Dressing Boys (clothing choices)

[Madissun]

ooh, i did want to add - i have NO issues at all with putting little boys (babies etc) in hand knitted cardis/jackets - as old fashioned as that is! from the day i found out that all was ok at 8 week scan, i was hunting for someone who made matinee jackets - i just think they're so cute for babies! i have found it so hard to find anything like that when looking in shops - so have found people to make them for me!

Oh BG i wish i'd known! My Nanna makes the knits the most beautiful little baby cardigans. I have about 5 from when DS was a baby!

[Madissun]

Bath - I avoid all the licensed stuff too. The quality just doesn't seem to be there.

I dress DS mostly in red! He is half Jamaican and has beautiful coloured skin and black curly hair. If he wanted to wear pink, i'd let him He loves wearing all my bracelets and my mums beads! He puts them on and we say "oh be-yoot-iful" and he loves it!

[Jewel]

My boys were bright stuff most of the time. Red, orange, green. I also like black. Alot of clothes DS2 wears are the clothes DS1 wore. They are super cute and I love them even more the second time around.

xox

[Bathsheba]

HERE's a (non commercial) link to a children's book illustrating the type of shoe that many people (I think) would consider to be too feminine for a boy to wear... yeah?

Like I said, they are still available today, for boys in the pre-school age group. But because of the covered toe most people will only buy them for girls.

[briggsy's girl]

HERE's a (non commercial) link to a children's book illustrating the type of shoe that many people (I think) would consider to be too feminine for a boy to wear... yeah?

Like I said, they are still available today, for boys in the pre-school age group. But because of the covered toe most people will only buy them for girls.

Bath - i dont' think i'd put those kind of sandals on either gender - not for any other reason than i think once you make it wearing sandals, i'd rather have sandals that breath (so the open ones) - but that's just my own taste. i find as long as my feet are cool and well supported, i'm comfy. i'm likely to look at well fitting shoes that let their feet breathe etc. i find, after having ankle surgery, that i either need good sandals (which are hard to find for big footed chickies) or well fitting runners (can't seem to find any other comfy shoes unless custom made boots which are damn exxy!)

as to the stuff with cartoon characters all over it - i tend to look for tasteful stuff - but sometimes, you just go with what the kids like! i don't like dora, barbie etc, but some of the barbie stuff at the moment is very discreet (can't tell it's barbie unless you go looking) - boys stuff - well, it's hard to find discreet! my bro's little boy (7 in a couple of weeks) is a shocker for wearing weather appropriate clothes, and the only way to convince him to wear stuff that is right for the weather is to have character stuff (Cars and Spiderman at the moment) and get him to wear that. it's usually loud but he loves it and at least he dresses for the weather which is more important. this is a kid that will leave his jumper on all day at school - even when it's 40 degrees!

[Lulu]

I'd call those Mary Janes Bath, not sandals.

DS has a lovely pair of t-bar sandals in brown and so do another 2 boys at kinder.

I like em, and they are much better than the "sandals" (surf-type shoes) that are available in CAMMO for boys....

[briggsy's girl]

I'd call those Mary Janes Bath, not sandals.

DS has a lovely pair of t-bar sandals in brown and so do another 2 boys at kinder.

I like em, and they are much better than the "sandals" (surf-type shoes) that are available in CAMMO for boys....

they are the kinda sandals i was thinking of lulu - the ones you can get in leather that are really supportive

i have no big issue with surf sandals on occassion, but think for everyday wear the good leather ones are probably better for their feet

[Roryrory]

He loves wearing all my bracelets and my mums beads! He puts them on and we say "oh be-yoot-iful" and he loves it!

My Flynnie is like that - he calls everything "neck-ill-lace"

[Bathsheba]

Lulu: yep, I agree, they are often referred to as Mary Janes but some have a bar down the middle... and are marketed as uni-sex. But would many parents put a boy in them? I would... for a boy under 4yo.

I really don't like velcro sandals... which are the predominant sandal for boys these days. My sons wear them because we have hand me downs that i never waste... but generally only if it's to a park/beach/sandpit etc.... not on a shopping trip or somewhere where they are not going to get dirty.

ETA: sorry missed your last post BG: I agree in summer open toed sandals are the way to go... but in autumn/spring I like my boys to wear cotton socks... and these types of enclosed sandals are really practical. I don't like my boys wearing runners for long periods... too synthetic... I buy leather runners for my DD... but even she only wears them for sport.

[briggsy's girl]

Oh BG i wish i'd known! My Nanna makes the knits the most beautiful little baby cardigans. I have about 5 from when DS was a baby!

i only have one at the moment - a beautiful white one i was given for baby shower - mum has found a pattern she is thinking about making one with a matching blanket for Gremlin's baptism.

i don't know why i love them so much (maybe cos i used to sit and watch my nan make these beatiful intricate cable jackets with her arthritic old hands!) - i just think that dressing a baby as a baby sometimes is really worth it - they grow up so quickly...

ooh, i lie - the local hospy sells little cardis to raise money for fundraising for neonates - mum bought a pink and an apricot one - i think the apricot one will only ever fit on dolls for Gremlin (it's tiny but so sweet!) but she does have a little pink one as well