Hellobee Boards

My MIL does this sometimes and I'm not a fan of character things. Maybe I'll have her wear it if I know we're staying in/snow day/outdoor play, etc. She hasn't done it too many times but I've told her in the past I'm not a fan. And I know she'll be getting the new baby everything that says "daddy...this and that" ugh

I don't care about this any more, I used to be anti character, but then I realized that it is a short phase and my son is really hard on his clothes, so it doesn't stay around for long.

I've bought my son a few character shirts, he's worn them out an about and I honestly am curious if other parents think something about it...because it seems to me it's like an issue the parents have about some kind of message that it sends....I'd love to discuss it more!

I have one aunt who buys the girls a ton of clothes! I like most of it, some of it isn't my style. Not so much character stuff but things with sassy sayings, like Mommys the boss. I save those for days we aren't going anywhere and try to take a picture to send her.

That said some of the things I don't particularly like end up being the toddler's favorite. She got these two dresses for Christmas, one was fabric printed with gum balls or something, the other was rainbow sprinkles. I offered the gum ball one when we were going to be home sick all day anyway and she is randomly obsessed with it. So whatever.

Lucky for me my MIL actually has good taste and likes to go shopping with me when she visits so I can pick out clothes for them.

Can the clothes stay at her house for when your LO visits?

That's what we're doing with our moms. Stuff we don't like we just aren't accepting with full knowledge if grandmas keep them they can use it when LO hangs out with them.

@lamariniere: @Foodnerd81: my biggest pet peeve is pink. I've just always disliked that bubble gum pink color and SO MUCH of what we are given is bubble gum pink, since we had girls. I used to get really bothered by it, but LO is currently obsessed with this giant, pink sparkly tutu my mom gave her (the kind of thing I would NEVER buy or put on her myself), so....(shrug).

Yeah, it's not always my favorite and wouldn't have been my first choice to buy. But sometimes it looks really cute on. And, worst case, it ends up being spare clothes that I keep in the daycare cubby, diaper bag, or the "disaster bag" that lives in our car!