Do you dress your kids to match you?

[Deleted]

Ummm no.

I mean, I dress them up when we dress up, like for Jake's birthday lunch, and I take into consideration what type of clothes I would wear for the day (long pants, tee, shorts, etc) but that's pretty much it.

[CurlyQ284]

Yeah. I also try to pick colors that don't clash since I carry him everywhere and our clothes are close together.

ETA I also "save" his cuter outfits for weekends or if we have plans. I don't want to waste them on daycare. DH keeps saying "He isn't a doll for you to dress up!". Ummm he isn't going to dress himself DH!

[keyslover]

I do this many times without even thinking about it, a lot of the times with colors too. I will notice that the three of us (two daughters) are all wearing the same color or style of clothes.

[Deleted]

Only for family photos.

When we accidentally coordinate I get embarrassed.

[mandy0810]

No. I usually let them just choose what they want to wear. They're 2.5 & 4.5.

[lolly]

Often I'll look and realize we're all wearing blue, or stripes, and I had no intention of us matching.

I always coordinate or match them with each other.

[statlerwaldorf]

No. I put DD in summer dresses a lot, but I rarely wear dresses. Every once in a while DD will ask to wear matching clothes like if I'm wearing a blue shirt she will pick out a blue shirt.

[angelaa73]

Today I did. But usually, no. They look cute and I look like a hobo on most days

[shananagins]

May 31, 2013 15:07:16 GMT -5 CurlyQ284 said:

Yeah. I also try to pick colors that don't clash since I carry him everywhere and our clothes are close together.

I do this. I thought it was neurotic. Glad I'm not the only one. I also like to dress them in coordinating (But not identical) outfits. If one messes up her outfit I feel like I need to change the other one too so they still coordinate.

[snickers]

That sounds like a lot of effort.
Sometimes I am lucky I match me, I cannot imagine making sure my child matched me.

[Deleted]

I don't think about what I'm wearing/going to wear when I dress L. So, no.

[volcanoboom]

No. They are almost always better dressed than I am. Unless we're at home, in that case my 2.5 year old is usually naked. I can't keep clothes on that kid.

[Deleted]

I coordinate the boys in terms of clothes weight, style, and colors, but I try not to go too nuts.

But like today, the rompers didn't gooooooo. One was a sports one and the other was stripes with a collar. It only annoyed me for a few minutes.

[janiejones]

. Yes

[eb777888]

May 31, 2013 15:12:23 GMT -5 angelaa73 said:

Today I did. But usually, no. They look cute and I look like a hobo on most days

This has me LOL'ing because this is EXACTLY me. 

He is always dressed nicer than me on the weekdays.

[luckyval]

I'll coordinate level of schlub/cute but that's as far as it goes

[Deleted]

No. My kids are almost always dressed up as I'm almost always in yoga pants. Lol.

[janiejones]

May 31, 2013 15:47:43 GMT -5 @jehc said:

May 31, 2013 15:44:05 GMT -5 janiejones said:

. Yes

I can't see this pic and I feel like I really want to

It was a picture from a mother boy pageant, from Arrested Development.

[Deleted]

Lol, if I did this, I would be in my underwear 24/7.

No, Sofia wears her clothes for about an hour when we're at home. If I'm lucky.

[lilybug]

Maybe a little? I mean, when we're having a lazy day at home, we're all in comfy clothes, when we go out, we're casual, parties, we all dress up... I guess I just don't dress my kids super nicely very often, so they're usually on par with me.

I think it might be different with girls, because I would for sure want to have my DD in dresses a lot, and I'd feel schlumpy in leggings next to her. As it is, I don't feel bad about leggings when my boys are in cargo shorts and t's 90% of the time.

[MixedBerryJam]

Only when we were flying. Whenever we flew anywhere, I'd have all four of us in matching shirts, so if any of us got separated, we'd know what to look for. Those days are long gone (not the flying days, but the either boy saying, "Oh, sure, gimme that t-shirt; I'd love to be out in public dressed like my mom" days.

[Deleted]

May 31, 2013 15:07:29 GMT -5 keyslover said:

I do this many times without even thinking about it, a lot of the times with colors too. I will notice that the three of us (two daughters) are all wearing the same color or style of clothes.

I've been asked many times if I dressed myself and my girls similarly on purpose, and honestly, I don't plan it or do it intentionally, but somehow it happens.

[bab]

I do not do this

[Deleted]

if i know that photos might be taken, i try to coordinate colors so we don't clash. and, on the weekend at least, we're usually in the same relative levels of comfy-ness since my kid only wants to wear soft things made of cotton and . . . so do i (with a little spandex added to help me out). if we're not in a cotton stretch-appropriate setting, it's likely something "fancier," in which case we are both fancied up.

[karmasabiotch]

No

[Marle]

Maybe for pictures?

Otherwise well I make sure he's appropriately dressed or is wearing what he likes. But of course I'm talking about a 4 y/o.

[sherbanator]

What Aangela said.

[dapotato]

this sounds like a lot of work. and yet another reason i shouldn't have children.

[themysteriouswife]

I went to church with a mother who did this. She even made matching clothes for the doll. I remember the little girl being 11 or 12 still carrying a matching doll around. Fucking weird

[Deleted]

On occasion we do something super cheesy like this.  I don't have an Elmo shirt, but I do wear my Elmo flip flops.  DS thinks it's the coolest thing ever, lol.

Other than this type of cheesiness, no, I don't give any thought to how our outfits look together.