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Testing…one..doo..Memo to clothing manufacturers: builder’s cleavage is not appropriate for a threenager
By hissychick | July 8, 2008
What the hell is it with little girls’ clothing? I am sick to death of the fact that all pants and undies from the usual big chain department stores are hipster style, and no matter how big they are A’s little bottom keeps peeping out of the top. She’s not in the least bit comfortable, and neither am I. We have a whole wardrobe full of clothes that were bought with good intentions, have been worn once and then declared ‘yucky’. Most often by me.
Why do manufacturers and buyers continue to do this? I suspect it has something to do with so called fashion. As it is hipsters as trendy for three year olds is a whole can of ugh I don’t want to go into now.
Amazingly this policy does not seem to apply to boys clothing, as I discovered yesterday. After sending A with her father to the toy department, I rummaged around the sales racks in the boys department and found a pair of jeans. Soft denim, comfy wide legs and best of all an elasticised waist band that was actually meant to sit on the waist. When A tried them on she sighed with relief and wanted to wear them out of the store! They looked gorgeous too, and just the thing for climbing and mucking around outside. Something you just can’ t do in dresses, and nor should you have to. Plus they should be really easy to pull up and down when A needs to go to the toilet. This is nigh on impossible with the silly tiny fly and button combo found on little girls’ jeans. Then again I guess you can’t get in too early with the must adhere to fashion even if it is uncomfortable and inhibits movement and independence message with the female of the species. Grr.
I wasn’t so successful with the undies. I picked up some boys undies in a grey marle that actually went up higher than the hips hoping that A wouldn’t notice the difference. No dice. She wasn’t having anything to do with boys underwear. For starters they weren’t pink, dog forbid.
I just can’t seem to find the good old cottontail undies, aka granny knickers for kids any more. Why is that? No nasty elasticy bits around the legs, high enough to cover little bottoms, and protect little kidneys from the cold when your inevitably short top rides up (again, why do I have to dress my three year old in size 6 tops so that they’re long enough?)
Internets, can you help me out here?
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In other news, E is fixated with following me around the house and cleaning up. This involves a whole lot of sweeping with a toy broom, and handing me whatever is on the floor with a smile and a “ta“ This includes all small choking hazards (bits of plastic et al that dodgy mummy has failed to notice) and whatever she deems as mess, especially shoes. If I don’t respond immediately she follows up with a “TA!” so forceful and reminiscent of her older sister that I can’t hep but laugh…and shudder for the future.
The littlest miss is also fond of saying “Doo!” whenever I say “one” (as in 1…2..), again just like A at that age.
Do you think mr hissychick can cope with another bright, passionate and temperamental female in the house?
Too late. Heh.
Topics: Threenager alert, hi ho E is on the go, hissyfit |
It’s because, while we were going all out being wild when we were young and single, we don’t wish that our kids follow our own footsteps, in what we did, and what we wore when we did them!
So, I say stick to the boys’ clothing then!
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Posted by: JLow on July 8th, 2008 at 6:29 amThe broom has magical powers.
Posted by: Simone on July 8th, 2008 at 12:10 pmDidn’t you know?
Guess I have not much problems with dressing my kids as I have only 2 boys to worry about.
These days Micah uses all his collared T-shirts for schools.
Oh, and both my boys love messing around with brooms, mops, brushes and sponges. Drives all the adults crazy to the point that we really really try to do all housekeeping chores when they are out or asleep.
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Posted by: Moomykin on July 8th, 2008 at 3:08 pmJust came over from daddeeyah.com. This is what I have to look forward to?! I’ll second the ugh.
I found some character underwear (Dora, Princess, Tinkerbell) for Lil’bug at WalMart, if that helps. She’s in the 2T-3T size, but they were really short on those in favor of the 3T/4T sizes. Do you have a Carter’s store near you? They seem to go fairly traditional with their styles, but then I’m still shopping in the 24mo/2T depts.
Look on the bright side, the boys departments are about 1/2 the size of girls departments, so you have more to choose from shopping for little girls.
Good luck!
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