Is This Just Wrong?

[mirthfulmum]

My younger son H is now out of diapers and has been exclusively in underwear for a week now (). And of course he still has many accidents...

I've bought H a few pairs of celebratory underwear (fancy ones with spiderman on them of course) but he needs probably 2 or 3 pairs a day. My older son has outgrown his underwear and really needs new ones. Now here comes the "is this just wrong" part (but you probably already know where I'm going with this). Is it okay to just buy new underwear for my older son and have my younger son just use his brother's old underwear? The underwear is still in good shape. And frankly I wouldn't even be contemplating this if H wasn't going through so many pairs of underwear a day. And lets face it, especially on the mornings their father dresses tham there's a 50/50 chance my darling husband is going to get the wrong underwear on the wrong kid anyway.

So is it just wrong to hand-me-down my son's underwear?

[michaelsmama]

Are you kidding? Use it til it has holes!!! I certainly plan on doing that...though if I ever have a girl I won't make her use ones with a fly
it's no different than passing on cloth diapers...

[Twocoolboys]

Nope, not wrong at all. My youngest ds wears his big brother's outgrown underwear. I did buy him a few pairs of celebratory underwear, just like you described. But most of his undies are hand me downs. It's too darn expensive to have to buy a whole bunch more!

[PreggieUBA2C]

Yup, we hand them down too. Actually, right now, both ds1 and ds2 are in size 5s, so we bought them a bunch of boxer-briefs and I don't seperate them, ever. They are stacked together for sharing. When ds3 needs some (soon, I suspect), he'll wear their old ones. I agree that it's the same as cloth diapers- we WASH them, yk!

It is funny though; I can't imagine ever, ever wearing someone else's out-grown underwear . Ahhh, the things dc endure...

[ZanZansMommy]

Originally Posted by michaelsmama

Are you kidding? Use it til it has holes!!! I certainly plan on doing that...though if I ever have a girl I won't make her use ones with a fly
it's no different than passing on cloth diapers...

:

[Hannahsmummy]

I don't see why it'a an issue. As long as they are washed!

[savithny]

Heck, sometimes DD wears her brother's old underwear!!

If you use the same diapers for them both, whats the diff?

[JBaxter]

I really truely believe some of the boxers Nathan sleeps in was originally bought for my now almost 16yr old LOL. they are looking a bit thin LOL

YES we re wear underware socks coats supportive sport shorts ( boys dont wear jock straps anymore fyi) basically anything that hasnt fallen apart get recycled here. Everyone here has the same cooties

[chicagomom]

dd wears ds' undies when she has run through all of hers. ITA with everyone else - it's no different from handing down nappies.

[hottmama]

When my youngest potty trained (about 6 weeks ago) I put him in his brother's old undies without a second thought, but they were too big since my little guy is much smaller than his brother was at this age, so I had to buy some 18 mo. trainers for him. When he outgrows them, he'll be in hand-me-downs. Why not?

[MCatLvrMom2A&X]

Like everyone said not a thing wrong with it. If I had 2 girls you can bet there would be tons of hand me down drawers around here.

[OakBerry]

My ds wears his cousin's hand me down undies! They are 2 years apart and very close, like brothers, so it just seems normal to me. As long as they are in decent condition, why not?

[NannyL]

Originally Posted by michaelsmama

Are you kidding? Use it til it has holes!!! I certainly plan on doing that...though if I ever have a girl I won't make her use ones with a fly
it's no different than passing on cloth diapers...

:

But do not underestimate the effect of really cool underwear on the toilet learning process! The boy I nanny for was totally disinterested in toilet learning, and would cry when he even saw his underwear (happened to be sesame street - was the cheapest underwear in his size - didn't want to spend too much as I knew it would be ruined). So, we of course let it go. A month later, he found the really nice underwear (Talbots kids, with dinosaurs, super cute, but costs more than I pay for my own underwear), in the closet, and has insisted on wearing it every day for the past two weeks. Still having accidents of course, but at least he loves his underwear!

[Kay11]

Dd wore ds's hand-me-down underwear for about 3 weeks before I bought her any of her own. She caught me unawares and I just didn't have any in the house then was too skeptical that she really was dry and clean and reliable so easily to go and buy it when I remembered.

[marybethorama]

I use hand-me-down underwear for the kids all the time.

[onlyzombiecat]

No it isn't wrong.

[dubfam]

Nothing wrong with that...good for the environment as well...re-use! And less $$ into corporate pockets (don;t know if these are things that you consider)

[aniT]

I understand where you are coming from thinking it is wrong. I hate used clothes. I don't shop at thrift stores and I just want to smack my MIL and ask her WTH is wrong with her why she sends us used socks and underware from who knows where.

With that said, between my own children, heck yea they use each other's clothes, including socks and underwear. DD3 who is 3.5 is wearing her 14 year old sisters K clothes. There is nothing wrong with sharing between immediate family members!

And yea.. use it til it has holes!! That is when we throw things away.

[beanma]

my dd2 got her first pairs of new underwear last christmas (my little pony). before that she had never had her own. she gets everything big sis has outgrown.

[octobermom]

Nothing wrong with it. Although if you can I would get at least a small amountof new just for him things. I HATED always getting hand me down stuff all the time. Sometimes it was fun cause to me it was often "new' and getting hand me downs from my cooler than cool cousins and such was neat but sometimes it just sucked to always get leftovers.