A kids wardrobe poll.

[aggiebug]

I really dislike buying clothes for the kiddos, I see so much cute stuff but I get overwhelmed figuring out what we need and not just buying all the cute things. So help me.


PJs how many sets? Do you get a mix of short and long sleeved sets?

Tops?
Bottoms?
Dresses?
Dressy clothes (church clothes)?
Do you buy stuff that mixes and matches or set outfits?

Also any brand recommendations for bottoms for chunk a monks. S has some serious thunder thighs still (I will be sad when they go away) and shorts seem to fit her funky. Especially cotton shorts for under dresses or nightgowns.

[seamonster]

H&M for bottoms is the best. I also go to Target for shorts. He's got 6 shorts and 8 pants, but shorts have been on hold.

DS has a mix of long and short sleeved PJs because I get the 2 PJ sets from Target. He's got 5 or 6 sets in sizes 3T to 5T because the 5T aren't hugely different than 3T and then I'm ready for when the 3T are too small.

My kid has more shirts than I do. 5 sweaters or sweatshirts. 6 long sleeve and 8 shortsleeve. Or something like that. I can do laundry once a week and be OK.

A million socks and I can only find 1 match at a time.

[lilyelayne]

I'm not much help. 99% of G's stuff is hand me downs. We have lots of clothes. I will say he just has long sleeve pjs right now & I put him in pj pants & a t shirt if I think he'll be too hot.

He wears the same pjs 3 nights in a row so I really only need a few pair.

He has 3 button down shirts and a handful of polos for church shirts. He often wears jeans or carters khakis to church.

He has mix n match clothes. When I have bought clothes they've been mix and match. But pretty much all boy clothes are functionally mix and match, so.

Carters shorts & pants from kohls run very roomy in the waist and thigh. Much larger than other brands we have. So check out the boys clothes and see if they fit better?

[lilyelayne]

seamonster toddler socks are the worst. I keep a delicates bag next to the changing pad so dirty socks can go directly in. Then I throw the whole bag in the wash. And still miss socks when they're clean. Maybe G is thieving them when in not looking.

[kartish]

We are on the last size of our bountiful hand me downs, so we have more than what we would if we were buying them ourselves.

PJs we mostly have footed fleecy sleepers and only a couple of short sleeved two pieces. V gets cold feet so we prefer the sleepers in winter. In summer we'll probably get more of the two pieces. We probably have a 10 sets.

He has a ton of shirts, probably 20 or more. Mostly long sleeve tees right now, but a few nicer knits and sweaters. He likes shirts with designs on them, so he only wears maybe 8 of them in heavy rotation.

Pants he only has like 5 pair that still fit him, all soft pants except one pair of jeans. It's a good number I think.

He currently has no fancy outfits.

[dreemkin]

I have no good advice in this department bc my mom has gone to church bag sales and gotten a ton of clothes for super cheap. That, along with family hand me downs and second hand store finds, we have WAY more clothes than any one girl needs. A's dresser is literally bursting with tops. The department we have the least is pjs. We only have a few pairs that fit at a time. My girls like cooler clothes bc they are hot sleepers so we usually can get away with summer and winter pjs doubling up. I think after you figure out what they like or fit in the best (for example it was skorts for N this summer) stock up on a few basic colors so that you can swap out a few shirts. Very few of our clothes are actual sets.

[dreemkin]

Do you have any goodwill or savers or the like around you? I have seriously found brand new - tag on - clothes for a great price. Our target donates a lot to mine. I tend to buy bigger so if it doesn't fit right or whatever they can grow into it. That way is cheaper to find brands or styles that could work for you.

[agm04]

We probably go a little overboard, and i'm totally estimating these #s. I'd say A has 8ish PJs (all long sleeved, one piece zip up, some with feet and some without - I am a sucker for cute PJs), 5ish pairs of pants that fit well + 3 or so that should be retired but she still wears, 5-6 long sleeved t-shirts, 5-6 short sleeve, 5-6 sweatshirts, 3-4 jackets, 10 socks (I can never find matching ones either). i never know if it'll be hot or cold here, especially this time of year, so we have almost exclusively mix/match stuff. she has 5+ dresses, but hardly ever wears them. for pants/shorts, i usually stock up when i find something i like (we love gap leggings and their light cotton bubble shorts, gap or target for t-shirts, gap or carters for PJs...basically i buy everything i like at gap when there's a sale or i have gap cash and we fill in from other places).

[seamonster]

lilyelayne Do you change G's clothes before breakfast? We keep DS in his PJs until after breakfast because he's such a messy eater and that's the only way he has a hope of going to daycare in clean clothes with out 3 wardrobe changes.

[aggiebug]

Feb 17, 2017 10:52:32 GMT -5 seamonster said:

lilyelayne Do you change G's clothes before breakfast? We keep DS in his PJs until after breakfast because he's such a messy eater and that's the only way he has a hope of going to daycare in clean clothes with out 3 wardrobe changes.

Yeah we have new PJs every night because breakfast is generally messy.

We have a salvation army and a kid2kid they are overwhelming especially when I have 2 kids with me . I wait for good sales and do pretty good price wise but I hate having clothes that are hardly used.

[dmorgendorffer]

aggiebug we've got chunky thighs and I found the shorts from target fit E much better than the stuff I got from Carters / Osh Kosh / Gap. Those are pretty much the only stores I shop at for her. I tend to stock up when there are sales or Target has Cartwheel deals. We also got an outfit from Lands End as a gift for Christmas which E loves and seems like good quality so I may start looking there too although it is her only 4T size outfit and it's not that big on her so they may run small. I stopped buying pants from Gap altogether unless they are leggings because I've found them to be really slim fit and I just don't think E is comfortable in them.

[lilyelayne]

Feb 17, 2017 10:52:32 GMT -5 seamonster said:

lilyelayne Do you change G's clothes before breakfast? We keep DS in his PJs until after breakfast because he's such a messy eater and that's the only way he has a hope of going to daycare in clean clothes with out 3 wardrobe changes.

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. With a bib and a napkin in his lap, his clothes are generally well protected.