Dressing Kids Alike.

[Liviam]

I'm not a fan of dressing kids in the same clothes. Occassionally it's ok I guess but it's just not for me. Why not the similiar outfits but different colours - KWIM?? I guess I just don't get it.

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

The girls are wearing the same top today and it really is basically a once every now and then thing, even with the same tops they don't always wear them at the same time.
They ARE individuals and i am sure will have very different personality's but at this age i guess i'm not worried, just thought i would see what others think.

[*TripleJ*]

my mum did it with me and my sister and were 4 years apart and if she couldnt find stuff matching she would buy matching colours my grandma joined in too

[Kitt3n]

I have hats that match my girls and bandannas ............. We even have matching baby carriers LOL!

It's all a bit of fun - it's never a whole outfit or anything like that, the girls have a couple of matching skirts and t-shirts, the rest of the out fit is different........

[LimeSlice]

Not a fan here - at all, ever, especially for twins though ergh! lol

Would never dress my kids in the same clothes to wear out in public - mum used to do that to us - although usually different colours of the same outfit - I got pink, my sister got blue - with EVERYTHING and drove us both spare.

[Rouge]

I'm not a fan either. I know so many kids that had it done to them as little'uns and absolutely despise their parents for doing so.

Having a boy and a girl often we'll do complementing outfits but never close enough to be the same iykwim?

[nickle730]

I'm surprised so many people dislike it so strongly! I think it's cute, if the kids are happy then go for it! I prefer same outfit, different colour but exactly the same wouldn't bother me either. My two are different gender but I'll put them both in say, blue trackies and a Kathmandu fleece (blue for him, green for her). They love it and if it's a trackies and jumper sort of day, why wouldn't we all wear trackies and a jumper?? If I'm wearing trackie dacks and a polar fleece jacket as well does that make us all matchy/matchy??? Aahh... sh*t... now I'm gonna worry every time I dress us!!!!

[Cupcake]

Not a fan myself

[Cherished]

no kids yet but wont be dressing them the same. I think it's ok to have the same outfit each but I'd only ever dress them in it on different days, I don't see how that is different to the younger child wearing the older childs hand me down once the older child grows out of it. I don't even like it if dh and I are wearing the same colours etc, I make him change if I've just taken forever deciding what to wear lol

[Cocolove]

I dont like it, My daugters have such different tastes, different things suit them and I want them to have their own personalites and all that

[~me~]

Not a fan here - at all, ever, especially for twins though ergh! lol

Would never dress my kids in the same clothes to wear out in public - mum used to do that to us - although usually different colours of the same outfit - I got pink, my sister got blue - with EVERYTHING and drove us both spare.

Yep..agree. Although it wasn't me my Mum used to dress the same, it was my Sister's who are only 10mths apart in age.
The boys have one top the same in different sizes, I make sure they don't wear it at the same time...in public anyway Lol.

[Trillian]

Would never dress my kids in the same clothes to wear out in public - mum used to do that to us - although usually different colours of the same outfit - I got pink, my sister got blue - with EVERYTHING and drove us both spare.

I'm the same, it wasn't Mum who did it - it was a pet peeve of hers too, but it was Nan and my Aunties who used to buy my cousin and I the exact same clothes only in different colours for Christmas we were only 6 month apart and I hated it!! I vowed never to do it to my kids LOL. Also because I was bigger than my cousin it always looked crappy on me, but great on her so that was another reason I turned off it. I can't do it to my girls even if I wanted to because of their colouring. DD1 has slightly fairer skin and lighter brown eyes so pastels suit her better but DD2 is darker with darker tones and darker eyes so she can wear really bold, bright colours.

LOL at the Mummy-Daughter twins though - I know two woman who do that with their daughters and it creeps me out - their clothes are nearly identical and the one with the older daughter is worse because the DD is around 19 and they even dye their hair the same colour and wear it in the same style

Nickle, at home it is trackies all the way and often they will wear similar looking clothes, but for 'good' clothes I avoid it at all costs.

RhiChiChi - you need to check out awkwardfamilyphotos - another good reason to never dress your kids in the same clothes LOL