not putting her son in tights, that "real boys" don't wear them?

I'd just roll my eyes and leave it tbh, not worth having a fight about it.

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Phaedra11 · 12/09/2013 11:37

When DS1 was a baby (15 years ago) , my friend was always telling me I should be putting him in tights and I found it really annoying. It seems a reasonable suggestion now but at the time I was dead set against it and the more she mentioned it (and laughed at my reaction), the more I was determined not to.

I don't think boy tights were available in the UK then, though. It might have made a difference.

RobotHamster · 12/09/2013 11:39

Oh FGS, just leave it alone

noblegiraffe · 12/09/2013 11:39

I had a boy, then had a girl and was actually worried about putting her in tights because it seemed like a major pain in the arse. I was, of course, thinking about the sort of tights I wore, which are a pain to get on, but baby tights are actually more like thin leggings and are fine to put on.

Maybe she just thinks they'll be a nightmare? She could try sock-ons instead.

moondog · 12/09/2013 11:44

There was a piece in last week's Saturday Telegraph (magazine) about a company that does tights for boys.

soontobeslendergirl · 12/09/2013 12:11

purple - I meant boy themed or neutral coloured, i am not thick. I just understand where the the OPs sister is coming from. As much as i know it doesn't matter etc etc etc. i personally couldn't do it as it didn't "feel" right. It doesn't worry me that my children may be gay, transvestites etc. They are my children whatever they choose, but i didn't choose to dress them in tights when they were too young to make their own decisions.

curlew · 12/09/2013 12:15

What's wrong with bare feet?

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Lighthousekeeping · 12/09/2013 12:28

Oh dear. I have not say down and discussed how my sister should dress my nephew. I wouldn't dare. I, deep down, hope it isn't going to spill over into other areas such as the girls ending up running after him like me and my sister did for my brothers but, that's a long way off! I'm surprised at her for biting my mums head off it's my mum that mentioned it after all, they are under his trousers.

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Phaedra11 · 12/09/2013 12:51

I never wanted to put my baby in tights but it was not related to wanting him to be a "real boy" etc. Only a few years later, he was wearing a pink fluffy scarf which he loved and multiple bead necklaces which we started buying at charity shops and which he later made himself with a kit I bought him. I just didn't really like the idea of tights and didn't see the necessity for them.

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